I am disappointed in these turn of events not surprised but disappointed. Maybe it will turn out better, but like ItachiIshtar and I were discussing last night in the live chat, since they have Regina going darker again and then it looks like Rumple goes darker again and likely the cast will be separated again as some stay behind in Storybrooke and others go to Neverland for awhile, it does worry me that at this point they’re just reusing the same story lines over and over, and it’s only the second season.
If Rumple went all Dark One at the end of the season, it would feel like such a betrayal of everything he’s accomplished this season, especially in light of the phone call and Papa/Bae moment in The Miller’s Daughter. We’ve also done the split cast story with the beginning of S2.
I think Adam and Eddy (and the other writers) are much cleverer than that. I can’t see them redoing all this. And Regina may not stay evil forever, there are pics for episodes before 21 and 22 that might indicate that she’s trying to be good again.