I think they mostly just released the first 9.5 minutes because they showed them at PaleyFest. It does drum up excitement though, especially for an episode of this magnitude. Hope everybody changed their clocks for tonight so there’s no excuses!
I do remember Henry Sr. saying something in the clip about the dress being stolen and we saw her pick up the mask.
Glad we can pretty much finally put to rest the Rumple is Regina’s dad thing. I never really thought that simply because of the traditional Rumple story. Just figured that Regina was the bargaining chip he almost won but lost out of when the Miller’s Daughter finds her way out of the deal (presumably by guessing his name but hopefully we shall learn tonight!).
As for the fake clues….red herrings from Jane Espenson? Never! I kid, I kid…but she does love to throw them in from time to time. Otherwise all the hardcore fans would know everything way in advance! And we know much more than we should I’m sure. However it does lead to other fun theories since sometimes it mentions places we haven’t seen or stories we didn’t think would be included and it takes us off an a new tangent so that when we see somebody else who might fit the bill we already have those gears turning about how it might fit into it (similar to the he is Frankenstein or the Wizard debate – red herrings galore for the Wizard but it got us thinking about how the Wizard might fit in later on and left it to that nice reveal at the end for Frankenstein.)
*Curse you promo for being THAT obvious. Is nothing sacred?? Promos are to tease, not give away the last 5 minutes visually!*
I’m starting to think they’re turning us into nifflers (Harry Potter reference): we get distracted very easily now by little shiny things (clues) and ignore all else. The clues do usually lead to some interesting connections. At least it makes for happy clue digging and new theories abound!
Grats RumplesGirl on getting it right! I’m sure it won’t be your last 🙂
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.