“By the time we meet her on her 28th birthday in the pilot of Once, she doesn’t really have as much hope that things can change. She’s a little more resigned to the fact that life is always going to be hard and lonely.”
😥 That’s a pretty harsh reality. And from what we’ve seen of ‘Neal’s’ life in episode 1, seems like he’s made the same conclusion.
“They were definitely kindred spirits,” Morrison says. “There was a reason that she was so drawn to him and him to her. They had to survive to make life OK. There’s an interesting parallel for them that they both are on their own in this world and have had to find inventive ways to make life OK.”
There seem to be a lot of parallels – and with how we find them living their lives in episode 1 of season 1 and 2. If they also have the connection of ‘reason for curse’ and ‘curse-breaker’ – feels like it could work out as well.
I’m in the microscopic minority that thinks this is Jack (the casting call fits into the time frame of MRJ being cast), he’s described as a ‘thief’, Emma mentioned Jack’s story in the 3rd sneak peek as him having either a golden goose or golden harp – he apparently had a golden swan and a yellow bug…I don’t think the Jack story line is going to actually be dealing with giants but more the metaphoric kind. Really rooting for Jack to be Baelfire and his experience in coming over to our world alone – what he had to do to survive.
Oh, and THIS IS SO BAELFIRE!
We may not have confirmation until we start seeing his ‘Henry’s dad’ storyline play out a bit, deal with villains but I’m guessing we’ll know sometime after the mid-season break that he is both Baelfire and Henry’s dad.