I wonder whose episode this will be. I’m guessing if there’s is an episode about the Mysterious Man before the break, it will be episode 9. Plus, if we’re sort of going by the pattern set last year, finding out more about the Mysterious Man then makes sense since episode 9 last year was where Henry asked about his father.
Episode 8 last year was a Rumple-centric episode, but since “The Crocodile” looks to be Rumple-centric, I don’t think they’ll have him get another episode so soon, so maybe this will be Hook’s episode or one of the the other new character’s.