Is it possible it was just August being worried about seeing his dad again / feeling guilty about letting him down? He seemed to struggle with that the whole episode until the end when he & Marco finally had a chat about August letting his dad down a long time ago and wanting to make up for it.
If I recall somebody turned the CC on for that conversation and it was something about August’s relationship trouble with his dad and if that’s the case, the “Mother Superior” wouldn’t have been lying when she mentioned it to Rumple as well – which made him believe it was Bae and not Pinocchio.
Perhaps it was a setup knowing Rumple would be within earshot – to help cement the Bae idea in his head, or, more likely, that August was being crushed under the weight of the guilt and needed somebody to talk to.
August is a writer which means he’s probably very careful with his wording on things. He told Mother Superior nothing incriminating and it played into Rumple’s hands perfectly, though I still think he was mostly there for his issues with Gepetto.
As for what seems likely to happen in this ep…I’m torn. Too many times have I wished to see _____ (pick somebody) back or have more focus or something only to have it all turn out wrong. We’ll see what actually happens but if she does what we think she will be doing…then on the bright side it’s somebody Henry’s age for him to be friends with? But boo to what we all have reason to think happens. (We need context!!!)
Dark fairies have been mentioned a few times but Blue is supposedly good so I’m not sure if we’ve even seen any (does Mal count?). Still need to learn where Snow got the dust.
Also…little concerned because this ep will be taking us to another long break so whatever happens needs to be good so people are anxious to come back. *fingers crossed it plays out better than we’re thinking right now – and more than likely it will, we just need context*
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.