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If the above spoiler is accurate, and Michael Raymond-James is really going to be in episode 1, I wonder if Bae entering Storybrooke now that magic is back would cause similar destruction and/or rather dramatic events like when Emma first arrived. Since he’s tied to magic beans, and that big hole in the ground seen in spoiler pictures does seem likely to be a giant beanstalk shooting out of the streets of Storybrooke, maybe his appearance in town caused the beanstalk to burst through the ground.
I think this works to introduce the character in a very spectacular way, but also let the audience in on who the character is right away while keeping it from the other characters on the show who will think that he’s only Henry’s dad. I think the writers may have learned their lesson from what happened with August in that they built up the mystery far too long for the audience on who he really was supposed to be, and then when he turned out to be only Pinocchio, it created a lot of backlash because Gepetto and Pinocchio have never been built up the way that Rumple has from the beginning.
Further, while I’m not really a fan right now of Emma and Snow disappearing so soon, in order for Henry and Bae to bond, it does make it easier for Emma and Snow to be out of the way for that to happen. Plus, Emma isn’t around for Gold to ask her any questions about Henry’s father if he starts to get suspicious about Henry’s dad also being Bae.