The twist was interesting, and they did a great job pulling it off. I am intrigued when Adam and Eddy changed their plans for Malcolm, as they had written an alternate story showing Malcolm abandoning Rumple and getting killed that was cut from “Manhattan.” That also means they might have had different plans for Pan initially, but then decided add the twist. Maybe the original plan for Malcolm just wasn’t dramatic enough for them, so they changed it up. I did love all of the parallels between Malcolm/Rumple’s story to Rumple/Bae’s. You had the bean portal, both dads being frowned upon by society, both dads chosing something selfish over their own son, and both dads saying “I will find a way.” No wonder Rumple was so scared to go with Bae into the portal, as the last time resulted in losing his father. I will say Rumple was still overall a better dad to Bae, as he regretted letting go of him the second he left and he made it his mission in life to seek him out. Malcolm on the other hand intentionally let Rumple go because he viewed him as nothing but an anchor to his selfish dreams. Knowing this backstory really makes Rumple much more of a sympathetic character, and this episode really showed him being noble for the sake of saving his grandson.