Well obviously he’s not dead and I have a few reason that could back me up.
1. He’s a main character
5. Rumple brings in the ratings his biggest alley right now are the studio execs who want to make a load of money.
Kudos to the writers who are not afraid to write a good story EVEN if it means killing a main character!
and “good story” doesn’t even come close to describing how epic this is