Speculation on “other way”: I think it probably has something to do with the fact that Nealfire has escaped NL before. But what he doesn’t realize, of course, was that it was engineered by PP. So Neal thinks he can get everyone out of NL the same way he did, but like we saw in the promo, PP tells him: “there is no escaping NL.” I bet Neal learns that it was PP who let him go, rather than Neal actually escaping.
I’m kind of hoping that he meets with PP and realizes that they can’t all escape the same way he did BEFORE he runs into Rumple, that way when Nealfire says he knows another way he will already know all of the facts and actually still have something up his sleeve (cause I want Rumple to live haha). And there was that recent interview where Adam and Eddy said not to count Neal out because he used to live in NL and knows a lot.
I’m super excited for this episode. There’s been so much talk about Snowing and Emma having to confront their relationship that I almost forgot Rumple and Nealfire still have to work things out too. I’m glad they wind up together in NL. And from the promo it doesn’t look like Nealfire is about to peace out and leave Rumple to find Emma. He says “we” and asks about the plan so I’m hoping they’re together for more than just this episode 🙂