Sneak Peek #2

[hjbau]

Yeah, i agree faux pax. If he was a cop and hooked up with a 16 or 17 year old girl to arrest her for like petty theft or theft without a weapon that seems like a bit much. And if he talked her into doing some greater crime, theft with a weapon and then had her arrested that is a bit much too. At least if he hooked up with her and got her pregnant while trying to convince her to do so.

That is an interesting idea with the ring. That would go along with the make an honest woman of her comment from the press release which is just really an odd turn of phrase. Though i think it seems like he gave her the watch and that she is not aware that it is stolen.

I just do think they need to be careful in whatever they make be a thing between the two of them. And i think crime gone wrong, Emma gets caught and Mystery guy gets away and doesn’t know what happened to her or about Henry is the best way to go.

[naomi]

Re: the cop theory.

Actually, if we look at the previous casting calls, they were pretty accurate. For Milha, it described her as ” a woman who’s often at her village’s tavern and is bored with being a wife and mother.” For Beaman (who turned out to be Smee), it described him as “a criminal who deals in stolen antiques.”

So I think whatever happens in Tallahassee between Emma and Neal will have to do with his casting call (assuming he’s “Jack”):

He’s in his 20s or 30s, charismatic, sexy and mysterious, but also loyal and kind, and he’s running from his past in a land full of danger.

This makes me doubt that he’ll be a cop who rats her out…I think he leaves Emma because he’s running from something. Don’t get me wrong, I would be pleasantly surprised if it went the ex-cop route, but I think the writers are going to take it somewhere else based on what they’ve told us.

We also have the episode synopsis: Meanwhile, Emma’s past is revealed to be anything but magical when she meets up with a fellow thief who wants to make an honest woman out of her.

I think Neal is a real thief with good intentions. But how does “loyal and kind” and “make an honest woman out of her” reconcile with “running from his past”? Was he running from something/someone, and think he was putting Emma in danger by staying with her? Or…did he see a connection between Emma and his past, and decided to run?

Also, I wonder about the “running from his past” part…does that describe Neal in the flashback, or Neal at the present time? I wonder if they’ll surprise us by showing us present-day Neal. Maybe we’ll see his reaction to the postcard he receives and what he does about it. Oh ho, exciting!

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