ONCE - Once Upon a Time podcast
Reviews, theories, and talk about ABC's Once Upon a Time TV show
tho if he does stay, it definitely follows the hercules motif… at least as far as the movie ending.
Is it… possible (and I say this very tentatively and with copious Benefit-Of-Doubt), especially if season 5 is the last season and they are trying to inject some bookend symmetry to close up (mr. gold’s) shop, that all the ~*opening the gates to hell and underworld and all the dark coming forth from it*~ business over the last few episodes inspired Rumple with a new plan to get his son back? Having him see an opportunity to obtain greater levels of power than ever before, particularly that of Emma and Nimue and the like who have seemingly managed to find a way to go to hell and back for loved ones (or not-so-loved ones)…….have him recognize the connection between new power and new portals and where his son was sent….. a plot that includes the well rumprecedented scheme of trading (in this case souls for souls between the underworld and the living)…. not to mention at least attempting to send Belle off so she wouldn’t interfere even unwittingly (a la skin deep)
….. I dunno. A commenter on Lily Spark’s latest review mentioned that Rumple might get to see Neal via the underworld plot and when I thought about it more….. maybe this big horrible cursed journey could possibly mirror season 1’s big horrible cursed journey that Rumple was also indirectly steering towards finding and regaining his son.