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I guess the bigger question needs to be asked why do GOAT take Henry in the first place, I mean what is their motivation behind it ?

@Keb wrote:

One of the sneak peaks show the Charmings (and Gold actually called them that! It’s canon!) telling Gold there’s something they have to tell him. I’m pretty sure Emma wouldn’t let anyone else tell Henry though. Gold’s reaction though…it’s going to either kill everyone in the nearby vicinity or kill us all with feels.

Keb I haven’t seen that can you post a link ?

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RG Any new sneak peeks or script teasers yet ?

I wonder if Emma is going tell Rumple about Neal or if Charming will ? Either way I think Rumple will be out for Tamara’s blood.

I still believe that Rumple will work with Emma, Henry, David, Snow, Regina, Red, Granny, Anton and The Dwarves to stop the trigger and save the residents of Storybrooke.

Any thoughts on how GOAT kidnap Henry ?

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I wonder if we will get any sneak peeks today from ABC ? They can’t seriously leave us hanging with just that one sneak peek they gave us after Once thus past Sunday ?

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These promos for the season finale are awesome. Now if we could get some more sneak peeks ftom Sunday’s season finale I would be a happy person

I think Hook will end up switching sides and helping Emma, Henry, Snow, David, Rumple, Belle, Regina, Red, Granny, Anton, The Dwarves, possibly The BF. when he realizes GOAT have no intention of letting him live either

I have the feeling that when Rumple finds out what Tamara did to Neal & Emma he will want to help protect what is left of his family which is Belle, Henry, Emma, David, Snow and even Regina. I still believe that Rumple will protect his grandson because of what GOAT did to Neal. I think Emma’s magic will come into play in a big way I think it will be to save the residents of Storybrooke by somehow sending them back to Enchanted Forest.

I suspect that is Belle and not Lacey with Rumple in the promo, I think that Belle & Sneezy will both get their memories back.
Plus we know that although Neal was shot he is still alive when he let go of Emma's hand and went through the portal so my thinking is that this portal will take him to Neverland where he will meet up with and will be saved by Mulan, Prince Philip and Auroua. We know that Neal is alive wherever he gets sent to because MAP meet up because we have seen those BTS pictures

We also do know thanks to the BTS Spoiler Pivs that somehow GOAT kidnap Henry and escape Storybroole by using one of the beans. We also know that the majority of the core cast board Hook's ship to escape Storybrooke's destruction, so could the third bean be used to get Hook and company to Neverland ?

Another thought just hit me remember the enchanted compass that Snow and Emma needed so that they could get back to Storybrooke from The Enchanted Forest ? When Emma & Snow jumped into the portal at Lake Nostros they had possession of it, but when they climbed out of the portal which was at the well they didn’t have it. So could that compass be stuck in the portal making it like a highway that connects our world to the Enchanted Forest.

I just had another crazy thought what if the beans come in different sizes that open portal to different specific lands and that ones Regina had only went to either The Enchanted Forest or to Neverland and it happens to be Neverland. that that these specific beans send people to.

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I think the events of last night’s episode 2×21 “”Second Star To The Right” proved one thing that Emma & Neal never stopped loving one another and that they still love each other. To me I believe that what they have is most definitely True Love and it is just as strong as Snow & Charming’s and Rumple & Belle’s. I have faith that we will see Emma & Neal back together in Season 3.

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Here is another interview that MRJ did just a couple of hours ago for Collider.com

Taken From http://collider.com/michael-raymond-james-once-upon-a-time-interview/

Michael Raymond-James Talks ONCE UPON A TIME, How He Approaches a Fantastical Character, and Favorite Moments of the Season

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With the final two episodes of Season 2 entitled “Second Star to the Right” and “And Straight on Till Morning,” it’s clear that the ABC fantasy series Once Upon A Time will be exploring the world of Neverland. While Emma (Jennifer Morrison) believes that Neal’s (Michael Raymond-James) fiancée Tamara (Sonequa Martin-Green) had something to do with Regina’s (Lana Parrilla) disappearance, a young Bae (Dylan Schmid) finds himself in Old London and is taken in by the Darling family when he befriends their daughter, Wendy (Freya Tingley).

During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, actor Michael Raymond-James (True Blood, Terriers) talked about how Neal/Baelfire will have to address his unfinished business with both Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and his father (Robert Carlyle), just how much he knew about his character when he signed on to play him, how he approaches such a fantastical character, and his favorite moments this season. Check out what he had to say after the jump, and be aware that there are some spoilers.

Collider: When you made your initial appearance on the show, did you know that you’d eventually be returning and just how connected you’d be to some of the characters?

MICHAEL RAYMOND-JAMES: Yeah. At the first meeting I had with Adam [Horowitz] and Eddy [Kitsis], they had it mapped out. At the very first meeting, they really described to me what they had in mind and where the character was going and where he had come from. So, I knew right off the bat what I was getting involved with. The story that they spun was so intoxicating, and they did it so enthusiastically, that I was really excited to jump on board, and I’m really glad I did. It’s been so much fun! My 10-year-old self is doing back flips.

As an actor, when you’re figuring out how to approach a character and finding out who he is, how do you wrap your head around not just playing the son of Rumplestiltskin, but also knowing that your son’s grandparents are Snow White and Prince Charming? Do you just have to focus on the human side of him?

RAYMOND-JAMES: Well, I had pages and pages of a notebook full of notes. As an actor, the character that I’m playing lives in a world of fairy tales and magic, and things like that, but to him, that’s his reality. This isn’t a land of make-believe. This is a land of absolutes. All of it is grounded in reality, so as an actor, I try to approach it from that reality and try to plant my feet in this world. It doesn’t matter if I’m talking about magic. It all has to be grounded in reality.

What have been the biggest surprises, for you, in your story arc?
RAYMOND-JAMES: The length of the arc, and how long or how short an amount of time it takes to get somewhere, is something that I was totally unaware of. Beyond that, I knew what to expect and how to prepare. When I was just walking around New York, listening to Lou Reed, I knew who he was and what was happening. I think it’s important, as an actor, to always be aware of where the story is going, so that you can leave yourself someplace to go to. But that being said, it isn’t to say that there aren’t some things that make you go, “Oh, that’s interesting. Where is this coming from, and how does that connect to some of the other things?” As an actor and an audience member, it’s important to remember that the future will further define the meaning of the present, with a show like Once Upon A Time. Sometimes we’re just collecting dots, and other times we’re connecting them, but you know that the dots that are collected will eventually get connected.

Without giving anything away, what can you say to tease what’s coming for your character in the last two episodes?

RAYMOND-JAMES: A lot of things are coming up. We’re going to begin to address a lot of the unfinished business that he has with both Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and his father (Robert Carlyle). That isn’t to say that things get completely figured out because there’s a lot of baggage in both relationships. But, it’s certainly something that we begin to scratch the surface of. The last two episodes are just fucking terrific! I’m stoked for you to see them.

Have you been jealous, at all, about the fact that the flashbacks for your character have only been of him as a child, and you haven’t gotten to spend any time in Fairytale Land or Neverland yourself?

RAYMOND-JAMES: I think that Dylan [Schmid] does a fantastic job as young Bae. It doesn’t matter if I’m playing it or Dylan is playing it. It’s the same character. What he’s doing in those flashbacks informs where I am in Storybrooke and in New York, or wherever. First of all, I’m not the jealous type.

Have you had a favorite moment on the show, for your character? When you think about the experience of Season 2, what stands out for you, as far as what you got to do with him?

RAYMOND-JAMES: Well, I really love the Manhattan episode. I come in to protect Emma, and suck it up and deal with my dad. So, I see him for the first time in hundreds of years, and also find out that I have a son that I didn’t know about. Bobby [Carlyle] put it pretty great, that day when we were shooting. He said, “It’s like you’re waiting for a bus to show up at the bus stop and, all of a sudden, four come at the same time and you’re trying to board all the busses.” That was incredibly fun to try to sift through and make real and find out how that’s going to work out. It was daunting, when you looked at it on the page.

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It is 6:35pm here now, I’m on Eastern Daylight Time and Once starts in an hour and a half

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I am pretty sure MRJ will be back next season as Neal .So I am not worried, as for the game changer I think it will be a positive one that will make Neal see that Rumple is trying to change. I have sneaking suspicion that this game changer will involve Henry and Belle/Lacey. Just under 4 hours to go until Second Star To The Right airs

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Here is another MRJ Interview about tonight’s episode 2×21 “Second Star To The Right” This time he’s talking to TV Fanatic http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/05/interview-once-upon-a-times-michael-raymond-james-teases-secrets/

Interview: Once Upon a Time’s Michael Raymond-James Teases Secrets from Neal’s Past

With the last two episodes of Once Upon a Time season 2 looming, I attempted to prod Michael Raymond-James who plays Neal/Baelfire into revealing the many secrets he knows about the characters of Storybrooke.
Unfortunately for me, like a well trained CIA agent, he withheld information on the big twists coming up in the finale. But with minimal torture techniques he was convinced to reveal how Neal’s feelings for Emma, Tamara, Henry and Rumpelstilskin will come into play starting with tonight’s “Second Star to the Right”

As many fans have speculated since it was revealed that Neal already knew Hook, it appears Neal has ties to other magical realms. What can you tell us about Neal’s past?
What I can tell you is, you will soon find out. It’s a difficult show to talk about. There are lots of secrets that play into this. I’m like a cold warrior from the ’80s with the KGB and CIA going back and forth. Information is incredibly valuable. I can say that we hinted before that there is a connection and I can say that if you tune in this Sunday you’ll have some answers on this score.

Does Neal have any doubts about Tamara?
At this point, no. I don’t think he does. Love is blind and sometimes and it happens a lot. The eye sees what it wants to see and the ear hears what it wants to hear. And I don’t think Neal is ready to acknowledge anything. I think that he’s so wants to believe that Tamara is the person that he thinks she is that he’s totally blind to some of that stuff. Which isn’t to say that he doesn’t still have feelings for Emma because I think that’s been pointed out by a lot of other characters as well.

Fans are clamoring to know if there’s the possibility of a future for Neal and Emma?
Stay tuned. It’s not for me to say. I think that we sort of begin…hang on I’ve got to look at my talking points and make sure I’m not crossing any lines here.

Didn’t mean to get you into trouble.
Yeah. Come on, Christine! I don’t want to get in trouble. In the preview they show a scene of Emma and Neal on a beach where some of that unfinished business was sort of addressed a little bit. I think you’ll see a little bit more of that. So certainly the table is beginning to be turned towards that but you’ll have to tune in to see the rest…God, this is hard.

Would Neal consider going back to the Enchanted Forest if it meant being with his son?
I think he would move Heaven and Hell in order to be with his son. There’s a particular kind of effort to not be his father. Neal is going to go even further so as not to recreated the mistakes that his father made and the way that made him feel. There’s no end to what Neal would do to be with Henry and to make sure Henry knows that he’s loved.

Speaking of dear old dad, after hearing Rumpelstiltskin pour his heart out to Belle on the phone, has it changed Neal’s view of his father?
Well I think in that particular moment it certainly did. At the same time, at the moment it was a little hard to hear his father saying these things to some woman that Neal has never met, that he sort of wants to hear from his dad too. I think there was a line like, I didn’t know you had that in you. Where was that all those years you said you were missing me. So I think it was a difficult moment but it was also sweet to see his father with new eyes. But then again things have been teased out where there’s going to be a little confrontation between me and my dad that doesn’t go so well. It appears that things haven’t gone according to plan since Neal has come to Storybrooke. Not the way Neal had anticipated them working out.

Will Neal be back next season?
You know I can’t answer that. Come on! Be my friend. Don’t get me in trouble.

I’m trying but fans want answers! OK, here’s a completely different tact. If you could star on one current TV show, other than Once Upon a Time, what would be your dream job?
Oh, that’s tough. I’m happy with the job that I’m on. There are some people doing work out there. I really enjoy the show The Americans (FX) that my friend Adam Arkin produces. There’s a lot of great shows out there. This is a sort of a weird, different version of a golden era for television. There’s so much great television happening right now. We in the business just need to figure out a way to calculate how many people are actually watching because the Nielsen model is a little bit outdated. With the amount of choices people have and the way people can view what they want to watch, it’s a little bit different. It’s not the Must See TV, appointment television. Nobody is sitting down at Thursday at 8pm to watch The Cosby Show anymore. People are getting it from so many different ways but the work that’s being done, there’s so much great content right now that’s scripted TV. It’s really a golden age and it’s fun to be working in that era. But I am happy on the job that I’m on.

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MRJ gave another interview today to Yahoo TV on Neal’s Backstory and some spoilers about Episode 2×21 “Second Star To The Right” Here is the link to the original interview that MRJ gave to Yahoo TV http://tv.yahoo.com/news/-once-upon-a-time–star-michael-raymond-james-teases-neal-s-backstory–it-s-all-about-family-124321889.html

The Examiner.com posted some excerpts from it http://www.examiner.com/article/once-upon-a-time-star-michael-raymond-james-spoilers-on-neal-s-backstory

The 2-part finale to season 2 of “Once Upon A Time” begin with “Second Star to the Right” in which we will learn a great deal about Neal’s past. Michael Raymond-James, who plays Neal, recently spoke with Yahoo TV and they shared some spoilers on May 4 he gave about the final two episodes, Neal’s past and his future with Emma, Henry and his dada, Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin.

Baelfire, Neal as a boy in Fairy Tale Land, falls through a portal. In this episode we learn he landed in 19th century London where he was befriended by the Darling family, Wendy in particular. According to show runner Edward Kitsis in an interview with TV Guide, “What happens with him, Wendy and the Darling family is the emotional touchstone of what these last two hours are.”

Raymond-James also hints that the complicated relationship between Bae and his father, Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin will be dealt with. There is a lot of damage between them but the actor says his character remains hopeful that one day they will be able to have a normal father-son relationship.

As for Neal’s relationship with Henry, that is the pivotal relationship in his life. Neal has always longed for family. Since he didn’t get the father he wanted, he wants to be that father for his son. Raymond-James says he believes Neal follow Henry to Fairy Tale Land to be with him if he had to.

When asked about the Emma/Neal/Tamara triangle, things grow a bit murkier. Neal has already been damaged by his father’s betrayal. He can’t accept that someone else he cares about could do that to him again in spite of Emma’s warnings. Still, there are unresolved issues between him and Emma. They are parents together and they will have a chance to air some of those issues over the course of the 2-part finale. They still have deep feelings for one another that will come bubbling to the surface according to Raymond-James

Tune in Sunday, May 5 for “Second Star to the Right” when “Once Upon A Time” continues and check back often for more spoilers.

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