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Thanks for the links!
Oh, I agree AntBee. Very. Mystery Man speaks!
Next weeks episode looks like it’s going to be super fun. 1. Emma-Hook banter. 2. Young Emma. 3. Henry’s father 4. Jack and the Beanstalk and 5. the return of *******spoiler*******Eion Bailey!!
So all in all, the makings of a great episode.
(It’s a pity I’ll be utterly distracted looking for clues that the Mystery Man is Bae. 😐 )
Well, the CTV promos are always really sneaky. My gut feeling is that the “baby bump” shot and the “what I really want is you” shot are not filmed together. I think they’re taken from different parts of the episode.
But you’re right Dorothy: the Canadian promo makes it look like he knew about the baby.
…I wonder if he did? 😯
I’d like this episode now, please. 🙁
Whoa – that would be interesting! A “wizard” who actually has no magic? Or perhaps a would-be “wizard” who wants to get magic? I could see that fitting well with the rumor of the outside visitor arriving in Storybrooke…
But are we thinking that this new character is “Barrett”?
“A major recurring guest star role with an option for next season is being cast. A character named Barrett. He’s in his 30s, kind and smart, but also has a very dark side and has beliefs and a way of life that he will fight fiercely to defend.”
The timing is right (3 weeks after the announcement) for that character to be cast. If so, I wonder how the Wizard of Oz story could work, if he’s trying to defend his beliefs or way of life…eager to hear thoughts!
And since I didn’t see photos posted yet:
Ethan Embry! What do you guys think? Does he look like a wizard? An elf? A priate? A pan? A…Bae? (<-- :shock:) LOL.
Cool idea, Dorothy. And I agree – I don’t see Bae in him at all.
Maybe Peter Pan sent the white bird to the Mystery Man in 2×01 (if that man turns out to be Baelfire)? On a related note, I wonder if they plan to bring in the whole troop of Lost Boys along with Peter into the story at some point.
Also, just thinking out loud: but if Peter was trapped in our world, maybe it was because Hook was involved somehow. If that’s true, then it could explain why this Peter/Barrett character might have “a dark side” and want to seek revenge.
I think it would be incredibly evil to force the boy who never wanted to grow up to, well, “grow up” by imprisoning him here.
Phee wrote: Could Barrett potentially be from our world but NOT a storybook character? Like, some sort of paranormal hunter type, who senses there’s something going on in that area and comes to try and stop it? Maybe someone who’s been keeping an eye on Neal and follows him there? Dunno that they’d consider introducing unrelated real world people at this stage of the game, (or ever) though, so that may be too far fetched of a theory. Just got to wondering about it because it’s not like Pan would have a wildly different “way of life” or beliefs to the inhabitants of SB, whereas someone from our world who thinks magic is evil would. Unless that’s relating to Pan having defended his magical way of life while being stuck in our world.
Yeah, I was wondering if they would go there. I’m not sure how I would feel about a twist, along the lines of the-outside-world-discovers-Storybrooke. If it’s just one or two characters, I could maybe see it working (for example, if the writer of the book turned out to be “real-world” character, or if Henry’s father turned out to be a “real-world” character). Otherwise, I think it would make the show too bloated. All the drama between the characters in Storybrooke would probably seem less important if the real world was bearing down on them.
I agree, TheGoldenKey. Altogether, his “look” and description remind me of Peter Pan, too.
How old was Peter in the story? A young boy, right? Since we know he can traverse between Neverland and our world, he could have been in our world when the curse hit. Maybe that prevented him from going back. That means he could have aged +28 years, which could explain the specific age the casting call was for. (They usually say 20-30s or 30-40s. But this was specific.)
Plus, Peter Pan is supposed to be a favorite fairy tale of the writers, correct? And we know that casting for “Barrett” was for a major recurring character. It fits, I think. Eager to hear other theories!
I know, right? Visual cues are always sketchy to go by, but look: Mystery Man is wearing essentially the modern equivalent of Bae’s old clothes. (Loving that green hoodie.)
Thanks again to AntBee for the photos.
I think the show’s creators are definitely doing the casting/costuming on purpose. Whether it’s to fool us or appease us is still beyond me.
On a related note…
If Neal is Bae, I wonder if Rumple will suspect him this time. He might have his blinders on a little bit, given his new, self-appointed task of breaking the barrier curse. He might be so distracted by pitting magic against magic that he might not even notice Bae is right under his nose.
It’s agonizing, but they might write it so that WE find out who Bae is by the end of Season 2, but Rumple doesn’t.
I admit, it would be funny if Rumple just thinks: “Oh interesting. Henry’s birth father.” and moves on. And then maybe in some climactic scene – maybe Hook is about to kill Rumple, or Cora is about to harm Henry – Bae reveals himself and saves the day. Or something. I can’t express how much I’m dying to see this reunion, but I agree TheGoldenKey; the big Bae-related stuff will probably happen near the end of season (if not the series *gulp*).
Did you notice Emma’s right earring too (a la Hook)? I wonder if she’s wearing a left one. Of course, if she is, it means nothing. Otherwise…
So, darn that photographer! It’s such a perfectly ambiguous shot. 🙂
And re: the “Emma and Snow just went shopping” argument, I can see how the cursebreak/FTL experience would call for an evolution in their costuming…but something still seems off to me. Snow looks too much like an “elegant femme fatale” and less “royal adventuress” in that pencil skirt and those shiny black heels. It’s too Burberry and less…Anthropologie. LOL. Plus, even in FTL, we’ve only seen Snow wear black twice (to my knowledge): first during her father’s funeral, and second when she lost her memory in Heart of Darkness. Otherwise, pastels and whites have dominated Snow’s wardrobe – cursed or not cursed.
I think this theory can go around and around in circles until the creators release some other nugget of information to us. But I still think it’s an interesting theory!
ETA:
Crazy idea, but maybe Pongo alerts Henry to the imposters? LOL. Maybe he barks like crazy around fake!Snow and fake!Emma, and that’s how they figure out. Just a thought. Not to be taken seriously, guys.
Thanks for the photos, slurpeez.
But really – to me something seems off about their clothing. Maybe I’m just paranoid. Have we ever seen Snow wear black? Or Emma wear that type of jacket?
No? Well, regardless, the imposter theory seems to have spread to different fan sites. Can’t wait to see how it turns out! Kudos to the writers/crew for adding fuel to the fire. 😉 Like Gold said in The Return, “we see what we want to see”.
