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And I guarantee you've just given more thought to Hook's motivations than the writers have this season!

Yeah, you have to be able to look back and see that there were clues for surprises to work, make sense and be satisfying. Otherwise, they're just cheap, unsatisfying shocks.

I know. Out of all the disturbing things I've seen in the fandom, the fans who say Belle is abusive to Rumple are among the most disturbing.

Since this thread is back to life, let me reiterate: Neal was a douchenozzle. August is also a douchnozzle. That is all.

I've noticed that Colin has followed a few external producers on Twitter in recent days. Circumstantial at best, but FWIW. Frankly, given that the show hasn't been officially renewed, it would be foolish of any of the actors NOT to be looking for other gigs.

The thought of Hook on the show without Emma makes me table-flippy. All this begs the question of what the season finale will be like, since it's already written and Adam says there's only one version of it.

Deadline has it now, with a lot of "I'm told that." It was definitely a release from ABC to selected TV writers.

ABC Studios produces the show, so they would know who's in contract negotiations. The fact that two news sites posted within minutes of each other tells me it was a coordinated release.

Script tease.

Getting the CS wedding out of the way so Emma can ditch her new hubby before the honeymoon to go off on the requisite A&E ep SQ adventure in the finale.

Josh Dallas on Sunday's ep.

And CS will never get a similar scene!

I wonder if they have some kind of multi-show deal with ABC that moving Once to Freeform would take care of. They'd probably rather have Once than some new crap from A&E. Ah, if only! I think most of the regular cast are too professional to be candid. And they love Lana, so she'd just gush.

I thought it could also be just BTS set tech rigging stuff. I'm also entertaining the possibility that it could move to Freeform. As for Rumple, he SHOULD die. I just don't know if the show will do it.

I've come to this way of thinking (though not necessarily that Rumple will be dead), that Regina and maybe aged-up Henry will be the only carry-overs. I'm even wondering if the whole JMo contract talks is really just a smokescreen. Though I wouldn't blame her if she is playing hardball -- I sure wouldn't want to come back just to be even more of a Regina support player.

It's one of those things that's going around the fandom. Maybe it came from a source with knowledge, maybe somebody just made it up and everyone ran with it. We don't know for sure.

And they got roundly criticized for that and apologized. So I'm choosing to believe they've learned a lesson. (While I'm at it, I'm also choosing to believe my bank balance will be in J.K. Rowling territory the next time I look. )

@Curio Oh, you are so grounded!

I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they wouldn't cast a Hispanic actress as the daughter of a Caucasian and Native American. I will spit at them if they do.

But the little girl is Hispanic, and neither Henry nor Violet is. Though if it's not with Violet but with a Hispanic woman, perhaps.

I hope not, since the girl is Hispanic.

From Wishverse Robin??

CS daughter or Robyn theories firmly out the window! I'm relieved.

Another finale casting announcement.

Adam briefly deactivated on Twitter, then reactivated almost immediately. Apparently SQ/OQ were having a go at him over a certain spoiler from yesterday.