I've abandoned all hope that there is any logic to this series. Jane Espenson's episodes are the only ones that make sense to me and have any depth of character development, with Rumple as the lynchpin to the overall story. But then all the other writers stir the pot, and everything I thought made sense goes out the window. OUAT is like a crazy quilt of an excessive number of underdeveloped characters and squandered potential, and I end up either loving it or hating it. Needless to say, I hated last night's episode.