I do have to wonder if they will have Rumpel come back from the dark side eventually. He started out a good man, and basically only took on that evil to protect his son (at first).I do like how they made Rumple sympathetic at times. I was always rather puzzled at the fairy tale ending of Rumpelstiltskin dying a horrible death because frankly, he didn't DO anything bad and came off as a nice helpful guy whereas the real villains of the story (The Miller Girl's braggart father, the brutal tyrannical King) got off scott-free.