The Season 2 finale ended on a cliffhanger — and it bodes well for what’s to come.
More teamwork.
Enough with all the back and forth. I dig moral ambiguity, but I'm ready for some of these characters to pick a side. And while I'm sure Regina, Hook, and Gold will always have some darkness in them, it's kind of nice to see them working with the good guys toward a common goal. There is enough conflict on this show without characters switching allegiances every week.
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Evil Peter Pan and his creepy Lost Boys.
It was a little strange when they revealed that Peter Pan is the Big Bad — wasn't that obvious from the moment his horrifying shadow tried to steal boys from the Darling bedroom? Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to a villain who is more evil and less shades of grey. Again, I appreciate the in-between, but one thing we haven't really seen on Once Upon a Time is an unabashed bad guy. Even Cora got her redemption in the end.
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Bae's backstory.
We got a a lot of it toward the end of Season 2, but there are still a lot of loose ends to tie up. Peter Pan rejected young Bae when the Lost Boys delivered him, but how did he escape Neverland? It's also pretty clear that Neil (or Bae) will survive his gunshot wound — did anyone think he was actually dead? — which means we'll hopefully see even more of him next season. Michael Raymond-James is the best.
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Belle in charge.
For too long now, Belle has been a pawn — locked away, manipulated, lied to, generally treated like crap. While it's unclear how much of Season 3 will take place in Storybrooke (at least initially), it's at least likely that Belle will be the unofficial town leader. She's the one putting the protection spell into place, which makes her the most obvious choice now that just about every major character is gone.
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