How difficult was it to keep this shocking death a secret?
AH: It's hard and the truth is that in this day and age, if fans want to find out anything, they probably will, and we're glad it played as a surprise to most people. But more importantly than just keeping secrets or surprises, we were very happy that we were able to work with the brilliant Michael Raymond-James. He did such amazing work and we're happy that so many people got to share in an extremely emotional episode.
EK: For us, of course it's also hard because we love that character. We loved writing for Michael because he's such a talented actor, so it was a very hard decision for us because we really loved watching him act.
AH: We've always said from day one, magic has a price, and you saw it. Rumple could not just come back and Neal gets out of it.
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