Is this a clue that will ultimately spare Emma?
A running theory speculates that, sometime in the future, Emma has separated from her other half.
So, could viewers actually be seeing a doppelganger of Emma being killed by Gideon in the prophecy?
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No, executive producer Adam Horowitz tells EW.
Alas, there goes that theory.
But the question still remains why Gideon would want to kill Emma in the first place.
And that becomes a launching off point for a lot of the storytelling in the second half.
Once Upon a Timewill return in March on ABC.
