Secretly-awful Dr. Jekyll had decided to kill Belle, despite the fact Mr. Hyde was supposed to be all the badness in him, because apparently humans don’t work that way — everyone has free will.
Once Upon A Time’s “Strange Case” was by far the most entertaining episode of the season, and not just because Robert Carlyle got a makeover.
For example, we learned that, back in Victorian England, Dr. Jekyll was a total creep who got friend-zoned by his boss’s daughter, Miss Mary.
…so basically Regina has to either die, or accept she’ll always be a little bit campy and glamorous and naughty?