"He's a frequent flyer," Nurse Ratched says, like he's not even in the room. "Unmedicated bipolar. Likes to stick things in his chest and get sent up to Bethlem Royal for a little mental health vacation. Homeless, obviously." Belle & Nosty from "Safe."

Belle is at her wit's end trying to keep her elderly father out of harm's way while he slides further and further into dementia. What she desperately requires is a capable, live-in caretaker. Enter Shaun, a modern day Spinner!Rum.

In cursed Storybrooke, Rumplestiltskin is 'Shaun,' the downcast night janitor who empties the bins and mops the floor of the disintegrating public library. The 'comfort' and 'riches' and 'goodness' promised him by Regina have but a single source—Belle, the buoyant and ever-so-affectionate librarian.

In a deserted house, there is an easy intimacy between cousins. Inspired by the relationship between Isabel Archer and her consumptive cousin Ralph in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady. I've paraphrased a favorite line from the film adaptation by Jane Campion: "I call a person rich when he can meet the requirements of his imagination." (Macelle)

Rabbie Gold knows the streets of Glasgow, and he knows the value of things. He knows that an incarcerated father who cannot care for his son isn't worth anything at all.