Once Upon A Time Season 3 Spoilers [VIDEO]: Zelena Backstory After Neal Death In Episode 16 As Fans Boycott OUAT After Michael Raymond-James Exit, Will Finale Wedding Cure The Sadness?

"Once Upon a Time" fans have gone into collective mourning after the most recent episode, which saw the demise of Emma Swan's "true love," Neal.

As it turns out, Rumplestiltskin does come back between the collective efforts of Zelena aka the Wicked Witch as well as Belle and Neal, but it is Neal who winds up being the sacrifice for our fan favorite's return to "Once Upon a Time."

This, it appears, is the permanent death "Once Upon a Time" co-creators have been talking about since earlier in season 3.

“The character dies, for real,” says Kitsis according to TVLine.

So sadly, despite Neal being a fan favorite himself, fans should prepare to say goodbye to Michael Raymond-James forever on "Once Upon a Time."

According to spoilers by CarterMatt, episode 16 will have many characters of Storybrooke in mourning over the loss, but the episode will also deal heavily with Zelena's backstory.

No doubt, there is a tragic reason behind Zelena's green skin, and her younger sister Regina may be at the center of it.

But according to spoilers, the season 3 finale may lift some people's spirits with a wedding. But who will the couple be? Rumple and Belle, Emma and Hook, Regina and Robin Hood?

Either way, it's not going to be easy winning back diehard "Once Upon a Time" season 3 fans after such a terrible low.

"After tonight's episode I think I am done with OUAT," writes a fan on CarterMatt. "Sorry to say but a lot of OUAT fans died with Neal Tonight."

"It's a show about family and happy endings, and the writers sure stopped Emma and Henry's happy ending in its tracks with the death of Neal. The excitement I felt when [Michael Raymond-James] first appeared walking down the streets of NY is nothing compared to the disappointment I felt when he died. I didn't like the way the writers treated him up to that point either."