[There's a lot to be addressed in all that, and honestly, the fact that Jefferson's from even further in the past than Neal probably should be at the top of the list. Probably, yet it isn't, if only because he lets slip a pretty big detail.]

Wait--you remembered? I didn't think anyone remembered who they really were during the curse. [Then again, Neal's only experience with it had been when Wonderland decided to play Storybrook for a few days.] How'd you pull that off? Pretty sure Rumplestiltskin didn't even remember until Emma came to town.