Given such observable
Rx.Observable.of([1,2,3,4,5])
which emits a single item (that is an array), what is the operator
You can also use the flatMap operator (https://stackoverflow.com/a/32241743/3338239):
Observable.of([1, 2, 3, 4]) .flatMap(x => x) .subscribe(x => console.log(x)); // output: // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4