Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20171014181959/@comment-5899967-20171020225354

I think she is back for a flashforward, in the sense that... it's a scene from the last flashbacks, the last before the curse is cast, since this season seems to follow a basic flashback storytelling by starting with the beginning of the story to the end, maybe they will add a scene from the end in the midseason finale to tease what happens right before the curse. Just a theory.