Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20151016201626/@comment-25926288-20151018194558

Once19 wrote: So, just out of curiosity, do the writers actually watch their own show? I'm honestly confused. Someone asks about the Belle/Regian/heart dilemma, and they say, "Nope, Belle doesn't know anything about that... She doesn't know Regina took her heart..." Back when Belle got her heart back Gold told her that Regina stole her heart so that she could mess with him!? Why can't they keep track of their own show?! Well, chances are they don't, unless they need to. Or just want to. Writers, actors, and so on might not actually watch the episode when it airs, but they read the script and acted it out, so there's that.

The writers (based on Jane Espenson) get a lot inof information and if they ahve to write a 40 page script then there's a slight issue. If there are two writers, they might split it up in half. You might remeber what you have wriiten and you might have been in the meeting when they formulate ideas, but then you hjave to transfer that to a 20-50 page script, with snappy dialogue and exposition and it is quite a task to witness.

In a recent tweet, when asked the corresponding minutes to the the number of pages and the amount of flexibility, she said "A small amount of flexibility -- a 42 min episode might have a 55 page script, with the awareness things will get cut in edit.?"

So, whoever wrote the whole Regina/ Belle thing might remember, but then there is so much other stuff to put in as well.

They just need a continuity person and I can't blame them for forgetting, they are busy people. SO, it's not there job to keep track, but to hire someone to keep track. And if the continutiy person does a bad job, it's not really their fault......can't change it once it airs.