Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20151007195419/@comment-24674051-20151016141925

Ok, looking back at the posts and linked tweets, A & E have said that 5x12 (the Spring Premiere) is going to be considered Episode 100, meaning that they have no regard for what ABC says the episode count is. So regardless of what the real count is, they are going to use 5x12 as the celebration episode.

And as to A & E not writing the midseason finale, it is true that they penned the midseason finales for seasons 3 & 4 (1 & 2 did not have a midseason finale as we have come to understand it). But that does not mean that they HAVE to be the ones to write the midseason Finale. However, since we know nothing of 5x11, it is quite possible that 5x11 will be penned by the creators.

However, all of this is off topic, let's get back to Broken Heart, and the speculations on that episode. Which given the BTS stuff just released should be plenty to discuss.