Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160425010026/@comment-5106672-20160425042032

I honestly don't see the retcon. What the flashback showed was that, at her very, very best, Cora was an absent mother. At her worst, she was… well, Cora. Also, whatever concern she showed was manipulateing her elder daughter and putting her to her own use, and saving her younger daughter because she was her investment and ticket to actual ruling. Spoiling your child while being absent and keeping her as a pawn for your own agenda does not qualify as good parenting. Also, she was our usual abusive wife to Henry Sr., so I really don't see her being any better than we've seen her before.

The episode did portray her in a more sympathetic way, but only in the present day segment: she has her hart back and has had a good year and a half in the Underworld to grow, so it is natural that she became less of a monster.