Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5899967-20170704181208/@comment-25926288-20170705015653

If they give us a 3 minute expositional dump ealy in the season, I'll consider that lazy writing. However, I have confidence in the idea that this wouldn't be the way.

I think the best thing is the toss a few things here and there early on and then fill it in over the course of the season when the actors guest star. We have 15 to 20 years of flashback potential just in the timeskip, so there's no worry.

It'll be interesting to see if the main three are our main three. If aged, well, that was simple. If unaged, it depends if they are not illusions or magicked. I really don't need Henry to go to the suburbs of SB...I mean Hyperion Heights and hang around weird!Regina and weird!Hook while weird!Rumple works for the villain and periodic scenes of weird!returnees. In terms of character importance, they really need to: Henry and new characters >>>>> H2R (Hook, Rumple, Regina).

So, short version: a few mentions and hints, then a later revelation.