Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170512235028/@comment-31937823-20170514162639

CoolDudeAl wrote: AlbOuat wrote: I'm so excited for tonight. But also so sad. We're gonna see the end of Snowing, Rumbelle, Charming Family, SwanQueen and Snow/Regina, to name a few. This is the misconseption that a bunch of people have had regarding the announcment of who is leaving and who is staying. Emma, Snow, Charming, Henry, Belle, and Zelena are not being completely written off, they are simply no longer main cast. Just like Archie was not main cast after Season 1. However, he still appeared in 24 episodes after Season 1. So it doesn't have to be the end of anything, it just means we won't see the characters in every episode or every few episodes. They can still appear in quite a lot of the season though, as guest stars frequently have appeared in between 8 - 12 episodes in one season.

I hope so, but that's more of a recurring actor/actress. Guest star is more of one to four episodes, and they said they'd only return for the former amount.