Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5899967-20170927102346/@comment-27060727-20170928195757

Chameleon-Guy wrote: But IMO it still teases for more appearances, why doesn't she come back after the baby is born? Why won't we see her ever again, while other characters return? There are many ways they could write a child into the flashbacks or present-day Hyperion Heights. If Hook is looking for his missing child in HH/some other realm, they could return to SB together. Emma can be offscreen. If Emma is pregnant or stayed behind to care for a young child, Hook's last scene can also be him of arriving back to SB, with Emma offscreen as he walks back to his house to meet her.

I would assume that the writers' ideal would be an on-screen reunion at the end of the season. But if the actress is unavailable, they can easily go without. A situation where they would NEED another appearance would be something like putting Emma in a sleeping curse in 7x02 or something.