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Lady Junky wrote: If the two hours is possible, it is because Resurection ended last week :)

That's right, isn't it? :D Because Resurrection isn't in the schedule anymore, there's a free hour after Once! The network people probably thought it would make finale more special if they combined two episodes together (also perhaps because Zelena was 'killed' in last week's episode, they wanted these last two to air on the same week, so it seems as though she was gotten rid of in the penultimate episode, even when it isn't ... I can imagine some complaints from fans if the season's big bad was stopped and there was still two whole episodes left of plain character exposition)

Also the episodes have different writers, directors and guest casts - they're very much different, they just happen to share a two episode arc and air night. Or who knows, it could be that Emma and Hook enter the time portal at the very end of SD and so the Enchanted Forest in the past stuff happen entirely in the last episode!

On a side note, I really liked Resurrection and I'm glad there's a second season :)