Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150611110107/@comment-8228151-20150622195415

Just because there are two different arcs does not mean there are two different plots. In one of A&E's earlier interviews they specifically said that they were going to be doing a similar setup to the first season with one general plot. When they said it would be two arcs they were saying that in reference to the fact that they would be doing 11 episodes in a row then a 2 month break than another 11 episodes as opposed to skipping random weeks in between episodes like they did in the first two seasons which happened to be extremely annoying. I cannot find that article anymore, but unless you can find an article dispproving my theory than I will stand by it. It is after all just a theory. I personally have found a number of mistakes throughout these pages that are stated as fact but when you read the supporting article it is not what the article says. In the article supporting this claim for instance the journalist asks if the plot remains the same or if there will be new arcs. Eddy replies that character arcs will aways carry over and that there will be a new plot every year (which there is) but does not confirm or deny that there will be two seperate plot lines in season 5.

All that said, my theory fits the two arc theory just as well as Season 4 did. Season 4 had two seperate arcs Part A: Frozen, Part B: Queen's of Darkness but they also had TWO overarching plots: Operation Mongoose and Emma's growing darkness. My theory fits the season 4 mold just fine. This isn't to say that my theory is any better than anyone elses, part of the fun of making a theory is to see how different the next season will be than how I imagined. But unless you can cite an article where A&E specifically say that there are going to be two completely different plots and that there will be a new villain in 5B with Emma being restored by the end of 5A than my theory is as valid as anyone elses. Thank you!