Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30644093-20170510114236/@comment-24674051-20170602042711

Exactly. TL is not Lucy's mom. if anything, I am guessing that TL is Lucy's fairy godmother (and that is based on an assumption that TL went back to being a fairy after the Black Fairy was finally defeated.)  However, that does touch on one of the stories I'd like to see expanded more, and that is TL's relationship to the Mill's family.

Emma is only confirmed for one episode, which I am assuming is the premiere, so that we can get some sort of explanantion of why we have Killian without Emma. I'm kinda hoping that they go for the semi-obvious choice of Emma being pregnant with her and Killian's child, and as a result is forced to sit this one out. on one hand, Emma would be getting up towards the upper end of the age where pregnancy is typical (though early 40's is definitly not out of the question), but she is a witch and probably does not age in the same way as non-magical people. sure, let's go with that.

Given that Henry was found in Seattle, I think there is a reasonable chance that whatever curse is going on now separated everyone, and part of the early story may be simply finding everyone, with small plot threads available to show the audience what is going on. and by separated, I mean that maybe Gold is in NYC, Killian in Miami, and Regina in LA.

Also, even though the rest of the cast is not returning as regular cast members, we may still get cameos of them as well, which could be useful to fill on some holes in the plot (or create plot holes, as this show likes to do at times).