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My guess is the reason this special even exists is that they wanted something OUAT related to air on the 2nd Sunday of December, as they have for the past 2 Seasons. Blood & Oil and Quantico are airing their winter finales on Dec 13th, while OUAT's is the week before. Airing "The Bear King" on Nov 29th on its own wouldn't have gone well, especially with the 2 week break. Hence why ABC paired it with "Birth" on Nov 15th.