Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20170909025746/@comment-25926288-20170913191343

It's a mix of 1 and the current seasons.

As someone mentioned, I do want them to expand the world of EF2, but the writers have to focus on the new characters they just introduced and not too much on expansion.

Example: 1x04 was Ella's episode, but it was more about highlighting Emma and Rumple than just Ella. So, this episode shouldn't be like 6x03 which was Ella's episode, but flashback was more about expanding Ella's story, while the present touched on the cast a little.

If we have Drizella, Alice, Tiana, Cinderella, and Lady Tremaine, the writers have to spend time developing them first, so that we can care about them too. If this wasn't a soft reboot, then I'd go for expansion, but we are seven episodes in and this is usually when they hype up a villain a little.

Best case scen: This is a mystery that provides a "hero turned villain" twist. The Witch is shown to be a major character and we see Rapunzel carry on through Lady Tremaine.

Worse case scen: This episode establishes the Witch as a major character, but Rapunzel is one-off (or rare recurring).