Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20161205025332/@comment-25375217-20161205064335

Don't forget that Zelena and Regina need to reconcile.

I don't think that this is going to be a new arc. The presence of Gideon and Emma fighting in the promo implies that that will happen sooner rather than later - at least parts of it come in a vision in or before Murder Most Foul, since beyond that they haven't had time to film, much less edit it. Furthermore, I doubt we're completely done with the Evil Queen - if we are, it's a horrible ending, and also pretty bad promotion since she was the main focus of all promotion for Season 6 and would be done before the halfway point.

There's also all of the plot points CDA pointed out that are carrying over. Even counting out the ones that were introduced in this episode (Gideon), that's a lot of things carrying over. Seasons Five and Three had basically none that were introduced before the midseason finale. Season Four was tied in a little more, with the Sorcerer and the Author.

This overall still seems to be the same story to me. That, plus the fact that the writers say it's the case, definitely makes me reluctant to think any different.