Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20170909025746/@comment-2153169-20170913202051

Eskaver wrote: Yeah, I see this as The Heart is a Lonely Hunter or Mother's Little Helper where it has some focus on the villain, but isn't the full story.

So, we might just get Rapunzel vs the Witch this episode with focus on the mystery chaacter (Emma Booth). Then later we might get a follow-up where they reveal Tremaine as Rapunzel, or more focus on her transition to evil. Or something else.

It also depens how they will handle this season. This could be handled as a series of mini-arcs with one full story arc overhead or the split season like the others.

Would not explain how a recurring character would have a centric before the remaining main character.

I think your theory could work if they reveal Rapunzel as Tremaine, but it'd fall into an origin story then.