Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-413929-20150114222625/@comment-24674051-20150324140458

Gusey1397 wrote: Young Emma is also in the episode. What if, perhaps they have a one-scene flashback with young Emma getting the chance to be adopted by Lily's father but refuses? I saw that in the Press release. The flashbacks in this episode are going to be a wild ride, to say the least. We'll definitely get Snow and Charming with Maleficent and the Apprentice, but it looks like at least one or two scenes of Abby Ross as Young Emma.

The fact that Barclay Hope (Lily's adoptive dad) is in the episode, but not Lily herself, I find interesting. I think that the scenes of Young Emma are going to play out as follows...

Emma, after having run away from Ingrid, decides to apologize to Lily for being such a jerk. She locates Lily's family, but finds that Lily has run away again, and this time leaving no trace. Lily's dad asks Emma to contact him if she ever finds Lily again. (even though Emma had her time with Neal after this, this could be what led her to eventually becoming a bail bonds person).

I also speculate, though I have no basis for it, that we find out that Cruella was, at that time, married to Lily's dad, and was part of the reason why Lily's family life sucked. And Emma actually never meets her, since she does not remember a lady with black and white hair. (and let's face it, if you met Cruella, you would remember it).