Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171216015812/@comment-31828520-20171216022244

I think the writers wrote themselves into a bind with what they showed us in last seasons finale. They showed us Henry and Lucy running from something (which we know now to be the witches) but then they realized well crap, what happened between Henry leaving storybrooke and the witches chasing Henry. Showing us that in least seasons finale left roughly 18 years worth of history out and now they had to try to piece it all together and that's why we have a horrible mess in terms of the timeline.