Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-3010035-20150923074258

Okay so here's all the information we have so far in regards to flashbacks so far in season five. Forgive me as I cbf to source right now, but all of my info is from Storybrooke Mirror.

The Dark Swan:

Okay so it seems we'll have an opening flashback of a young Emma going to see the Sword in the Stone, and Merlin giving her some sort of warning/prophecy which will set the tone of the season, sort of like Neal being in Broken, Emma giving birth in The Heart of the Truest Believer and Gerda and her husband's ship sinking in A Tale of Two Sisters.

We are also going to get Arthur, Lancelot and an optional Percival on the hunt for Excalibur in the past. They have stated that Lancelot will be missing in the present, yet will be hunting for Excalibur with Arthur.

The Price:

Okay so this must be where the 3B flashbacks kick in, as we hear Regina mention her time in Camelot, in Storybrooke. So after months, weeks or days in Camelot, somthing happens which brings the gang + the Camelot residents back to Storybrooke.

We do know that Henry will meet his crush and Arthur and Charming will bromance at a royal ball in Camelot, so I'm thinking that there is a Storybrooke plot in the present, and the Camelot storyline continued from The Dark Swan will be in the near past.

Siege Perilous:

Who even knows? There seems to be no information on this episode. My guess is that the near flashbacks are to Charming and Arthur trying to find the Holy Grail, thus giving Charming a seat at Round Table, whilst the storyline continues in Storybrooke.

The Broken Kingdom:

This one is also a tad confusing. So we've seen pictures of a young Arthur, Guinevere and Sir Kay, so we can assume that the flashback will focus on them and either their childhood, or their whole lives akin to 'The Snow Queen's Flashbacks. However, we have footage of Emma in a white dress and Hook in royal garb in the forest, so we can assume that's Camelot. But yet again we have Storybrooke footage of a fair in the town. So either the fair is actually next episode, the white dress is from the present, or we get two different flashbacks in this episode. I'm betting on two flashbacks as I feel that Emma finally going dark would launch the Gang out of Camelot and into Storybrooke via a weird portal of some sorts.

Dreamcatcher:

Now we have footage of a fair in Storybrooke for this episode, and footage of Emma, Henry and Regina in Camelot gear. As Eddie and Adam have stated this is a Henry centric episode, I'm going to guess that the flashbacks revolve around him and Violet in Camelot, although I could be wrong and they might only be together in the present.

The Bear and the Bow:

We know that this is Merida centric 100%. However what we don't know is the placement of Merida's flashback. My educated guess is that it will be a Belle and Merida flashback in Camelot, whilst there will still be a plotline in Storybrooke. They may come across Merida's family, but the family will get their own backstory in Episode Nine, as stated by the producers.

Nimue:

Not enough information. As Emma  is seen wearing a white dress and talking to Merlin it could be near past flashback, with a normal storyline in Storybrooke, or the flashback here could be a distant one to Merlin's past with Nimue.

5.08 and 5.09:

Because we know they are being filmed simultaeneously we can derive that either the plotlines and flashbacks in both episodes are completely unrelated to eachother, or that one episode does not feature a flashback. I think that we will meet Merida's parents in the past in Episode 9, although I could be wrong, and so episode nine will be extremely Merida centric. Episode 8 would either be devoid of flashback, the ultime or penultime near flashback in Camelot, or a distant flashback to Merlin and the First Dark One, given that we know that they are going to introduce that story.

5.10

There are also quite a few options for this flashback, given we know nothing about this episode. It could tell the story of Merlin and the First Dark One in a thrilling conclusion, as that story has been heavily built up. It could also be the final camelot near past flashback explaining how the characters got back to Storybrooke. The flashback may set the tone for 5B, like 'Heroes and Villains' did for 4B, and if the second half reolves around characters like Mulan and Red Riding Hood, the flashback here could set them up either specifically or individually like in 'Going Home'. 