Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20171014181959/@comment-25375217-20171102004824

JennaMae wrote: So many guest stars!

And lots of plot things going on as well. Could be exciting but also has a lot of mess potential. Zelena and Robin are coming in, the curse might be getting cast in the flashbacks, Anastasia may be getting revived......

Plus, Alice/Rumple moment pre-curse, Tilly might be off her drugs again, and there's another Rapunzel scene. Tiger Lily doesn't really fit anywhere but I guess she'll be there too. I'm almost certain this will be the episode when the curse is cast. Which presumably happens shortly after the Season 6 finale scenes, so that's where Tiger Lily comes in.

The question is... is this also when the curse is broken? I'd actually kind of like to see the curse last all season but it seems like people would start to get suspicious if Victoria suddenly grew a brand-new teenaged or possibly adult daughter. But if Anastasia's revival requires Lucy to lose her belief, then she needs something to no longer believe in, so I guess the curse would have to still be active. Then again, the Black Fairy's death required the Savior wielding a certain wand and yet Rumple killed her with her own wand that he had the entire time, so I guess this show isn't great at following through with plot points.

Assuming the Guardian isn't Alice, we'll probably find out who they are in this episode. If it is Alice, I'd assume it'll be explicitly confirmed in this episode alongside the reason she is still awake.