Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160307020620/@comment-25733960-20160308035435

I don't think Regina would leave her father abandoned in Wonderland for a year, let alone 2...

I think there was like a week or 2 between Souls of the Departed and Hat Trick

And Mother comes after Hat Trick.

I just re-watched the Mother flashbacks and I think that was the final encounter between Cora and Regina (especially with Cora saying "take this last piece of motherly advice" and then returning willingly to Wonderland). Besides, Regina found out that Cora didn't need the Mirror to return (she used the White Rabbit), and that's why she asked to Hook for killing her mother.