Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30084465-20180406111211/@comment-1916997-20180410194253

Applegirl wrote: DeviousPeep wrote: When 5x16 aired I thought having Dorothy return to Oz was the writers way of creating backstory potential for Zelena, giving her the opportunity to have stories with Dorothy that somewhat paralleled Regina's with Snow. In the end we got none of that, and as far as we know Dorothy's just been in Oz all that time. I think 5x16 just opened a lot of doors for Dorothy that were never explored. According to Adam's tweet here, Dorothy was supposed to appear in more episodes and because Ruby was part of her story, they needed Meghan Ory for what they had planned for Dorothy, but Meghan was unavailable. It would have been great to see those two in more than one episode, for sure. While I'm sure Meghan's schedule was part of the problem, 5A and 5B were already very packed with other characters and plots, so I'm not sure how much of a difference that would have made. Besides, they could have made Mulan and Dorothy the pairing then, as those actresses seemed to have more avalibility, but they didn't.