Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26443838-20160105035933/@comment-1916997-20160106045325

The Chipped Cup wrote: Sorry if this is off-topic or different to what this conversation has evolved into, but 5x16 can't possibly be the next time we see Belle and Zelena, right? They're main characters, and I don't know how many episodes a main character can have off at a time. No, your question is fine. Being main doesn't mean a character must appear, unless they have it in their contract that they must appear in X episodes. It simply means they are being payed to be avalible whenever the show needs them. However, the studio would not want money wasted, so if, say, Zelena was only going to appear in 8 episodes overall in Season 5, they would not have promoted her to main cast, as that is a waste of money. At any rate, I believe all the main cast is set to appear in 512. After that though, we may not see much (or any) of Belle or Zelena until 516.