Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20150313202428/@comment-24674051-20150317182119

Chameleon-Guy wrote: Barbara Hershey is shooting the season finale: https://twitter.com/canadagraphs/status/577279211829739520 I don't know if she was in ep 20, they say she is shooting "more" OUAT, but that doesn't mean already shot some this season. First, to answer the question (actually it was a statement, but it sure sounds like a question). No it doesn't mean that Babara shot anything this season. It just means that she was on the show in the past (specifically season 1 and 2), and is shooting more now. They could make the same sentence about Meghan Ory, Rose McIver, David Anders, or any other number of characters that have been on before.

Second, and more importantly, what is the significance of Barbara filming IN VANCOUVER? Most of the flashbacks are filmed in studio (which is in Hollywood, I believe) so that they can green screen everything. Vancouver (or more specifically Steveston) is generally used for anything that is set in Storybrooke. The fact that Barbara is in Vancouver would seem to indicate that she is filiming scenes in the Storybrooke setting. and we already know that her prior time in Storybrooke was brief (from 2x10 to 2x16 to be precise), probably no more than a couple of weeks. So I find it hard to imagine that there would be any relevant flashbacks of Cora from that period that could add anything to the current Story.

Not saying that there aren't any relevant flashbacks, just that I find it actually easier to believe that the entire female side of the Mills family is about to be reunited.