Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20161205025332/@comment-1916997-20161205065340

DatNuttyKid wrote: Don't forget that Zelena and Regina need to reconcile.

I don't think that this is going to be a new arc. The presence of Gideon and Emma fighting in the promo implies that that will happen sooner rather than later - at least parts of it come in a vision in or before Murder Most Foul, since beyond that they haven't had time to film, much less edit it. Furthermore, I doubt we're completely done with the Evil Queen - if we are, it's a horrible ending, and also pretty bad promotion since she was the main focus of all promotion for Season 6 and would be done before the halfway point.

There's also all of the plot points CDA pointed out that are carrying over. Even counting out the ones that were introduced in this episode (Gideon), that's a lot of things carrying over. Seasons Five and Three had basically none that were introduced before the midseason finale. Season Four was tied in a little more, with the Sorcerer and the Author.

This overall still seems to be the same story to me. That, plus the fact that the writers say it's the case, definitely makes me reluctant to think any different. Good point about Zelena and Regina, and that should happen. I would also love for one of the episodes to be a Zelena centric, so fingers crossed for that. And yes, I agree that this season is much more connected than 3, 4, or 5, although they all had at least a little bit of connection between the halves. Tink and Ariel both were introduced in 3A and appeared again in 3B for example; you mentioned the Sorcerer and Author in 4 and Lily was also a character that spanned both; and 5 had Merida and Arthur appearing in both halves, and resolved Arthur's destiny to rule a broken kingdom, as well as having Red and Mulan appear in each half. But overall, this season is much more like 1 and 2.