I think she has to return. She owe it to the fans of the show.
I mean after 6 years of fans supporting her work in the show, attending conventions, buying merchandise, etc, it would leave a bad impression if she doesn't accept to shot at least one last scene.
I'd really like it if she can return and we can see her with Hook and their baby.
I don't see why she can't return: she returned for the finales of House and HIMYM, she still attends to Once conventions, so I doubt she wouldn't return for a couple of days of filming, at least, even though I want her to be an active part in the final 2 episodes, I'd be okay with a couple of scenes. I did not like her return in 7x02, because I wanted to know why she was missing while her family was cursed and Henry was dying, and the episode explained a whole lot of nothing.
Some people just say "don't get your hopes up or you'll be disappointed, she isn't coming back"... but I want to get my hopes up, if she doesn't return it's gonna be a big shock for me but I want to believe. If she won't be back, at least I'm sure they will use some archive footage of her and Hook's happy ending, with more characters in archive footage as well to at least remember them. Having an extra to play her in the back would be the absolute worst decision, it would be really disrespectful to her character and to Jen.
Also, kinda off-topic but I dreamed that David and Snow returned before the finale, and Charming was killed off so he wouldn't be back for 7x22. No idea why I make these dreams.
I mean after 6 years of fans supporting her work in the show, attending conventions, buying merchandise, etc, it would leave a bad impression if she doesn't accept to shot at least one last scene.
She owes nothing to anyone. She's a person who spent the last 7 years working with a group of people and decided to leave and focus on other things.
This idea that acting works differently than any other job is distressing. Fandom feels to entitled to actors' time.
Some people just say "don't get your hopes up or you'll be disappointed, she isn't coming back"... but I want to get my hopes up, if she doesn't return it's gonna be a big shock for me but I want to believe. If she won't be back, at least I'm sure they will use some archive footage of her and Hook's happy ending, with more characters in archive footage as well to at least remember them. Having an extra to play her in the back would be the absolute worst decision, it would be really disrespectful to her character and to Jen.
Also, kinda off-topic but I dreamed that David and Snow returned before the finale, and Charming was killed off so he wouldn't be back for 7x22. No idea why I make these dreams.
They don't need Emma to be present to explain why they can't see each other. Regardlessly, I highly doubt JMo will want to come back... she's the one who decided to leave the show anyways. Especially since she's not in Vancouver anymore.
DracoWombat wrote:
Some people just say "don't get your hopes up or you'll be disappointed, she isn't coming back"... but I want to get my hopes up, if she doesn't return it's gonna be a big shock for me but I want to believe. If she won't be back, at least I'm sure they will use some archive footage of her and Hook's happy ending, with more characters in archive footage as well to at least remember them. Having an extra to play her in the back would be the absolute worst decision, it would be really disrespectful to her character and to Jen.
Also, kinda off-topic but I dreamed that David and Snow returned before the finale, and Charming was killed off so he wouldn't be back for 7x22. No idea why I make these dreams.
They don't need Emma to be present to explain why they can't see each other. Regardlessly, I highly doubt JMo will want to come back... she's the one who decided to leave the show anyways. Especially since she's not in Vancouver anymore.
She decided to leave the show as a regular and even part time. But guesting for the series finale is a different thing entirely. I agree that they didn't need her to explain her absence, except they had her for 1 episode so why not explain it there? If she doesn't want to come back, I'll understand, but I'll blame the writers too because they had her for 1 episode and they literally wasted her at the beginning of the season, when they could have used her towards the end when we actually missed her.
I mean after 6 years of fans supporting her work in the show, attending conventions, buying merchandise, etc, it would leave a bad impression if she doesn't accept to shot at least one last scene.
This idea that acting works differently than any other job is distressing. Fandom feels to entitled to actors' time.
While I agree that she doesn't owe anyone anything, I disagree that acting works the same as other jobs. If you work in almost any other job besides acting, and you leave, they can have a person come in and replace you and do exactly the same work. In acting, having someone come in and replace you means they recast a character. Also, Jen has said the playing Emma was an amazing experience for her, if she truly feels that way, wouldn't she want to reprise the role of that character one last time in the series finale? The answer (for Jen) should be yes.
I think that Jen is pretty likely to return for the finale if she can fit the filming into her schedule. Like Chameleon said, she's loyal to the show and to Emma. This might just be wishful thinking, but I remember in one of her interviews she said she could only promise one episode, which implies she was open to doing more, but couldn't due to scheduling etc. Even if Jen isn't able to physically be in the finale, I believe the writers will pay tribute to her character in some way.