Does 509 feature any of the core?
Unless you count Zelena, since she is a series regular now. Definitely looks like this is a side episode to give Merida, Mulan and Ruby a chance to shine. Perhaps at the very least the other regulars will appear in a scene towards the end of the episode to lead into 510? It’s pretty clear that “The Bear King” was probably not originally planned as an episode, and was added later on. Hence why 5A is now 11 episodes, and 5B seems to be 12 episodes based on Adam’s tweet about Season 5 now being 23 episodes. 5B being 12 episodes long was the original plan, so I guess they simply added this episode to make 5A 11 episodes.
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