I’m hoping to see continued growth in Regina’s character. Obviously she was upset about the return of Marian in the season finale but I hope they don’t arrange some deus ex machina death for Marian just to put Regina where “Fate” says she should be.
I want to see Regina struggle to be good in the face of her latest disappointment but eventually come to realize that Robin and Marian had a life together while Regina really only dated him for a few months or so (they didn’t even like each other much during the forgotten year in the Enchanted Forest.) Overcoming this kind of setback is what should eventually lead Regina to her own Happy Ending. I hope Henry will remind her of how far she has come and will play peacemaker between Regina and Emma so that Regina gets over her anger and realizes that Emma did a good thing by saving Marian.
I don’t know how they will incorporate the characters from Frozen, but I’m looking forward to it. I really want to know if Emma and Henry saw Frozen while they were in New York and I want to see how they and the other residents of Storybrooke react to the appearance of characters from such a recent story instead of classic tales (I know Frozen was inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale but the the costume at the end of the season finale suggests they are going to be following the Disney movie which is very different than the original story.) It’s quite a change to be dealing with characters who didn’t exist (in our world) just a couple of years ago!