Playing two seperate episodes at the same time does not make it one final episode.
Episode 522 and 523 are airing together on the final night of this season. That makes it a two hour event. Whether or not you consider 522 a finale or not is your choice, but ABC and all the media networks have called it a two hour finale (consisting of 522 and 523) which is what I was clarifying because some are under the impression that 523 is two hours, which it is not.
I am well aware that Merida is in 523, the final hour of the finale. What the article calls into question is whether she’s in 522 (parts of which were shot at the same as 523, specifically the Merida portions) because by the articles definition, the finale is both hours.
I’m well aware of it.