I don’t think they’ll start with a whole new cast as they would lose the fanbase that is already super dedicated. That doesn’t close the door to meeting other fairy tale characters along the way and they’ve been pretty good about doing that only in so far as it relates to the core cast in some way, shape or form. I agree, only Red is going anywhere (and she’s hanging out with Sawyer – can’t say I blame her 😉 ).
As for the ABC PR department….other than blatantly obvious promos like showing Whale = Frankenstein…I can’t say that I trust them about anything. If you go back and rewatch any of their promos for new characters especially, they’re absolutely absurd! I swear they go off of what they think it will be and pay no actual attention to anything other than the character name and then they just make stuff up.
I do vaguely remember that Season 2 thing and I’m not really sure what to think of it now. The first 2/3 are easily added to any season really. The last part I’m…stumped. Maybe I need to start my season rewatch cause I wasn’t as good about rewatching every ep multiple times like last year but the fact that nothing is coming to mind is a litttttle disconcerting, regardless of my trust level with anything say.
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.