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Rebecca Mader Leaving Once Upon a Time; Set To Headline Spinoff Pilot Alongside Teri Reeves and Meghan Ory

It seems that Once Upon a Time is going to be way less wicked when it returns from its midseason hiatus.

Tonight's episode featured the battle against Singra, the Wicked Witch of South (Erin Richards), previously introduced on last week's episode. During the hour, Zelena's arc came full circle as she finally made piece with herself and her past as the Wicked Witch of West.

In the end of the hour, Dorothy Gale and Ruby invited Zelena to help them rebuild Oz. Zelena, then, said goodbye to her family - Regina, Robin, Rogers and Alice - before leaving to somewhere over the rainbow.

Now, we can exclusively confirm that Rebecca Mader has left the show, and thus, is no longer a series regular on the long-running fairytale drama. However, this is not the last time you'll see Mader's (not-so) Wicked Witch of West. In addition to two more Once Upon a Time episodes, Mader is set to star in the pilot of the upcoming anthology spinoff series Once Upon a Time Chronicles, alongside Teri Reeves' Dorothy and Meghan Ory's Ruby. Should the pilot get picked up, the trio are set to be series regulars on the first season of the drama, properly titled Once Upon a Time in Oz.

Once Upon a Time stars Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, Andrew J. West, Dania Ramirez, Mekia Cox, Rose Reynolds, Tiera Skovbye, Adelaide Kane, Crystal Reed and Giles Matthey.