Aqua42 wrote:
Not really that big of a plot hole, he probably travelled back to our world the same way he got to Oz. At least in multiple tellings of Oz, the Wizard left by his hot air balloon. I think that there is a chance that Walsh is alive, if the monkeys that were shot just reappeared somewhere. Emma is the only one telling us that he died. Walsh being alive could add to the narrative for Captain Swan, if they wanted to. I mean, there is a reason why they were together for 8 months and she considered marrying Walsh when he proposed.
True. But travel between the EF and LWM was completely cut-off for that one year. Travel between the magical worlds was possible, maybe even from other magical worlds to the LWM, but Walsh was definitely in the EF with Wicked...