The Mikaelson family drama will be intense when "The Originals" returns from its winter break with an all-new episode next year.

The epic mid-season finale, "The Map of Moments," ended with several major cliffhangers: Esther may either be dead or a vampire, Finn is out on the loose, and Rebekah is trapped inside the body of a witch who, herself, is trapped in a cursed New Orleans home, reports TV Fanatic.

During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, executive producer Michael Narducci dropped spoilers about what viewers can expect to see when the show returns in 2015.

According to the EP, there will be a small time lapse between the last episode, and the upcoming episode, which is titled "Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire."

"It's a tiny little time jump. It's not so significant that we're going to miss out on the things we really want to see which is: What does our family believe happened to Rebekah?" said Narducci.

"They know that she didn't wake up in Cami; where is she? They're hoping that she's woken up in the body of this other person who Kol has prepared, but Kol knows that that's not going to happen, so there's the mystery of how that plays out. Then there's the mystery of: Is Esther going to drink that blood or not, and then what's going to happen with Mikael and Finn, this new alliance of the vampire who hunts vampires and the brother who hates his siblings and wants revenge for what's happened to his mom? So a lot's going to go down in that first episode back," he continued.

The EP also opened up about the fate of baby Hope.

"Esther may be taken care of, but Vincent is still out there and so is Mikael. So it's not necessarily safe to bring Hope home yet, so you have to imagine that Hayley is probably going to stay put until they know what's going on with Rebekah. You and I know that Rebekah is trapped in that cottage, but our heroes don't know that yet. So they're going to have to figure out what to do, and it's not going to be an easy decision because they know that New Orleans is a very dangerous place."

When asked if fans can expect to see more of Rebekah, played by actress Claire Holt, the EP answered saying: "We're absolutely going to do a storyline where we see Rebekah inside this other body. I think the question is, how long will that last?"

Narducci continued to explain that she can't just be removed from the body and put back into her own body if she is still in "this prison."

"... and there are secrets floating around inside that prison beyond even what you might imagine from just the weird notion of a witch prison," Narducci added. "There's stuff going on in there that she will find herself in the middle of that she's going to have to figure out before she can escape. So there's that storyline and then there's the quest to figure out what's next for her, which I think is going to be really exciting. We love that actress very much. Her name is Maisie Richardson-Sellers. She's been incredible and is so fun to work with and has brought so much to the part. We're really enjoying it.

He also added that Claire Holt will likely be sticking around because she offers so much to the show.

"That said, Claire Holt is an essential and integral part of this family, and even if this were to be a long-term storyline, in the same way that we have had Daniel Sharman playing Kol and yet have had Nathaniel Buzolic come back and play Kol in flashbacks, this is a family storyline. It's got a lot of chapters," Narducci said. "These people are immortal. They have 1,000 years of history and hopefully a future that the audience won't be able to predict, so I don't think we've seen the last of Claire Holt if we can help it."

Season 2, Episode 10 of "The Originals," titled "Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire," will premiere on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 on the CW.

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