Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20161205084124/@comment-24386552-20170101052130

Honestly, I enjoyed this arc more than the S5 arcs and 4B with its drab and depressing things. Though I still think Dark Waters was just so bleh. Not to mention, the start of that whole Evil Queen and Rumple relationship. Forced issues, boring, and I really did feel it was an insult to our intelligence. Thank God for Heartless though. It was so beautifully done, it was like the show had burst from below the murky waters.

As for the rest of the arc:

601: It was alright. Did set up some good storylines, but rushed ending.

602: I liked this episode and was saddened by the Count's quick death and Regina had to do it.

603: Though the actress who played Tremaine only had to portray a cold bitch, she was really great. Amazing acting. Loved Cinderella's return and the direction overall, but am still upset how they dodged the clear connection given in the tenth episode from the Wonderland spinoff.

604: Loved Hyde and his story with Jekyll. The new dynamic of their first scene together in the S5 finale is breathtaking. Then they were gone. That was upsetting.

605: I thought the acting of Jasmine was great and loved the brief scene where Regina comforted her along with Emma and Henry's little scene. I didn't really feel Aladdin, Jafar, or that battle scene though. That was super corny. However, this was still an okay episode overall.

606: Couldn't express how much I loathed it.

607: Can't express how much I love it.

608: I think this was a great episode overall. Nice to see the Dragon again and do a little nod at his own story. It also was interesting to see how Snowing handles thier curse, only to realize it wasn't working out. Rumple pissed me off though, and so did Belle going to Zelena. They have a seriously weird connection, but it works. Like Posion Ivy and Batgirl.

609: I remember back in S1-3 when Rumple was truly a sympathetic figure we could connect with and love. We somewhat got it back, but with all the carelessness the writers have displayed in his character, it was too little, too late for most of the fanbase. I mean his Mom abandoned him like his father. She acted like it was no big deal either. We couldn't feel for him, like we should've. Also people coming hard at him with Bae, like holy shit. I also felt uncomfortable with Gideon and Belle scenes. They feel more like a couple than mother and son. I can't be the only one that sensed sexual tension when there seriously wasn't supposed to be any.

610: Wish Emma was painful to watch. We never saw her so weak before. It felt so amazing when she was back. The ending was intense, but did feel crazy rushed. I hate how Jasmine lost all likability at that point by being so bent on Agrabah and the rules... Too complicated I guess for the writers to clarify again. I'm glad Robin was back though, because that death was way too disrespectful and swept under the rug to be for real. This closure is going to be great.