Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151231135805/@comment-25926288-20160101144141

Everthevillain wrote:

Eskaver wrote: I don't think it should change its split seasons, just make each one big season with a season finale. But even better than all of that, just hire some phenomenal writers so that every episode is no less than B+ quality. Have Jane Espenson write more episodes. As she herself says she does great dialogue and character, I  say also have Adam and Eddy write more because they actually generally write great episodes, too.

They also should do away with character centrics in my opinion, or to be more precise they should revamp them. Make the episodes ensemble episodes, with a slight character focus. If we have a dreadful Charming episode, then let it be ensemble with a little extra David and interactions with David. These flashbacks should go away because they could simply let things be inferred instead of continually doing sudden lesson of the day moments and memory loss. More ensemble, more inter character interactions and stuff. If there's a Regina focused episode, don't have Regina sulk around Robin all episode. Let her interact with everyone, but still keep it at least 50% ensemble. We can have flashbacks, but some people still question why are we still dependent on 45% of the episode being flashbacks. 4x22 double episode had a flashback, but 95% of it was present day and ensemble and that's what every episode should be like in general, unless they need some backstory to be told.

For example, the Nimue and Merlin backstory needed to be told, so that was fine, but things like the finales of the arc should be ensemble unlike this random Hook finale we got,  that ebven had the moral of the day tucked in there too. The flashbacks weren't much, but I think it was too character focused. That beinning flashback was all that was needed and you could still keep it Hook focused and leave the secret Regina had to one flashback of Hook killing his dad and not take up 20 mins telling the whole story.