Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-5899967-20180310131456/@comment-1826156-20180412161658

Season 7 suffers from the same problems the rest of the series has. If you watched the show for what it's always been about and liked it then, it doesn't suck. If you only watched it for specific characters and ships, sucks for you, I guess, but not me. In my opinion it has had some better story than 3, 4,5 or 6 in a a lot of ways. Just as usual they dropped the ball on some of the most interesting stuff. That's not a season 7 issue, it's a Once Upon a Time issue.

I believe viewership dropped so much this time because the move to Friday, more than anything...and even then it did surprisingly well in my opinion. I'm gone on Friday nights 9/10, so even someone who watched the show almost religiously misses out on the original airings now. I think I've seen 2 episodes as they air this season. Back when I cared about TWD it was great since I could watch Once and change channels and watch TWD right after.

I suspect the finale will see a huge boost in viewers, especially if they market it as a return of all the favorites.