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This show jumped several sharks at this point

For me it is pretty obvious the basic premise of the show was season 1 and part of season 2. After that, it feels like they don't what to do with the show/characters anymore. Rumple being the best example. They don't wan't to kill him, because he is a fan favorite, but they don't know what to do with him

The first time they jumped a shark was season 3. Regina a Rumple took over the show. They gave 3A to Rumple and his father and 3B to Regina and her sister. The main characters - Snow, Charming and Emma - pretty much became secondary. At the end of both arcs Emma didn't even defeat Pan and Zelena, Rumple and Regina did, even if Emma she is supposed to be the savior. But this was not as bad as the upcoming sharks. At least at this point the show was still well-written and it made sense.

Season 4x01 was a turning point for the series, IMO. Bringing the Frozen characters was like the worst thing they could do. Most of the episodes were forced and made little to no sense. Like Emma losing control over her powers for no reason at all, or the Charmings sacrificing a baby, or Emma going dark just because their parents kept a secret from her (she didn't even know they existed like a year ago. And has been in prison, so.... ). Or Emma killing Cruella to save Henry instead of just teleporting her gun away.

In season 5 and 6 the plots became even more contrived or illogical. A portal opening to the LoUS stories for no reason at all. Nimue and Black Fairy being contradictory characters. Black Fairy backstory was also  contradictory. Zeus saved Hook for like no reason at all. Regina learning nothing from the first time she became the EQ and letting the EQ come out again when she lost Robin instead of dealing with her emotions like everyone else. Hook using magic out of nowhere. The EQ didn't want to sing and 3 seconds later she was performing a Broadway-like  choreography (and  killing her guards as part of it). Snow and Charming needing a ship to go to Regina's castle. Everyone talking about the EQ like she and Regina were twins instead of being the same person. Characters being duplicated for no reason. New characters added nothing to the storyline and appeared like for no reason like Merida, Aladdin, etc and we got entire episodes wasted on them. The almighty Merlin was killed like they killed any extra character. Hook cast the Dark Curse by throwing a heart in a communication spell. Hook's dark curse was never broken, etc....

Sadly, in season 7 they jumped the shark once again with the "different versions of the same character" thing. From the beginning the show they never followed any version of a character. They made their own take on them. So, what's up with this "different versions" thing?? If they are following the well-know and official version, which version is which? But if they are making up all of the versions, so what's the point of having more than one. You're making them up anyway. Also, this thing with the alternate versions, the wish versions, the serum-duplicates... This show is super hard to follow. No wonder why casual viewers are always asking on the facebook OUaT page what the heck is going on after an episode airs.