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Hmcooper4 wrote: Drama vs downtime is a wonderful discussion. And I agree with the point that there needs to be a balance. Episodes like Labor of Love are a good example. you had the conflict between Hades and Regina/Emma/Snow/Herc, and you had the conflict of defeating Cerberus. And the flashback had the drama with the thugs terrorizing the countryside. but against that you had the moments of character revelation between Snow and Herc, and the moment at the End where Snow (finally!) decided to be Snow and not MM. The scene between Regina and Emma in Only You is another example. The scenes with Regina, Zelena and Cora at the end of "Sisters" is yet another.

Whether or not you agree with the revelations of these scenes, they provide insight into the character. And Character development has been sorely lacking in S3 and S4. S5 did better, but There is still room to grow, and hopefully keeping the present day story in SB will allow for focus on the characters and their growth. Whoa, there. I guess we'll agree to disagree, but saying season 3 was lacking character development is like telling me that season 4 lacked Disney inspiration XD.