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Eskaver wrote: Well, when you shrink things down to an 11 epsiode arc of course it would seem rushed (especially with the many subplots).

One cannot simply compare it to season 1 because it changed dramas pretty much in season 2. Season 1 was a small town fantasy mystery type thing. Season 2 and onwards were action-oriented fantasy drama. Fair enough.

Not quite what I meant, though - I was referring to the extensiveness and intricacy of the backstories - I feel like they've gotten lazier since seasons 1 and maybe 2 and 3. Oz was pretty fine but like... with the Frozen arc and then the QoD, I just felt like the quality in terms of extensiveness and intricacy of the backstories went down.

As far as what you said though... fair enough, but that doesn't change that I wish some of these half-season arcs had been done in a full season, for better quality storytelling (just my opinion of course) (Neverland, QoD...).