Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20170317173209/@comment-25926288-20170317221300

I wouldn't say that ratings will be irrelevant because 8, 9, and 10 could somehow come about.

There's the business aspect as well as the story aspect. Snowing aren't ratings grabbers. But no one else is either. Ratings is a hard aspect to discuss as there are many factors. I'm sure we spent an entire episode with Robin before and it didn't tank because there was no Snow, Belle, or otherwise.

I can't see what they'd do with the current cast of characters, especially if they follow the same character wave they do. Emma has accepted everyone and their dog. She and Hook could be vaguely interesting versions of Snowing, but not much more. Et cetera. Best thing in my opinion would be finding away to unpolarize characters and change the "ship" dynamics because they seem to be the demo killer.