Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20161205025332/@comment-24674051-20161207185537

Ok, I honestly don't think we are done with Queenie yet. I think that what Gideon did sidelined her for the moment, which needed to be done to deal with the Gideon/Emma story.

But I think everything about this season feels like a single season. Yes, we had a good cliff-hanger midseason episode. But that occurs with many series, and we even had that with Season 1 and 2. Season 1, the December "finale" was "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter", which was a decent cliff hanger for the first season (from a viewing perspective, it leaves you wondering over the next month about the status of the Curse, and of Emma's belief.  Season 2 we had "Queen of Hearts", which was the End of the EF segment and transitioned to Cora and Hook in SB at the very end.

The fact that the story arcs are not well contained in 2-3 episodes is, in my opinion, refreshing. Could the execution be better? absolutely. But, and forgive the rehash, here's where I see the various storylines introduced this season.

1. Jekyll & Hyde - Completed.

2. Evil Queen - Ongoing, but sidelined at the moment.

3. David's Dad - Ongoing, but sidelined.

4. Saviorology - Ongoing, and still in play with the return and reveal of Gideon

5. Snow & David's sleeping Curse - Ongoing

6. Belle's Pregnancy - Completed, and transferred to Gideon's story

7. Agrabah - sidelined, but will return later.

8. Rumple & Belle's relationship - Ongoing, and tied to Gideon's story line

9. Regina & Zelena's relationship - Ongoing, but sidelined.

10. Regina and Robin Hood - Ongoing (Just started)

11. Wish Realm - Ongoing

12. Black Fairy - Ongoing. may or may not be active as part of Gideon's

13. Gideon - Ongoing

That's 13 different story lines that have been started or addressed in just 10 episodes, and there's probably a few that were started and finished along the way that I did not mention (Count of Monte Cristo, Cinderella, and 20000 Leagues). There will likely be a lot of flow and overlap in these storylines as the next 12 episodes progress.

As for comments of Queenie being done, I think she is still on the table. She is just sidelined for the moment. I think there may be one or two more episodes  where they address the situation before resolving it, but I think (and hope) that we will get a better resolution than what we currently have. If we don't, then I'll agree with everyone else that it is a terrible way to close that storyline.

And for the comments that LoUS has been dropped, I don't look at that as a story line as much as a plot device that can be used to bring in additional characters and stories. we have 12 more episodes this season, and there's a good chance that there will be 22 more next season (there are no rumors that Once is on the chopping block at this point), so there is plenty of opportunity to have other characters from the LoUS show up.