Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25733960-20150511015958/@comment-24674051-20150513145650

Best-  Emma and Elsa's friendship, Emma finally coming to terms with her ability for Magic Introduction of Sorcerer and Apprentice Good Acting jobs by all the cast, particularly Colin when he was showing Rumple disguised as Hook. Henry finally be used effectively in the AU finale The AU Finale The return of Maleficent, and the Introduction of Lily Emma's sacrifice and becoming the Dark One The growth of Emma and Regina's friendship despite all the setbacks</li> </ul> Worst - <ul> the total misuse of the Queens of Darkness (lost potential there)</li> overuse of plot contrivences/Deus ex machina to resolve plot lines.</li> Missing storyline for Sleeping beauty (I was expecting more in the flashback that what we got)</li> Underutilization of certain characters (Belle, Will, Killian, Robin)</li> the surprise of Zelena = Marian, with absolutely NO foreshadowing. I like Zelena being back, just think they could have thought that one through a bit more</li> Rumples Random switches. Again, I see where they were trying to go, but I think they could have done a better job showing what was going on with Rumple this season. Looking back over the season, his actions make more sense, but he still came off as a first class jerk (or worse), rather than the terminally ill (from Darkness Poisoning) character.</li> </ul>

Overall, I felt this was the best season, and I am really looking forward to where they take us next season. If they can keep the main character additions to just Merlin, and focus on the Core Cast (and I will include Lily, Zelena, and Robin in the Core cast), there is a lot of potential for growth.