Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20161205084124/@comment-25926288-20161215145429

I would agree to wait it out to see how the entire season progresses. However, there are elements that can be judged. More notably, what's been working and what hasn't been working so far. Those can be discussed and can't simply be "Oh, let's wait and see."

Visually the show has been great. The concepts have been great. Execution of those concepts, not so much.

One of the greatest flaws that hopefully can be fixed is the Omniscient Villain thing they've got going on this season. Hades made some reasonable sense. Queenie doesn't unless we expect that she doesn't do anything but spy on others at all times. Jafar in his small role appeared the same way, as did Hyde. Villains are suppose to be clever and try to be one step ahead, but not having stacks in their favor. No villain has been always aware of everything because then they should never lose. Queenie shouldn't have known about the lamp without a scene about Rumple telling her that a lamp went missing or something like that. Queenie shouldn't have known about Emma's wish unless she commanded it out of Aladdin. What works is when a villain makes best of a given situation (like Queenie knowing that Rumbelle is on the ropes and that Rumple didn't dose Belle) and excelling. Assuming Gideon and Black Fairy brings up the later half, this can be avoided with Black Fairy not really knowing anything about our SB gang besides Rumple and whatever Gideon knows.