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Lol, 3b was alright (at this point). Just smash 3b and 5b together with a little effort and the show would be good. Just have Rumbelle TLK and then Emma Dark One for season 4. Then eventually have Hook die. Zelena to return in 4b etc. But let's stop me from giving a significantly better idea.

To pile on this mountain of critique, Season 5 on several occasions went towards being solid. Then the tonal/narrative shift happens and it all goes downhill to an "interesting" finale. It just so happens that Disney is also around such writing. XD

"Disney Live" was apparent in season 4a and the writers acknowledged it in some parts, so I can't see how anyone can defend the writers when they aren't defending that point. So, they went the other way and just threw things in there "just because".

Frozen (FBs) were decent. Brave (FBs) were solid. Hades early on was cool. Just everything else wasn't. Even as I toss accolades at them for those decent arcs, none of us (at least I think fans prior to season 4) signed in for Disney Live. Some fans and some casuals and those that started the show later seem to like it by my anecdotal accounts. Although I can't stand the complaints that "My favorite Disney character isn't the way I liked in the movie!", even they have points. It's a perplexing conundrum.