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TheRose123 wrote: My Personal Least Favorite Episodes are -

1) The Bear King (5x09)

Pointless, boring, and complete with characters that were both uninteresting and even made worse with the fact that its previous episode (5x08, Birth) was an amazing episode, but still didn't land by top 5 or 10 list.

2) Darkness on the Edge of Town (4x12)

Although Cruella's backstory (6x19, Sympathy for the De Vil) is a good, twisty episode reminiscent of Season One, this episode I feel is horrible as it sets up all of the drab, poorly-executed plot lines to come in my least favorite arc and season. Regina carried some of the weight, but from here on out she doesn't have a good centric until 6x07 and 6x15. (Heartless and Page 23)

3) The Broken Kingdom (5x04)

I hated the characters, and this was definitely the most hyped up but equally disappointing season of them all because of the potential it had for the Dark Swan, but ultimately failed in its pursuit with the development of Camelot.

4) Dark Waters (6x06)

Although other Hook centrics (3x05, Good Form and 3x12, New York City Serenade) were good, same with his episodes involving Regina and Cora (2x09, The Queen of Hearts), ultimately, this episode was featureless and Jared Gilmore seemed bored throughout the whole episode, which didn't help my own boredom.

5) Ill-Boding Patterns (6x13)

Season 6 is getting better and better in the backhalf of the season, which I hope culminates into a great musical episode and finale, but I'll-Boding Patterns, following the intense Murder Most Foul, was a disappointing adaption of Beowulf. So far, it is the only episode I seriously dislike in 6B.

Honorable Mentions: Only You (6x22), The Bear and The Bow (5x06), Dreamy (1x14), White Out (4x02), and Changelings (6x09). 1. The Bear King definitely threw viewers off and was polarizing as it shed light on some stuff, but not necessarily what everyone wanted. Though this did have one of the best action sequences.

2. This one I felt was actually decent. A bit weird at times, but badass when it came to Regina, Emma, and the Queens of Darkness.

3. Yeah that one was dry and about Arthur losing his mind.

4. I think this was one not only bored me and I guess the cast, but was nonsensical. While the musical episode at least went in knowing it wasn't going to make complete sense, this episode went in thinking we'd get it on our first try. I still to this day, have no clue how Liam aged. The inconsistencies were also enough to leave anyone's head spinning, if the GoldenQueen love scene didn't do it first.

5. I think that one was alright, but it pointed to a massive flaw in the writing of Bae. It wouldn't have been a problem had the show established that there was a darkness, raging anger, and resentment in his life, but there wasn't. Not that he moped instead of fought back, but he never wanted trouble. I think they tried exploring this side in Nasty Habits, but it ended up being how Rumple was all at fault and missed out on this opportunity. Realistically, Bae should've been angry and a wreck, but he wasn't. Then came this episode and it came off as character assassination (along with Beowulf) to expand Rumple and although Rumple did come out looking better, it was too obvious what was going on.