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Farerb wrote: CTrent29 wrote: 'On the contrary, I disagree. 3B wasn't season 1-good, but it was an improvement over 3A, and the show was going back to its roots'

I've been watching Season 1 lately. Frankly, I think it's a bit overrated. I thought that the best part of the season had stretched between "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree" and "The Stable Boy". Otherwise, I thought that the other parts of the season were hit or miss for me. And the season featured one-shot character episodes that really had very little to do with the overall story arc.

I enjoyed most of Season 2 (up to "Welcome to Storybrooke"), Season 3 and Season 4B more.

BTW, Emma and Hook's true love CPR does not break Zelena's curse,

That was about Emma applying CPR to Hook in order to save his life, not "true love's kiss". All she needed to do was touch his lips with her and her powers were taken away. I actually disagree. I thought the frame of Mary Margaret didn't really make sense, especially since the night Kathryn disappeared, MM was with Emma, so she had an aliby.

Season 2 is underrated. It had the best character development in the series.

Season 3A is the most underrated season. It was their most original take on a children story, not to mention the darkest. Season 1 was good as it was simply establishing and not much more than that. The case against MM was suppose to be obvious. We the viewers knew MM was innocent, Emma had to find a way to save her because stuff. It's also like the only time someone actually was imprisioned for a real crime....until Arthur, I guess.

Season 2 gave development to all characters in their compositie form and actually was the best of David ever, which is funny. It was only sort of weak due to the quick Regina backslide and that it sort of floundered a bit in the middle.

Season 3a was good as well, but most detractors only seem to remember the potted plants on the set and how it was always dark. This was the first main arc that had sufficeint LOST Potential because Neverland wasn't really explored and was sort of peripheral, but at least it was consistent, unlike 5a's treatment of Camelot crew.

I think I can even include 3b with it's fanfic-y ways and say that season 1-3 could have been the entire series and it could have been strong. Even more creative would have been to do Season 3 ending with Emma becoming the DO, Rumple remaining dead or something in redemption and then season 5 and so on. I think season 4 was a weird mess that threw much of the show off-kilter.

I'm one that can't actually believe that the writers could go from adequate (with it's shippy fanservice starting) to hyperactive and with a short attention span in the matter of 1 year.