Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25703308-20170817182701/@comment-31231929-20170821161854

Emillian Swanones wrote: AlbOuat wrote: Aine1989 wrote: AlbOuat wrote: I have to agree, even if maybe it's not at the level of the first three seasons, Season 6 was pretty solid.

I love that they went back to one full arch instead of two separated volumes, with some mini-archs intertwined. Everyone got the right amount of screentime and a solid storyline (they could have used Zelena more but overall they still treated her better than Will or Robin lol). Of couse, I loved the focus on Regina and the Serum Queen, and their final showdown. Plus, the ultimate arch of the Final Battle was fair for the conclusion of the first book and Fiona was a great villain. Of course, they could have developed the Savior storyline better, but it wasn't bad either, and Aladdin and Jasmine, even though kinda useless, were nice additions as well.

So, overall Season 6 is a 8/8.5 to me. Actually when you look at it objectively, screentime was NOT fairly divided up.

Regina almost an hour more screentime than Emma in the whole season.

Emma got more screentime in the 10 episodes of 5a she was in (not counting the Bear King) than in the first 16 episodes of season 6 (175 minutes in 5a vs 167 minutes up to and including 6x16). Make of this what you will, keeping in mind she is the main character.

In 6B both Regina and Hook got more screentime than Emma, Regina by 11 minutes and Hook by a minute and a half.

Overall, Snow, David Henry and Bbelle all had less screentime in s6 than in s5. Although I am willing to cut the writers slak with these characters; Emilie was likely still recovering from her pregnancy and spending time with her baby, Gginny and Josh have two kids under 5 (and Ginny had just had a baby) and Jared is a child actor.

Henry screentime: 162 mins (s5) v 158 mins (s6)

Snow screentime: 213 mins (s5) v 192 mins (s6)

Charming screentime: 208 mins (s5) v 191 mins (s6)

Belle screentime: 120 mins (s5) v 98 mins (s6).

So  I guess the 'right amount of screentime' depends on who you think should get the most screentime. But you can't deny that Emma, Snow, Henry, Charming, Belle and Hook were all sidelined this season, especially compared to last season. I wasn't talking specifically in the numbers XD

Regina got an hour more, yes, but it was because the EQ was the villain of the first half, it was logical that she was gonna get more, but "our" Regina, without the EQ, was probably in line with the other characters, Emma and Hook in particular.

I wound't say Emma was sidelined, she got her own storyline that started in the premiere and developed through the season, to peak in the last batch of episodes (16 and over). Hook was in line with the other seasons in which he wasn't the protagonist, S4 and S3.

Belle having less screentime than S5 is probably because in S5 she got two centric episodes, in which she was mainly featuted, while in S6 only one which wasn't even just hers but shared with Rumple. Overall, I think Belle was featured way more in S6 than S5, and got her own storyline with the pregnany and then Gideon. (should she have appeared more? Of course, but we take what we get)

Snow and Charming were rightly well featured in the first 7 eps but with the sleeping curse they got less, it's normal (but they were sidelined in S5 as well). I gotta agree with you here. I personally think that Regina and the EQ's screentime shouldn't be combined since they're technically separate characters, but I wasn't bothered by the fact that Lana filmed more because like you said, the EQ was the main villain for the first half. I don't think Emma got sidelined at all this season. I think that Belle and Snowing were featured a good amount based on the storylines they were given and the actor's lives. I will also say that I think Killian was featured more in this season than in Season 4. Definitley not as much as Season 5, but I think it was about equal to Season 3.