Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151231135805/@comment-27603417-20160105041729

Eskaver wrote: I don't think it should change its split seasons, just make each one big season with a season finale. But even better than all of that, just hire some phenomenal writers so that every episode is no less than B+ quality.

This problem is really evident in "Broken Heart." That episode was written by two new writers. The first one joined the writers first back in 4x04, and her only writing credit is OUAT, proving she's really not that "pro" yet. Next, is a director and a writer of short films, but he just joined in 4x10. Not belittling new writers in the show, but the problem with them is that they don't know much of the core of the story they're telling. (Sometimes, I wonder if they really do watch the previous episodes of the show.)

Going back to "Broken Heart," that episode was a mess (Zelena showed signs of redemption, Hook is a messed up D.O. immediately without any struggling, etc.), and it appeared that Adam and Eddy, the writers of "Swan Song," fixed the mess that was made by "Broken Heart," which made it look like "Swan Song" is the problem. But thinking about it, disregarding the issues of "Broken Heart," "Swan Song" had the chance be a good episode (just until Hook dies).