Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26033121-20160211071708/@comment-25926288-20160211103828

Yeah, that title though.

Anyhow, I'd ignore "ships" because writers don't write them, they write characters. If the show ended at 3 seasons, many would have been calling for more and I serious think many people are really not counting 3b. I know I didn't use to count it, but it wasn't all that bad, just missing something that might have helped.

I think if if we segmented the season 3b and onward, it would actually be decent, because there are gems that are needed to be discovered. We all had a few episodes we liked in 4a, 4b, and 5a, so it's not like it was terrible. All shows have a tipping point and I think we can tell where Once's was.

Upon a rewatch, I would say that 3a, even though I liked Pan was a little meh in some aareas and 3b made up for those areas, but had meh parts itself. So, I say that seasons 1-3 were actually solid. I actually think witht he resurfacing of Zelena and the Oz flashbacks of season 4 and potentially beyond, the writers showed how they could have improved 3b, but those were slightly different writers and clearly didn't plan up to season 5.