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I will definitly agree that, as far as finales are concerned, S5 comes towards the end. Not that it's bad, but (as was pointed out above) the finale had nothing to do with the rest of the arcs from the season, and more to do with setting up what is to come with season 6. In terms of Finales my order is

S3 > S4 > S1 > S5 > S2

IN terms of cliffhangers for the finale:

S3 (Elsa & the Return of Marian) was the best, S4 (Emma and the Darkness), S1 (Return of Magic), S2 (Kidnapping of Henry and the journey to Neverland), and finally S5 (Hyde and the return of the EQ). Unfortunately, the past finales have set up something that (imo) failed to materialize well, with the exception of the S1 Finale. S5's placement could change drastically to the good if S6 actually produces some better quality storytelling.