Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26715865-20151102073210/@comment-26159109-20151102203118

ItachiIshtar wrote: Often I think OUAT would be better off if each Season were 13 episodes, rather than a full 22 episode Season. 11 episodes aren't quite enough to tell these storylines that they want to tell, and I feel 22 episodes for some of these storylines would drag. Could you imagine 22 episodes stuck in Neverland, had Season 3 not gone for the split-Season format? Many people complained about Neverland's pacing and its constant dark jungle set as it was. However, Neverland still felt rushed in other areas, especially episodes 309-311. We definitely could have gotten more episodes with Pan in Storybrooke, for one. I feel another problem with the current format is that the B half of the Season comes across as underdeveloped. They write and film each episode of the Season one right after the other, so they don't have enough time to properly take a break and brainstorm pefore jumping into the 2nd half. 4B's Queens of Darkness storyline especially seemed to suffer from this.

If each Season were only 13 episodes, that would give the writers a lot more time to focus on making those 13 episodes the best they can possibly be. And I do think that 2 extra episodes compared to the 11 episode structure could be enough to fix the pacing for these storylines. I think they could've prolonged Cora till season finale.

have Greg and Tamara be 3A, more Developed and more connected to Pan, building it to Neverland and have 3A as 3B.

Zelena could've been a full season, espacially since they spent a full year in EF. they could've had more stories that don't have to be related only to their fight with Zelena.

Frozen worked well since they had an extra episode and it pretty much revolved around Frozen characters and Emma so they had time to consentrate on this characters. it could've been a full season if they didn't overstuffed every episode with Frozen and have some episodes about the main characters, unrelated to Frozen.

the Athor stuff is something that I'm not really a fan, not only because it was such a mess, but mainly because they pretty much shot themselves in the leg with that story.However, this is also a story that could've been a full 22 episodes. espacially if they insisted on introducing Ursula and Cruella, that could've been more than just icons who have no porpuse.

Dark Emma and Camelot could've been a full season as well. Camelot has a rich collection of stories and characters they could've done.