Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151231135805/@comment-26159109-20151231155222

Eskaver wrote: ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Jennifer Morrison was the only actor on OUaT, who gave a terrible performance this season. She is to blame, and not the writers. Everyone else's performances were fairly consistant, with previous seasons. I'd say it might be subjective. I felt that Lana's EQ in Swan Song was totally out of place and frankly bad (specifically because Lana does so well with Regina's timeframe that we'd know this doesn't match the Regina of that time period).

Anyhow, what is JMo the blame for? She's not the blame for the season failing and she's only part of what creates a performance. It wasn't always her best acting times, but directors direct and writers write. The writers wrote Emma well but the Dark Swan, not so much and the directors can tell the actors to change their portrayal. That's what the director's job is. So, all the blame isn't on one person. I agree. JMo acting was the least problematic aspect in this season. I can imagine the directors telling her "this isn't monotonic enough". There were much bigger issues with this season that were stated over the past 3 months by a lot of people here.