Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25703308-20150417091913/@comment-1916997-20150418061206

Eskaver wrote: SO, that's why an extended recurring cast is taken with much hesitation and debate. The balance is off and will stay off. IF anything, we needed more characters in the Neverland and Oz arc.

I don't think it'll end. But if the show drags the quality diminishes and it'll be only a shell of it's former self (which in my opinion is what it is already). I don't get how people consider it a shell of its former self. Like when did you want it to end? Season 1? Emma breaks curse, and the end. Because that would either be a mini-series, or a failed tv show that may gain a cult following at a later date (see Firefly). Network tv shows are designed to go for many seasons, And if anything Adam and Eddy have things planned out better than most. They knew Oz was going to  be on the show since the Pilot, even though it didn't appear til 3B, and they know how they want the show to end. They also are able to go back to Maleficent (a character first introduced in the second episode of season 1), 3 seasons later. I'm not sure what other shows you watch, but as someone who basically watches everything on ABC, trust me, Once does a great job at not pulling things out of thin air, and with fantasy no less, a genre that is hard to work with and rarely attemted on tv.