Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-30592197-20161125003651/@comment-25926288-20161125023239

In defense of Wonderland, the story was solid; it was the killer timeslot that did it in, mostly. The ABC executive at the time said so as well. I guess Adam and Eddy aren't interested in Once spin-offs. (ABC did give them another series, which flopped mostly due to itself.

Malcolm really didn't need much of a flashback. He could have used one, no doubt, but what he had was mostly what they were going for. If anything, the flashback made him slightly human befoe they tried to turn him into the worst person ever. I do think at least we should have seen some transition because it really didn't look like Malcolm hated Rumple, only mildly annoyed at times.

So, Malcolm's adulthood would be more intriguing than his childhood as that's where his motivations come from (or perhaps both). He wanted to escape to his childhood and carefree life.

But int terms of villains, his backstory beats a few.