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Eskaver wrote: But I like how much of season 2 people dislike is like 20% of it.

Besides the CGI, why do people dislike Wonderland so much (in relative to other seasons)? Wonderland has a complete story that answers the questions that it presents, does a good thing with the relationships and each person has some sort of realistic issue. I mean I love Regina, but she was mad at a 10 year old and that is pretty fantastic (in terms of being unreal).

The villain had a sad backstory but still came off as an unrepentant jerk. We've got a redeemed villain too. Self-righteous hero that gets knocked down a peg (Alice), a hero that has a shady past (Cyrus), the anti-hero best friend (Will), and even the Third Wheel (Liz). And even as a liller character, Liz gets much more sympathy than any of the dwarves.We have magical macguffins and fantabulous creatures. We have mix and match legends, like Grendel, Wonderland, and Agrabah.

Wonderland was pretty much what Once is suppose to be, just more condensed and in the death slot for ratings. They even had serious moments that are nearly as good as Once's and better comedic moments too. On top of that, they actually had more concise Worldbuilding too. (Looking at you, Oz and it's one palace.)

Just playing an advocate....I can't change anyone's mind, of course. (Psst, please change your minds.) I agree with you about Wonderland. One of the reasons that it was great is that this is the only time that they used the three-act structure.

Act one: the set-up - ep 1-4.

Act two: the confrontation - ep 5-8.

Act 3: the resolution - ep 9-13.

It was focused. The backstories were about the five main character only, they didn't get sidetracked with secondary characters like the main show sometimes does.

And it had great plot and great character development.