Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25703308-20170817182701/@comment-28162607-20170821063654

AlbOuat wrote: I have to agree, even if maybe it's not at the level of the first three seasons, Season 6 was pretty solid.

I love that they went back to one full arch instead of two separated volumes, with some mini-archs intertwined. Everyone got the right amount of screentime and a solid storyline (they could have used Zelena more but overall they still treated her better than Will or Robin lol). Of couse, I loved the focus on Regina and the Serum Queen, and their final showdown. Plus, the ultimate arch of the Final Battle was fair for the conclusion of the first book and Fiona was a great villain. Of course, they could have developed the Savior storyline better, but it wasn't bad either, and Aladdin and Jasmine, even though kinda useless, were nice additions as well.

So, overall Season 6 is a 8/8.5 to me. Actually when you look at it objectively, screentime was NOT fairly divided up.

Regina almost an hour more screentime than Emma in the whole season.

Emma got more screentime in the 10 episodes of 5a she was in (not counting the Bear King) than in the first 16 episodes of season 6 (175 minutes in 5a vs 167 minutes up to and including 6x16). Make of this what you will, keeping in mind she is the main character.

In 6B both Regina and Hook got more screentime than Emma, Regina by 11 minutes and Hook by a minute and a half.

Overall, Snow, David Henry and Bbelle all had less screentime in s6 than in s5. Although I am willing to cut the writers slak with these characters; Emilie was likely still recovering from her pregnancy and spending time with her baby, Gginny and Josh have two kids under 5 (and Ginny had just had a baby) and Jared is a child actor.

Henry screentime: 162 mins (s5) v 158 mins (s6)

Snow screentime: 213 mins (s5) v 192 mins (s6)

Charming screentime: 208 mins (s5) v 191 mins (s6)

Belle screentime: 120 mins (s5) v 98 mins (s6).

So  I guess the 'right amount of screentime' depends on who you think should get the most screentime. But you can't deny that Emma, Snow, Henry, Charming, Belle and Hook were all sidelined this season, especially compared to last season.