Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24386552-20161217174626/@comment-24386552-20170429220659

Eskaver wrote: Dan Fox wrote: Can I just say how amazing the S6 back half has been? I feel like the show has struck its season one roots again and is going out with a bang. I think it's relatively mixed for me. (Mostly due to some Shamalyan levels of needing a "Twist" and Jasmine an Aladdin and the overwhelming amount of macguffins). Solid, but I think 6A was pretty much the same way, with 6B wrapping up better than Once typically does. The only issues I've found are pretty much the same thing. Aladdin and Jasmine also were intriguing at the start (Or at least Jasmine was) but the writing got so lost with them, that it seemed blah to me, but her with Ariel was nice and I'm glad that chapter is over. I've also noticed this half has had some great moments like Josh Dallas' acting in David's centric episode, Regina having a full revelation about herself and who she is, and Zelena emerging as stronger than she did before.

Then there were weird things like in the 15th episode and its Wonderland consistency and of course Evil Bae. I think this concept would've been amazing to explore (not the evil, but darker side) as he had so much crap going on that it only would've been human to go nuts at some point. The problem is, they spent too much time building him as a junior prince charming, that they forgot that his darker side had never been explored. Hence why there was so much backlash over his character assassination for building Rumple up.

Other than that, I think the rest of the season will be solid with the musical as the only toss-up.