Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20161205025332/@comment-5106672-20161205230045

See, the last three seasons had one loose overarching background plot (S3: will Emma find her place in Storybrooke? S4: What's with the Author? S5: err… something, S5A wasn't very focussed so I can't really say) and two very separate arcs which not only built up and paid off within their respective half season time, but starting from S4A were actually dead and done one episode before the half season mark, with the two finales actually serving as the introduction for the next arc and the only true connection between them. All the main subplots were resolved within their respective arcs, with the aftermath building up tension for the next one (except for the Camelot hot mess, which was pretty much just dropped there, goodbye).

Conversely, discounting single episode self-containing plotlines, NONE of the arcs from S6 has had a definite resolution yet. Except arguably Belle's pregnancy, which has now shifted to "What ever happened to Gideon?", and the “Will Aladdin embrace his responsibilities?” plot. In that sense, so far S6 is even more cohesive than S2, when at least the "Will Emma an Mary Margaret make it back to Storybrooke?" plotline was resolved before the winter break. Everything we've seen so far in S6 is still pretty much ongoing.