Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6252544-20140312041724/@comment-24674051-20140402030421

Honestly, I love OUaT, but in general I am NOT a big fan of the serial shows. As someone has pointed out, if you miss one or 2 shows, it is very easy to just say to heck with it, as it becomes more and more difficult to 'catch up'. The overall season 1 format, where you had the 'fairy tale of the week', with a small side story related to Regina, Emma, and breaking the curse, was a better format, imho.

Maybe the writers should aim for shorter or no arcs, let each episode basically stand on it's own, with a loose theme that ties them all together. Aside from possibly enabling more viewers (because of the lack of serial format), we can let time flow a little looser (I mean really, between the end of season 1 and the middle of season 3, there was like 2 weeks tops that transpired). Season 1 felt more like a few months, overall, passed during the season.