Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25433726-20150220040629/@comment-1894786-20150813054424

Well, if Will had been given a bigger part in season four as had been originally planned (I won't start up that conversation again LOL) then OUATIW would've been mandatory viewing for any fans who like to be in the know. But Will (despite being a "main character" for season 4's entirety) was subjected to cameo appearance after cameo appearance. You can tell when they introduced him in Rocky Road and The Apprentice that he was supposed to have a much bigger role, but nope. He was Belle's rebound, and even then we never got to see their relationship, because once again Human Doormat went back to Inhuman Slime and told him she loved him. Again.

Either way, I'm getting off-track. The point is, OUATIW is unnecessary, because the only character whose backstory you'd need that to get that set to understand would be Will's, and he was irrelevant to the main show. In fact, his role in "Heart Of Gold" was probably the only one they gave him that his character actually needed, there needing to be an explanation for how he and Robin Hood met.