Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-24674051-20150223144338

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: They've lasted four seasons doing nothing but European fairy tales and mythology, with just one Asian legend (Mulan, as Aladdin is a story within a story of an Eastern European folk tale if I recall).

They still have four more continents, all of which are chock full of fairy tales, folk tales, legends and mythology to explore. Realistically, Once Upon A Time could be the next great American soap opera if they felt like it, stretching out these stories and plotlines for 40 years. And I'm not exaggerating LOL

But I feel like 10 seasons is good. Maybe even 15 like ER? But they'd definitely have to do a few time skips. We can't have 25 year old Jared and 19 year old Raphael still playing children LOL I agree, that they will have to do a few time skips (They really need another skip of about a year now as it is). And depending on how long the series lasts, they may even have to start replacing some of the main characters. You mention ER, and as I recall, not one of the original cast members lasted to the series finale. If Once goes much past about 7 or 8 seasons, they are going to have to start phasing characters in and out.