Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20150928170914/@comment-6175354-20151202145848

Ray Donovan wrote: I just disagree with the Bear King was so much a momentum killer, that it affected ratings for Broken Heart. GA overall are just not finding the DO arc, which is encompassing all of season 5 at this point, endearing enough for people to tune in.

If Bear King was so bad, it should have a drop more in viewership within its episode. Viewership of The Bear King did drop significantly after Birth. If the gerenal audience does not like the Dark One arc, it is because nothing happened in Storybrooke until the 5.08 cliffhanger. The twist about what happened in Camelot, came way too late.