Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160307020620/@comment-27060727-20160308225410

Beekee404 wrote: Am I the only one who just can't see why this episode was the lowest rating episode of the series?! what is so wrong about this episode? It answered a long awaited question since "Hat Trick," it had an emotional reunion between Regina and her parents, and it brought back many other beloved characters! What, is it just cause of the lack of Hook and Captain Swan moments? Was it the bad CGI on Hades's hair? I feel like I'm the only one who likes the flame hair. Sure the CGI isn't good but come on! Good CGI is expensive! I don't know if a lot of people realize that. This isn't a movie! It's harder to make good CGI for a tv show then a movie! I happen to think the CGI on this show is very good for a tv show! I still like the flame hair regardless. At least he can turn it on and off! Sure he might look better without it but I still like it. This really was the best episode ever IMO regardless of the small complaints I shared in my previous post. I've only looked at ABC ratings since ratings only matter within a network and most of the shows I watch are on it, but ABC has seen drops across the board. HTGAWM is currently lower than OUAT's average for 5A, which really surprised me. Because of those other drops for the more popular shows, I didn't expect much of an increase for OUAT when it returned. So yeah, a 1.3 18-49 rating sounds bad, but when compared to the other ABC shows, it's not catastrophic just yet.

And unfortunately, DST has shown to result in lower ratings especially for 8 pm shows, so we will probably see even lower numbers next week.