Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20161205025332/@comment-5106672-20161205234614

CoolDudeAl wrote:

Yep, this is very well put. As for Season 5, I feel like the overarcing plot point would be something about: Can Emma and Hook make their relationship work, or something. Maybe the overarcing plot of S5 was “Will the writers remember how to do OUAT properly?”. Thankfully, they did. Eventually.

(No, well, actually when I binge-watched S5A a second time and all in a row, it made more sense and I enjoyed it more than the first time. Partly because I already knew what was going on so Emma's plan didn't seem as confused and inconsistent, partly because without the week-long gap I could keep track of all the convolution going on. But seriously, the writing was very messy and unfocussed, which is why I think they dropped it with just a minor mention in the season finale. Thankfully we got the Underworld afterwards…)