Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160926013536/@comment-4453062-20161102215641

Shadows Vale wrote: (Sorry to resurect a month old thread, but I thought it would be better than starting a whole new one)

As the season has gone on, we are getting more and more hints that this is the last season....yet, it's being said that Adam and Eddy are not planning on this season being the last. What I want to know is, if this isn't the last season.....what the hell are they planning on doing after this?

We have Snow talking about going back to teaching, (and actually doing it), and getting things back to normal.

We have Emma facing death, (and likely overcoming it), as well as her relationship with Killian is progressing, and even feels like they could possibly get married sometime near the end of the season.

We have Regina still trying to reforge her own destiny, and it actually seems like she's going to do it right this time, as she has been quite understanding and rational when faced with Emma's thoughts that it's Regina who kills her. (Instead of being moody and angry about it)

Rumple seems like he MIGHT be getting better. The seem to be setting up that he'll get Belle and his child back into his life, and on honest terms this time, as Belle isn't blind to his darkness anymore, nor is he hiding it.

With all of these stories seemingly coming to these outcomes, what's left? What could Adam and Eddy possible do that wouldn't be backstepping on the character's development? The thing is, we've been down this road of "Is this the final Season?" before for at least the past 2 Seasons. So many people thought that Season 4 could be the last Season, because revealing the Author of the storybook and the whole Heroes vs Villains storyline felt like they could be final storylines. Then people thought that Season 5 could be the last Season, because initially it seemed like they would be getting rid of the Dark One for good. When that wasn't the case, having the characters go to the Underworld and back in itself felt like a final storyline, because how could you top conquering death?

So I stand to believe that Adam and Eddy meant what they said about not planning Season 6 as the last. At this point, Season 6 will only be the final Season if ABC decides that they want to cancel the show. Then again, maybe Adam and Eddy are very much aware of their ratings situation, and are writing things in a way where everything could be conveniently wrapped up this Season, if it comes down to a cancellation? They don't want Season 6 to be the last, but they could still be covering their bases just in case.