Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20150312220054/@comment-260553-20150826145120

I'm sorry, but I don't think you understand what serialization actually is and the myriad different ways in which it can manifest itself.

The show is still as serialized as it's ever been; the showrunners and writers are just manifesting that serialization in a different fashion than they did during the earlier seasons.

The approach to serialization that is currently being used on the show is much closer to what was used for Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and that has been used by shows such as Extant, Under the Dome, and other 'limited series'-type shows where they're telling stories that are by and large narrowly focused and self-contained but have connective tissue to a larger myth-arc.