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I've commented here already, but it was a couple years ago and I gave no explanation.

Season 1 My least favorite episode, like most people's, is "Dreamy". It's not that I didn't like the episode, because I did; I loved every Season 1 episode. However, it lacked in comparison to all of the others. It was clearly filler and gave the backstory to a character I don't care much about. In the grand scheme of things though, I am glad this episode exists. I actually miss having filler episodes like this for recurring characters because we never get them anymore unless they're relevant to the current arc.

Season 2 "Tiny", no doubt. I said I like filler episodes, and while that remains true, this was just one of the more horrendous ones. There's a lot of Season 2 that I don't care for, but this is definitely the worst. It was an unnecessary backstory for a character who appeared about three times in the entirety of the show. I didn't even think it was all that good. The present day story was just annoying, Regina reverting to her evil ways, and they cut out the scene explaining what became of George. They also set up a story between Belle and Greg which was ultimately dropped.

Season 3 Like Season 1, I don't think there's an episode I downright hated. I guess my least favorite would be "Good Form". I'm not that much of a Hook or Captain Swan fan, and this episode was for both those things. If not this episode though, my least favorite could potentially be "Nasty Habits" or maybe even "Quiet Minds". "Nasty Habits" was ultimately pointless, the Rumple A-plot not making much of a difference and then the flashbacks being more of a redherring for what 3x08 would reveal. As for "Quiet Minds", I loved it until the act where Neal died. That writing and overall situation was beyond stupid.

Season 4 The worst season of the show, containing some of the worst episodes of the show. "A Tale of Two Sisters", "Rocky Road", "Family Business", "Unforgiven" and "Lily" are what I would consider the truly awful ones though. While this isn't my least favorite of the season, I would say "Family Business" was the worst written. Just what were they thinking when coming up with this? Belle's last memory is an ogre towering over her and her mother and then she wakes up and her mother's dead. But then she has to go to Arendelle for a stupid rock to remember what happened? Context clues. Isn't she supposed to be the smart one?? Also she tried to save a rock over Anna, who should've died from that fall. Then in the present day the whole dagger story was atrocious. Belle was telling Rumple to let go of her and he wasn't. She had the dagger. As far as she's concerned, he had to listen. The whole episode made Belle out to be a giant moron, which truly saddens me because she is my favorite character. I also didn't care much for the B-plot with the ice cream truck, as well as how casually revealed Ingrid's name was.

Season 5 "Swan Song", which I believe to be the worst of the series. There's another thread on this wiki where I go into better detail, but yeah, this was just wretched.

Season 6 So far I'd have to say "Street Rats". It wasn't awful, but it could've been much better. Too much of a ripoff from Disney and a slap in the face to those who watched Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.