SummaryHenry locates his birth mother, whom he believes can save Storybrooke, which is a town of fairy tale characters that do not remember their lives in the fairy tale parallel world.
SummaryHenry locates his birth mother, whom he believes can save Storybrooke, which is a town of fairy tale characters that do not remember their lives in the fairy tale parallel world.
With a smart decision to focus on the lead characters and not the overall "gimmick" plot of the season, Once Upon A Time feels renewed with a dark energy in its shockingly sprightly fifth year.
I just don't know how people can hate it. This season was incredible. The first part with a great mystery that I'm sure you never thought possible, a turnaround so impressive that it deserved to be taken to a movie.
The second part, even slower, also fantastic, reminiscent of the old heroes and villains.
All this should prove that the fourth season was just marketing due to the release of Frozen, with stories made in a hurry.
This season has been cautiously done. With the most encouraging and romantic script I have ever seen.
But that's just my opinion. Don't blame me.
I do not want to spoil this much but if you have watched to season 4 you will be blown away by this one. It's excellent done. The effects, the plot twists and the action will have you wanting for more. So far its amazing and I warmly recommend it
This season is an improvement from last year but not by much. A major battle between the evil Emma versus the former Evil Queen would really highlight this season. What I find interesting is that the show now centers around Emma and Regina where the rest of the cast seems to have faded into the background; especially David and Mary Margaret.
I've reached my breaking point with the show. The writing has just gotten too asinine. There is no long any consistency with the characters as they will constantly go back and forth against everything they've previously stood for just to create artificial drama. Any and all character development goes right out the window as the writers do whatever they can to ensure everyone onscreen ends up right back in the same position they started from, regardless of whether it makes any sense or not. Then there's just how incompetent and outright stupid these fairytale heroes are...
Admittedly, these are all issues that have more or less plagued the show from the beginning. It's just that they're worse than ever in season 5. Not even a midseason trip to hell complete with a darker, more horror-like vibe could restore my interest. Especially not since this where the show starts trying to go for shock value in an effort to come off as more mature and introduces us to the most annoying villain yet; Hades. Greg Germann's performance is so hammy and irritating that it kills any menace the foe might have otherwise had.
The only positive things I can say about this season are that the visuals are better than ever and it takes the time to show us what happened to some of those small supporting characters who just kind of disappeared, like Little Red Riding Hood. It even manages to give one or two of them some nice conclusions to their time of the show. Largely though, season 5 is just a mess of bad writing that has really killed my enjoyment of the show. Whether or not I stick around to see what happens to the characters in season 6 before the soft reboot is currently up in the air. Even if I do, I won't be returning after to see the new direction taken from there.
The WORST Season of Once Upon a Time yet. Season 1,2 and 3 were all excellent. Season 4 was starting to show signs that the writers were running out of ideas, and this Season confirmed it. Unless they realize that and fix their mess in Season 6, this show is officially dead.