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06-08-2014, 02:47 AM
http://whatculture.com/tv/12-characters-once-upon-a-time-wants-you-to-forget-about.php
We’re currently in the summer hiatus between seasons three and four of ABC’s popular Once Upon a Time. Although the show started out strong in its first season debut, emulating Lost’s flashback formula to shine a light on the stories of a number of the fairytale characters stuck in Storybrooke, the show arguably lost its tight focus somewhere during the course of its second season.
Over the course of seasons two and three, numerous characters explored in season one — as well as a few more along the way — have either disappeared with no explanation or been reduced to simple offhand references by other characters, seemingly in favor of bringing even more characters into the show whose stories often conveniently involve Snow White, Regina Mills or Rumplestiltskin through sheer coincidence or as a new branch of their family tree. In doing so, many of those characters’ stories have been forgotten in the wake of seeing who the show can cram in next, as if to say, “Look, it’s Peter Pan! It’s the Wicked Witch of the West! And now we’ve got Elsa from Frozen!”
So while we wait out the next few months to see whether or not everybody’s new favorite Ice Queen has arrived in Storybrooke to build a snowman, what better opportunity to take a look back at a few of the most disappointing, baffling and nonsensical character disappearances that the series seems to hope viewers have forgotten about?
Be warned that the following article contains major spoilers for the series.
Read more at http://whatculture.com/tv/12-characters-once-upon-a-time-wants-you-to-forget-about.php#v82sds6l2l1yYzC6.99
We’re currently in the summer hiatus between seasons three and four of ABC’s popular Once Upon a Time. Although the show started out strong in its first season debut, emulating Lost’s flashback formula to shine a light on the stories of a number of the fairytale characters stuck in Storybrooke, the show arguably lost its tight focus somewhere during the course of its second season.
Over the course of seasons two and three, numerous characters explored in season one — as well as a few more along the way — have either disappeared with no explanation or been reduced to simple offhand references by other characters, seemingly in favor of bringing even more characters into the show whose stories often conveniently involve Snow White, Regina Mills or Rumplestiltskin through sheer coincidence or as a new branch of their family tree. In doing so, many of those characters’ stories have been forgotten in the wake of seeing who the show can cram in next, as if to say, “Look, it’s Peter Pan! It’s the Wicked Witch of the West! And now we’ve got Elsa from Frozen!”
So while we wait out the next few months to see whether or not everybody’s new favorite Ice Queen has arrived in Storybrooke to build a snowman, what better opportunity to take a look back at a few of the most disappointing, baffling and nonsensical character disappearances that the series seems to hope viewers have forgotten about?
Be warned that the following article contains major spoilers for the series.
Read more at http://whatculture.com/tv/12-characters-once-upon-a-time-wants-you-to-forget-about.php#v82sds6l2l1yYzC6.99