Disappointed with the memory loss storyline,but I love Dark Swan it makes Emma more interesting. They should make Hook interesting again by dragging him to the dark with Emma.
I really hope Zelena has a hand in this malicious plan. I also hope that Hook was somehow dragged back into the darkness with Emma while in Camelot. It would make the story way more interesting.
Aside from Football, it was the 2nd highest rated show on Sunday night after Quantico. I just don't see how everyone thinks it's like certain to be cancelled when all the other shows did worse. Quantico was also a premiere and will most likely drop, whereas this will probably stay consistent. The ratings suck, but no one really watches scripted shows live anymore anyways. Using Nielsen data for ratings is about as outdated as only using physical sales for albums. They need to change it ASAP.
ATM the show remains the highest draw on Sunday nights across the field. Whether that's good enough for ABC is up for debate. Their numbers for the premier of S5 were equal to that of the finale of last season. Much lower than the first episode of S4 though, which is to be expected since they didn't have the draw of Frozen. There's also the fact that there juts wasn't really that much promo for it going on. Especially compared to everything else in ABC's premier week.
I know the show is strong in streaming though so I don't know how those numbers factor in or even what they are.
The show might be on it's way out but it's really pretty much a coin toss. If it's getting cancelled it'll be announced during the final few weeks before the mid season finale. If there's nothing there than chances are it'll be renewed. It really depends on whether ABC thinks there's value in keeping it around as it's still a strong show on a the quiet Sunday night but at this point it has enough episodes for syndication. Maybe it'll pick up as it goes along? Who knows.
ATM the show remains the highest draw on Sunday nights across the field. Whether that's good enough for ABC is up for debate. Their numbers for the premier of S5 were equal to that of the finale of last season. Much lower than the first episode of S4 though, which is to be expected since they didn't have the draw of Frozen. There's also the fact that there juts wasn't really that much promo for it going on. Especially compared to everything else in ABC's premier week.
I know the show is strong in streaming though so I don't know how those numbers factor in or even what they are.
The show might be on it's way out but it's really pretty much a coin toss. If it's getting cancelled it'll be announced during the final few weeks before the mid season finale. If there's nothing there than chances are it'll be renewed. It really depends on whether ABC thinks there's value in keeping it around as it's still a strong show on a the quiet Sunday night but at this point it has enough episodes for syndication. Maybe it'll pick up as it goes along? Who knows.
Agree with all of this. Also, not sure how much it counts for, but the show was #7 on iTunes last night. So there's definitely still interest and a fanbase. Revenge never did that great on iTunes or streaming either. This is still much stronger on all fronts.
Regardless of ratings, I think this should be the final season. I don't want to see OUAT going the same way as many other shows, producing season after season of rubbish. Better to end it on a high
This won't get cancelled, since ABC is owned by Disney and Once Upon a Time is the perfect flagship to promote everything Disney. I'd say a 1.8 is perfectly fine for a show in its 5th season; as long as it stays in the 1.5-1.6 range the show won't get cancelled.
I think Henry took their memories. I think he needed something to push Regina into being a "savior" because it's probably the only way to get rid of Emma's darkness. He probably got Merlin to create him a new pen, and he wrote it. I don't think there was a new curse. Last time they had to create a curse because Storybrooke no longer existed and it was the only way to create the town and get back to this world. This time Storybrooke never left, so I don't think a curse was needed.
I wanna know what exactly is coming to Storybrooke that it requires a "Savior".
That would be amazing if Henry wrote the whole entire thing!!! I would so be here for that. The only thing with this is that if he could write it, then why wouldn't he just write the darkness out of Emma. Still I like that idea so much better than them being cursed again.
That would be amazing if Henry wrote the whole entire thing!!! I would so be here for that. The only thing with this is that if he could write it, then why wouldn't he just write the darkness out of Emma. Still I like that idea so much better than them being cursed again.
I'm guessing if the author could write the darkness out of someone, they would've done it along time ago. I would imagine him writing it out of her may be possible, but it would still have to be attached to someone. So in other words, he would save his mom by making someone else the Dark One. Which isn't something he would do. Regina, on the other hand, she would totally do it. Lol
Regardless of ratings, I think this should be the final season. I don't want to see OUAT going the same way as many other shows, producing season after season of rubbish. Better to end it on a high
The finale episode of season 3 would have been an amazing show finale tbh. (Obviously without the Marion part).