‘Once Upon a Time’ season 6 spoilers: Be prepared for a change in structure

It really was not that long ago when we said that “Once Upon a Time” should take a minute and consider whether or not they want to continue doing the same thing structurally that they have for the past few seasons. After all, at this point the pattern has become somewhat predictable: A new villain comes to town, messes things up, and then leaves. We then rinse, repeat, and do the same thing again ten episodes later.

Luckily, that’s not happening for season 6, showrunners Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz confirmed while at the ATX Television Festival. They’re doing something a little bit different, with Kitsis confirming the following (per Entertainment Weekly):

“This season is going to be different from past because it’s not going to be Hyde comes to town, we fight with him for 10 episodes, and then in the winter finale, he dies and we move on … We are changing around what we’re doing this year and going back to that season 1 mentality of small town stories and smaller arcs.”

Meanwhile, Horowitz also added the following about having a larger story to accompany some of these smaller arcs:

“We’re also planning a 22-episode story as opposed to breaking it up into two halves this year. It’s been really exciting and fun.”

We’re certainly all for this, mostly because the biggest fundamental flaw with the whole half-season format is that we would see characters turn up, and then not really be seen or heard from again. At this point, it’s almost hard to remember that “Frozen” was once a part of this universe.

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