Reply To: This Season is really exploring the Dark Sides of the People of Storybrook

JML wrote:

I think this season is going to focus on the flawed nature of our villains, and show us that redemption is not as easy as it looks.

I agree. I think the writers are trying to show that being a hero isn’t easy, it’s a day to day thing, not just “whenever a crisis happens.” The villains often mock the heroes are being too pure or too good or idiots. But now they are discovering that being a hero isn’t actually all that easy.

I agree.

There was a saying from season one, if true love was easy, we’d all have it.  Switch that around,  if being a hero and good was easy, you wouldn’t need redemption.