All I want is to care about Mr. Hyde. I want to see clear motivations. Is he even a villain at all? Although I enjoyed the actor’s portrayal of him, I just am not in love with the character itself. Maybe the show can flush him out more and I’ll change my mind.
One thing I will say in regards to villain of the arc half season storylines: It got me excited to see how they would portray said villain. Ex. Pan, Hades, Cruella, Malificient, Ursula, Snow Queen, Elsa, Merida, Arthur, Wicked Witch. With going back to season 1 vibes, I think it ultimately is a good idea. But with season 1, we had the curse, and Regina manipulating everyone. She was the villain. And Rumple was a wild card. With this coming season, are people really excited to see what Mr. Hyde is doing? Do we really want to see Regina’s “split” identity of the EQ? I’m still not buying that this should even be possible. There’s just nothing that has me super excited for this coming season. Perhaps at comic con, they will show us something that gets me going, but right now, I’m kind of luke warm on everything, character wise. Hopefully the writing will be better due to no half season arc with villain of the arc writing, but at the same time, I’m worried nothing is going to stand out. This also seems like they aren’t pushing towards the finish line so a lot of this could be just filler. If they had come out and said this was the last season, I’d be way more intrigued.