If they actually focused on Henry they’d have to deal with the fact that they killed off his father (along with just about every other relative besides his mothers and three of his grandparents).
Honestly, I can forgive a low screen time for Henry most of the time because he IS a kid and child actors have restrictions on them. But one of my favorite moments this whole season was when he FINALLY got to have a word with Belle…Henry is the thing that ties this crazy family together and forgetting that makes everything feel like just ships.
One of my biggest complaints about where the show is presently is that they’ve been driving for so much action that they’ve forgotten to have characters interact if they’re not being violent or snogging…tying up Belle’s story arc as they did with The Gauntlet of Plot instead of having her actually interact with Rumple, Hook, Emma, and Anna was SUCH a let down. It meant that we didn’t get to see any of those characters’ develop through relationships and we didn’t get to see any of them using the talents and strengths that the show has imbued them with.
Henry is a natural person to pair with just about everyone on the show for some character development, and they’ve been wasting that potential. Along with a lot of potential. I realize they’ve got serious limits on time, budget, etc, but it hurts to see so clearly how things were set up for one thing and then just abandoned sometimes.
Keeper of Belle's Gold magic, sand dollar, cloaks, purple FTL outfit, spell scroll, library key, copy of Romeo and Juliet, and cry-muffling pillow, Rumple's doll, overcoat, and strength, and The Timeline. My spreadsheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6r8CySCCWd9R0RUNm4xR3RhMEU/view?usp=sharing