Once Upon a Time’s main problem this season has been an over reliance on its increasingly complex mythology. Because of the nature of this season’s Dark One arc, the show has been forced to tackle the dense history of this being, which involves not just multiple characters, but a lot of rule bending and in some instances, revision of past events. While ‘Swan Song’ isn’t far removed from these problems, it succeeds in separating itself from them by focusing on the characters involved, and everything they’ve done to get to this point.
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