I really want to like 'Once Upon a Time' but it doesn't really work that well for me. So many times it seems like the writers are just calling it in. When they run out of ideas they throw in a new character. It feels like a sequel where they feel like they have to go that extra step because it has to be bigger than the last story.
There's also a lot of really mysoginistic crap that they try and counterbalance by making another character seem empowered... Snow White... And don't get me started on Grumpy. We're supposed to believe that damaging a transformer so that everyone has to buy candles is a legitimate solution to a problem? That one really pissed me off. Lazy writers.
Anyway, I'm still watching it, but really it's just filler.