User blog comment:Aithusa07/Some suggestions from an american.../@comment-176.58.130.211-20130205224158/@comment-5102537-20130205235321

Totally. "Once Upon a Time" is great. Fantastic character descriptions and portrayal, female power but not in a feministic- fanactical way, plus fascinating male protagonists and antagonists, well developed stories that are connected to each other, good continuity and consistency, not only back & white but many shades of grey. The flashbacks to the fairytale world are not annoying but quite interesting and also important. I think that the story of Prince Charming and Snowhite is a bit boring but that's only a matter of taste, I suppose. The women are interesing, not only smiling happy nice girls looking pretty. I'm a fan of Emma, the main female protagonist. The villains are equally interesting, most of all Mr. Gold/Rumplestilskin.

I wish they had done "Merlin" that style withouth all the sadism, misery and character deaths.

As of now "Once Upon a Time" is "trustable", meaning that no major changes that make a mockery of the overall plotline are to be expected. I hope it stays that way. But seriously, as Aithusa implied already, US TV shows are most of the time much more reliable and very well written. British shows will often "surprise" you with unexpected twists and turns that are only done for the sake of drama and surprise, regardless what it does to the plot and/or beloved characters. Personally, I'm fed up with British TV dramas.