10 Reasons You Should Be Watching Once Upon A Time
4. Strong Characters, Period
Throughout its tenure, Once Upon A Time has provided a wide variety of unique, interesting, and strong characters male and female alike. In a show about fairy-tales, it would have been incredibly easy to simply phone in the characterization: Jiminy Cricket as the do-gooder conscience, Grumpy the dwarf as the crotchety sourpuss, Prince Charming as well, charming. Instead, were treated to a much more layered and complex slate of characters with motivations and emotional connections far beyond the one-dimensional possibilities. Through the shows flashback (and forward) style of storytelling, the lines between heroes and villains are blurred and the viewer is forced to reconsider their notions of morality, fairytale and otherwise.