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I didn't mind their bickering and overenthusiasm, so I would have liked to see them stay over all the three-timers, as much as I like some of them.

Well, realistically, I would wish for more Charming family bonding scenes with Emma/Charming and Emma/Snow and all three of them together. I would also wish for another Emma flashback to the real world. But since this is to wish for anything, I will list things I want to see that will never happen. An episode devoted entirely to what the fairies are doing at the Convent, including a flashback showing what preparations Blue was making before the Curse, and another flashback to show how she became the Blue Fairy in the first place many eons ago. And then having her be useful on a regular basis as a sage and an advisor and as a teacher of magic to Emma. An episode showing Granny's childhood and how she gained her awesome combat skills. Maybe she crossed realms as a child by accident and ended up as a Joan of Arc type figure. And then another flashback showing how Granny came to adopt Red. An episode showing Cinderella's life before the Fairy Godmother, with a special guest appearance by Anastasia from the Wonderland show, and also revealing where Thomas disappeared to after Cinders tricked Rumple into signing the scroll. An episode showing how Maleficient put Aurora Sr. into deep sleep, and how all that turned out, and also how Aurora Jr. got into her deep sleep and how she met Philip Another spinoff idea is to just tell stand-alone "untold" stories for 10-13 episodes about the backstories of all the minor (and usually ignored) supporting characters like Grumpy, Archie, Geppetto, Granny, Blue, plus all the guest starring characters who never got a flashback (eg. Mulan) or those characters who reached a happy ending but we never saw much of it (eg. Frederick & Abigail, Eric & Ariel, Hansel & Gretel, etc.) Unfortunately, without a continuing story, that might not get people to tune in... but there is so much untapped potential with all the minor characters. I know the focus of the main show needs to be on the main protagonists, who themselves are often ignored (eg. Charming), but I see all those people standing in the background as glorified extras and I want to see more of them.

I've loved Emma and Henry from the very beginning, and I don't have I've stopped (for Emma at least... sadly, the writers ruined Henry in Season 2). I liked Snow and Charming as well, but Snow in particular has been very hurt by the writing. So to me, Emma has been the most consistently well written character. Regina and Rumple were great supporting players in the pilot and I liked them in that capacity.

If they go with their original plan, and actually air Once Upon a Time (Somewhere Else) during the parent show's hiatus (Jan-Feb), maybe they could air the first episode in December. I like your idea of a tie-in... maybe the second last episode from the December finale, they could add an extra 5 minutes that leads to the spinoff. For this past fall, that would have been "The New Neverland", when everyone returned home to Storybrooke except Henry was fake. They could have had an extra 5 minutes added to that episode, where they show Will in Storybrooke, maybe after the scene where Regina tucks Henry into bed. They could have done the first 5 minutes of the Wonderland pilot... have Grumpy and Cinderella lock up Granny's, saying how happy they are that Snow and the others have returned, and then show Will breaking into the diner and have the White Rabbit appear, saying that Alice needs him, and then to commercials, show a promo for the spinoff, or maybe even show the first episode after, to entice people to return in January to see more... have the January premiere be a 2-hour event.

I looked up my join date at TWOP to be 28 Dec 2002. I wish I remembered which show led me to join and in which forum I made my first posts. I think it might have been "Smallville", though I did read the "Alias" recaps as well.

I'm glad they are keeping that possibility open. Though this series' low ratings will have an impact on their decisions down the line about other spinoffs. I think ABC would have renewed Wonderland for a second season had it done well.

Having lived in Vancouver, I must agree. It's hard to imagine a city you know well as an imaginary place. Especially for a show like Gotham which would be largely set in an urban/downtown/gritty inner city setting. It works better for a show like "Once Upon a Time" which has more scenes out in the wilderness. I think the worst use of Vancouver was "Alcatraz". I literally could not buy that was San Francisco when I could recognize all the places.

They could have her pick one, and then later in the season, realized she made the wrong choice. That would be a horrible storyline, but that wouldn't be unusual. It did seem like last season that Blake was the one she was leaning towards, so I can see her choosing Gillingham as a way to prolong their endgame pairing Blake (or Tom or whoever).

Not surprising given the low ratings but the show has been officially cancelled: http://www.tvmediainsights.com/highlights/43843/abc-cancels-once-upon-a-time-in-wonderland/ Beware of the screenshot for the promo video for next week's series finale under the article... not sure if that shows a spoiler or not. The article did say that nothing has worked in the Thursday 8pm timeslot and listed many of the shows which have tried that slot since the last successful show in that time, which was "Ugly Betty". Such a shame since the show has been excellent the last three weeks. I liked Anastasia for the first time, only for her to meet her demise. I hope ABC will consider doing another "Once Upon a Time Somewhere Else" spinoff next year, and actually use it to bridge the hiatus.

I think Alice could kind of see his point as well, but Will was asking Alice to let Jafar cast his curse to break the rules of magic. That might have been in the first half of the episode, but Alice said that she wants to save Anastasia but they can't let countless others die to make that happen and Jafar is unlikely to keep his promise. Even Will changed his mind eventually. It was only after the Jabberwocky proposed another way (to free Cyrus' mother from the Snake Staff) that they changed their plan to go save Anastasia. Good point... I'm not even sure what Cyrus was trying to do there. I guess Jafar might need the actual bottles in front of him to do the spell?

I'm reposting what I just wrote on the TWOP forum, just to test out this new message board. ------------------------------------------------------------ Wow, third excellent episode in a row. Sadly just in time for it to end. I didn't like Will trying to betray them, but they did a really good job of showing him come to his senses. I agree that Cyrus is way better now. I really don't like the possibility that they will change the laws of magic to resurrect Anastasia. It just seems wrong, and I wish that had been a magic knife that Jafar used. But now that Cyrus too is mortally wounded, maybe that is the route they will go. As others have mentioned, that would have universe-wide ramifications, and if they are consistent, surely there must be a price. The flashbacks were great since it was fun to see Alice and the Knave working together. There was a lot of nice banter. I even liked seeing the despicable Jabberwocky try to betray and hiss at Jafar. That's what I thought too. Originally, this series was supposed to air during the hiatus for "Once Upon a Time". At that point, they probably did intend for a one-off and then the following year, they might do "Once Upon a time in ________ (Somewhere Else)". But giving this show a different timeslot on Thursday and debuting it in the fall suggested that ABC thought this Wonderland series might have potential to be a separate show. Alas, the ratings were horrible. But then again, until these last three episodes, I had been deeply disappointed in the show. Now, there's no chance of the Wonderland cast being renewed AND there is even doubt given the bad ratings that they will do another one-off "Once Upon a Time Somewhere Else". Given these last three episodes, I really wish they would do another 13-episode spinoff since it allows them to explore the Universe more, develop other interesting fairy tale characters, plus have good potential crossovers like last week's Cora/visit to Storybrooke one. It's a shame ABC has given up on promotion, since I've totally changed my mind and the Alice/Cyrus/Will/Anastasia core is very good when given quality material.

Thanks for doing this! Maybe this can be called the Anticipation Thread, for discussion before the show actually premieres in the fall. Down the line, once plot-specific spoilers come out, a Spoiler thread could be made.

Glad this site is still new enough that my username was available. Hopefully, if most people come over, we'll still have the same community albeit without the old posts.