Well, already Mikael could have been more present in the S2, two groups could have formed : Freya/Finn/Mikael and Klaus/Elijah/Bex/Kol

Between them is the fight but at the approach of Dahlia they become allies, as Vincent says, "me against my brother, my brother and I against the whole world", sadly, this saying is only valid for Elijah/Klaus, sometimes Kol/Klaus but never Elijah/Kol or Elijah/Finn or Klaus/Finn

We know that Finn hating his brothers but their relations when they were human is never mentioned either? Finn already hate his brothers when they were human?

Bex seems to be close to all his brothers except Finn, however it's the only one to cry his first death, more scene between Freya/Bex would have been nice yes

I didn't know that Freya/Riley had served as a replacement for Bex/Claire, but the moment Klaus kill Mikael could have been when Freya said, "I really want a brother who kills my father in front of me?"

Also, if the relationship Freya/Mikael had been exploited more, it would have allowed Klaus to ask questions about his future relationship with his daughter Hope

I like Kol, he could have had a plot with the witches of the Nola in S2, Klaus was with the werewolf and Elijah with the vampires, I also wonder if during the S4 and S5 he learned things in Hope

I like Hope, his family became less dysfunctional when she arrived, for me, she represents more than we can see

The fact that half their actors aren't willing to stick to the show. Almost all the characters they've either killed or written off were outted because their actors wanted to leave the show. And it hurts the most when it comes to Claire, Nate, Sebastian, Alice and Caspar (aka the rest of the Mikaelson gang other than Klaus, Elijah and Freya). If all of them sticked to the show, it'd be way better, simply because we all signed up for that family drama and not for replacements like Hayley (the mother of Klaus' child), Marcel (the "son") etc etc.

^ You're right it does hurt the show when so many beloved characters leave but if that many actors don't want to stay on the show you have to consider what that could mean behind the scenes. And even with characters sticking to a show it does not stop terrible writing or underutilizing said characters. At the end of the day there are different factors that play into it.

^Yeah, I agree. The writing is poor. In S1, it was solid, but afterwards it really fell in quality. Thing is Julie Plec keeps making more shows or seasons based on an idea without thinking of the consequences, without having a plan. Especially in TVD, 8 seasons, 2 if not 4 of them were pure trash, they just happened. She just did them, because of money, because she didn't want to let go of the show. She does more stuff based on an idea, she makes a new season just to have more fun and extend a journey. They come up with a new 50/50 storyline for each season, and they do it. That's what I don't like. You have to have a plan. Say 5 seasons, you have ideas in your head, you do it. You don't keep making seasons. Look at TVD, such a superb show until S3, if not S4. I think another 2 seasons, because that was the contract, wouldn't hurt it much, but 4?! And the final season was embarrasingly bad, it ruined the whole show. This is for TO though. It's good that it ends now, because none of the actors really wants to be around anymore (Joseph, Daniel, Phoebe (well, she died), Charles, Claire, Nate). P.S. The fact that they let her do Legacies, is beyond me. It's gonna flop hard, canceled before season finale, simply cause no one will care.

^ Yup. The writing got progressively bad with each season. I agree about Julie having these ideas/concepts but not really thinking/planning them all the way through. Plenty of people can come up with an interesting idea but actually executing it is a whole other story. Yeah I've never even watched the last few seasons of TVD, only bits, and tbh I could never get into the show as a whole anyway. I only cared about Bonnie, Damon, and the Originals really. What's so sad is that TO did for me what TVD just couldn't do. I loved it from the start, actually cared about multiple characters and found others really interesting so it's terrible to see what it's become. You're right it's best to go now instead of being dragged along for more seasons but it's tragic that the final season can't even be an actual TO season. It just doesn't feel like TO to me. Julie was obviously so hellbent on getting another spinoff that she neglected what she already established to cater to Legacies. Yes it's insane that she got another show without even having a script and it definitely won't last a season without all the characters that people care about. I mean I have my thoughts on it but that's about Network/business talk.

My biggest problem is Hayley’s death and the witches ridiculous ceremonies

Only thing that sucks is that Klaus is always getting bettered. First Alaric then Lucien and now Marcel. And the witches always have an upper hand on vamps Freya,Dahlia,Esther,Davina,The Hollow/Inadu,Vincet,The Ancestors. The feared Niklaus Original Hybrid born a thousand years ago weaker than an history teacher, i think not

branko knows what he is talking about

the fact that Hayley and Elijah never got together I mean WHAT THE HELL?!

no one cares about Haylijah, both horrible characters, especially Hayley