According to TVLine's Matt Webb Mitovich, Michael Raymond-James has been made a series regular for season 3 of Once Upon a Time. Here's an excerpt from the article:
After making his Once debut as Emma’s ex/Henry’s father Neal Cassidy aka Baelfire in the Emma-centric episode “Tallahassee,” Raymond-James heavily recurred in the last string of Season 2 episodes, as Rumple discovered his son in New York City and circumstances then led them back to Storybrooke.
When last seen, Neal had been shot by Tamara, fallen through a portal and ultimately washed ashore in The Fairytale Land That Is, where he was tended to by Aurora, Mulan and Phillip.
Link to the full article:Once Upon a Time Season 3 Cast — Michael Raymond-James Made Series Regular - TVLine
My thoughts: I'll admit that I had a lot of concerns last season when they added several series regulars to the show, namely Emilie de Ravin and Colin O'Donoghue, because I felt like there were already quite a few cast members that were really being neglected by the producers and the writers in terms of how much screen time each cast member gets on the show. However, having Emilie de Ravin and Colin O'Donoghue join the cast as series regular didn't have nearly as negative of an impact on the show as I originally thought that it would. Honestly, I've come to really love the character Captain Hook, so I'm thrilled that Colin O'Donoghue is a series regular now. Plus, I've really enjoyed having Emilie de Ravin on the show on a more regular basis.
As for Michael Raymond-James, I've really come to like him as an actor and I love what the character Neal Cassidy/Baelfire adds to the show, especially when it comes to the relationship between Baelfire and Captain Hook. I'm not nearly as opposed to the producers adding new recurring characters to the show now compared to how opposed I was to them doing that before season two started. Although, I do think that the producers have a tendency to treat new recurring guest-stars/characters the same way a child often treats a new toy that they've just gotten. They seem to get really excited about having the actor/character on the show, so they feature them on the show as much as they possibly can until they introduce a new recurring guest-star/character, which often leads them to fixate on the new guest-star/character, while they end up neglecting the other characters on the show.
The fact that Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz have repeatedly done this is the main ongoing complaint that I've had about Once Upon a Time. Being better about handling the ensemble nature of the show and distributing the actors' screen time in a fairly even manner is something that I think the writers really need to work on and watch out for as the series continues. It's just that considering the fact that they both used to write for Lost, I really expected them to be a lot better at writing for an ensemble TV show than they have been when it comes to the writing for Once Upon a Time. That being said, a long as they feature Michael Raymond-James in a reasonable capacity, I'm excited that he's going to be a series regular on the show next season.
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