Can they at least try?

Yeah...
The image they showed of Emma meeting with the demon king guy was pretty pointless and they didn't explain anything that was in the manga

i mean basically. that season was bad. the only thing surprising was norman coming back ._. i mean, isabella sent her kids out to die with a smile and in season 2 was like: "oH i DiDnT wAnT tO"

Oh come on I predicted Norman being alive since the episode he was shipped out

i mean i just assumed he was dead because he wasnt in the area of the intro where all the characters jumped and put their hands up as some weird "reach for the stars" metaphor. or he may have been and i was just too stupid to spot it