How many curses are too many curses? Jennifer Morrison shares her thoughts on the magical problems of Once Upon a Time.

Last night’s Once Upon a Time brought yet another looming cloud over the tiny hamlet of Storybrooke. It makes you think, is there anything else this town can battle? With the Dark Curse, the “Lost Year” curse, another curse to send them back to Storybrooke, maybe it is time for a new battle. Or, at the very least, a new name and different CGI effect.

Jennifer Morrison has fought her fair share of curses as Once Upon a Time‘s resident Savior, but she does not see that as a problem. Speaking with EW on the issue, Morrison points out, “They are very metaphorical, and they are very representative of other things.”

True, the residents are faced with many underlying problems that become clearer as a result of the curses. This week, for example, the Spell of Shattered Sight will highlight the darkest parts of each person for all to see. Storybrooke is an unusual place. It should have unusual problems. As Emma points out in the season opener, even escaping from the oddities of Maine did not protect her from almost marrying a flying monkey.

Morrison continues, ““I see the curses and spells and all the crises that come our way—the snow monsters and witches and all those things—as representative of the things that come our way that are hard in life: illness, death, exams, fights with loved ones, breakups. All those things are, in real life, what would be a curse or spell in Storybrooke. Yes, we have to bond together to fight these major things, but it’s just like a family has to bond together to fight cancer, or deal with a death in the family, or a parent losing a job, or not getting into the school you want to.”

Just about the only “normal” problem we see on the show is Henry almost being late for the bus in the morning. In order to have some drama on the show, there needs to be a radical X factor that will cause enough dramatic flare to get the people who used to fight dragons and pirates worked up.

For all the doubters out there, Morrison has one final thought to add, “The underlying message of the show is that you have to fight for the people that you love, because those are the people that are going to stand by you in those battles,” she continues. “That’s part of the appeal of the show. It is worth it every day to fight through those hard things, just like it’s worth it to fight through the curse or whatever in Storybrooke. Whether it’s a good battle or a bad battle, you’re going to fight together, and that’s what we all have to hang onto. That’s the only way I can see it. Otherwise, if you take it too literally, you’re like, ‘Well, this is kind of crazy.’”

Crazy or not, these characters still need a vacation in our opinion! Do you think there is another way to introduce drama to the show without the result being mortal danger or a threatening slow moving cloud?

Watch Once Upon a Time season 4, episode 10, “Shattered Sight,” Sunday, December 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC.