Holiday Cheer (Nealsnowman, Emma the Elf).
Phee and Molly–missed adding before but YES! I do want Hook to be redeemed, but also am disappointed at the lack of genuine development between Neal and Hook, based on history in NL (like how he knew Bae’s cave). That was the really interesting story, not two men being juvenile over a woman they both want. I do feel it is too soon to totally tame their antagonist characters because change should feel earned, but also that’s true that it helps keep conflict in the plot. Maybe that’s why we aren’t seeing more of the NL backstory as it becomes relevant in 309? It just feels they’ve got maybe 2 episodes left to get it out there, unless they’re going to be flashing back to NL in the second half the season. Just one more thing under the bumpy rug where stuff gets swept I suppose.
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass