I’m a CS’er and a big fan of Hook, but have to admit he looked pretty happy with his brother, Liam. Something which occurred to me though, is how he looked up to Liam. I wonder if Liam ended up being more than a brother; if Liam became Killian’s father figure in the absence of his real father. I wonder if we’ll ever know.
PapaJones could be still be an absent father with Liam stepping up to the plate, I agree. But I don’t think PapaJones actually left Killian and Liam. If anything he may have been a less than stellar father. But I *really* doubt we’ll ever know.
As for them hoping nobody would notice the parallel of Papa Jones vs. Papa Stiltskin: It’s kind of hard to ignore a gap that big in a story plot. That gap is a hundred pound gorilla in the room, and will be until it’s filled with substance to explain why it is there.
It would be a giant gap IF it’s true. But like I said, I don’t think PapaJones and PapaStiltskin are alike because I don’t think PapaJones left his sons the same way Malcolm left Rumple.