Reply To: EW 9/26 – Once Upon a Time bosses deep dive into season 7 reboot

Colin confirms here he is playing an alternate version of Hook and the previous version of Hook is living his happily ever after with Emma.

I listened to the interview. What Colin actually said was that this is a different version of Hook, not a totally different character. He may simply have meant that he is playing a cursed version of his old character, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t the same Killian Jones deep down. It’s the same way that Mary Margaret was a cursed or different version of Snow White but she was still Snow White deep down. I doubt Rogers is some sort of clone with no connection to the past.

Also, Eddy and Adam have said repeatedly that it will be an “emotional curtain call” for Emma. I don’t know how much clearer they can be without spoiling it. I think she will have turned to stone in the bug beneath the troll bridge that we’ve probably all seen in spoiler pics. I don’t know exactly how it will happen, but it’s going to be an emotional ending for her fans that gives a final resolution to her story because Jennifer Morrison most likely is not going to return. A&E’s choice of words doesn’t connote a happy ending to me. A&E are more in the know that even Colin, so they’re the ones who know what is really going to happen. I think it’s wise to brace oneself for a bittersweet ending for her rather than a happy one.