Sarah I have a feeling that picture was just BTS from 3×12 and couldn’t be posted until now. Either way since Hook is in it as well I’m not sure why that would make you think it might be him! (I really don’t think anything’s changed since we haven’t seen Neal in any present day stuff whereas everyone else seems to be accounted for if they did indeed already film that scene. Otherwise anyone missing might be off as a flying monkey or something but it sounds like they filmed the death and the funeral and Hook has definitely been seen since then so I wouldn’t worry too much. I am so sick of that spoiler making everyone paranoid!
Haven’t had a chance to do a write-up yet (things have been very busy) but I’m hoping to get to it soon. I agree this episode was WAY overhyped and doesn’t quite live up to it as far as the epicness of the CS scenes but they were still pretty good (lots of Hook feels AND Emma feels in this for different reasons but Hook was definitely laying everything on the line and making it crystal clear the ball is in her court, she’s just got a lot on her plate – as always – and is dealing with her own emotional issues courtesy of the last 8 months and a monkey man).
I’m just glad to have my show back and we’ll see how I feel after the 3rd watch of it. It was still a great episode and had lots of good CS stuff, it’s just not as big as I was thinking/hoping based on the hype. Such is the problem with spoilers. SO GLAD we have actual episodes to analyze now instead and I am not worried about CS at all. It was tough watching Hook have to listen to hurtful things but by the end he had her back in his life and his swagger and smile have returned and she TRUSTS HIM with the most important thing in the world to her, Henry, so nope, not worried at all and curious how 3×22 will call back to 3×12 as they usually mirror the premieres in some way. Lots of options with that one here for sure!
Can’t wait to see how this half season plays out. Lots of great callbacks to S1 & the beanstalk etc etc and can’t wait to see how Oz and the fake/missing year affect Emma and everyone else moving forward!
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.