Okay, I did my re-watch of just the CS scene and I have to say that some people have completely misinterpreted the entire scene and it’s driving me crazy so I am only going to say this here in our thread.
First, this scene COMPLETELY addressed exactly what we were talking about yesterday before the show. Hook says to Emma “How is it whenever you’re around I find myself tracking through some woods or forest courting danger?” He doesn’t say “Oh yay, another dangerous adventure I’ve set out upon and I’m so happy because I get to drag you unwillingly along on it even though all you want to do is find a nice normal life to lead.” No. He is saying, I didn’t sign up for all this but because I love you and am never going to leave you it looks like, once again I am on another dangerous adventure in the woods because that’s who YOU are. Hook is NOT the one who is in need of one adventure after another, in fact he would prefer not to have to deal with them just like Emma. But the fact of the matter is that in their “world” adventures exists and they unlikely to stop – especially for the savior. But as Hook figured out on their first adventure together “they make quite the team.” Emma is the one who is constantly going from one adventure to another NOT Hook.
Then people are saying that Hook is being kind of a jerk about lying to her. Well he doesn’t actually lie to her at all here. EMMA is the one who tells HIM that for the past year he had been on the JR having one swash-buckling adventure after another until he “finally” decided to come get her. Go watch it. She is annoyed (jealous?) that he has not volunteered what he was doing all year. When he says “exactly” I take it as kind of when people say “whatever” sarcastically when they are annoyed at someone. And I do think he has a right to be a bit annoyed. I think he is trying to protect her from what is going on with Neal and I think he went through quite a bit to get to her (I am wondering if he even gave up the JR for her) all because he loves her so much. He has done NOTHING but show her how much he loves her by helping her and her family out and opening himself up emotionally to her yet she has reverted back to looking at him like a pirate. So yeah, he’s annoyed and a one word answer to HER made up scenario for his past year is probably his best option. Then she has the audacity to turn around and snap at him and tell him HE’S lying. But at the end of it all they BOTH agree to just accept that, yes, there is something he isn’t telling her. Emma can’t stand lying – there is no way she would just let that go and continue to work with Hook unless she TRUSTS him. She knows this man loves her and that he would NEVER do anything to hurt her that was WHOLE point of the next dialogue. When she was surprised that he is glad that she got her heart broken, she allows him to get in her personal space and is looking in his eyes using her superpower after he explains that if her heart can be broken than he knows it still works – she GETS that he loves her, she can trust him, and that he will NEVER hurt her. Why else would she accept that he is purposely keeping something from her yet immediately continue working with him????
So, no – Hook is not blasé or nonchalant about “lying” to Emma. Go back and look at his facial expressions and body language when she is TELLING him what he was doing for the past year. Then watch him after he tells her that if her heart can be broken he knows it still works. It is KILLING him to have to lie/keep things from her but at least now he has TOLD her that he is keeping something from her. I don’t believe Hook would EVER want to see Emma hurt – but a loveless marriage to monkey?? This is a tricky one. Like he said – he saved her. She might have gotten hurt but at the same time – they BOTH know her heart can actually love now, whereas before the year of fake memories Emma didn’t think she had the ability to love again. So I think Hook pointed out to her that having her heart broken in these particular circumstances was probably worth it.
It is the scene of poor Hook after Emma walks away that just breaks my CS shipper heart into a million pieces though. It’s line he was holding his breath his entire time he was talking to her and trying to strong for both of them and when she walked away he could finally fall apart (as much as Captain Hook can). She didn’t treat him very well and that had to hurt him like crazy, he thinks something going on with Neal is going to hurt her, her walls are back up again and he start over, she was going to marry someone who isn’t HIM, he can’t tell her what he was doing all year, and all he wants to do is grab her tell her he loves her and kiss her . . . but he can’t . . . and in the back of his mind TLK didn’t work.