Okay, I may be the only person here willing to cut Emma some slack..
I hope next week does start a big turnaround at least with regard to Hook after she hopefully sees what he did to get to her. My problem with Emma is mostly that she is so focused on her own suffering and does not always consider others. It also seems like she is trying to create a self-fulfilling prophecy by pushing until people just give up and then she can say to herself “see I was right.” One of the reasons why my husband stopped watching the show is he just didn’t find Emma very likeable overall, which I can understand why some people might feel that way. Despite my quibble this episode she did seem genuinely grateful and even surprised after her sarcastic comment to Hook, which I liked. Hook has done a lot for her without asking anything return and it is nice to see her appreciate it more. I think she is finally realizing that he is actually there for the long haul 🙂
I am writing to jump into that, and am offering a different perspective. I don’t think Emma is mean. I think Emma is scared. She has been hurt so much, has been through so much in her life, and has seen so many people hurt and lost, that she’s afraid to invest her heart. The way she’s treating Hook is not the result of aggression.
Okay, so I do agree that Emma does not mean to be mean and that it is not out of a place of aggression. It does sometimes come off as dismissive. Luckily Hook understands her better than anybody 🙂
I am looking forward to the next episode but it does seem kind of a mish mash. Hook seems to be dealing with Ariel, Blackbeard, AND Zelena. I am hoping it makes more sense later as I didn’t like the insinuation that Hook was out sleeping around instead of looking for Emma. I am wondering if this is going to include scenes pre-curse 1.0 since Ariel as a mermaid post-curse 1.0 doesn’t seem to make sense since she had the bracelets and Eric? The promo dept cheated a little and used scenes from 3×06 with Snow/Ariel. Tricky tricky