No he hasn’t! Show me where Hook ever said he was sorry for that line, for what he did, for leaving Emma and Snow in jail to die. He was never made to apologize; it was just “he’s a hero now!” from the writers.
Well hasn’t he apologized for his past actions and said he isn’t that man anymore? I looped everything he did back then under that category. They can’t apologize for every line. I just felt like Hook had to convince her that he was turning over a new leaf and not just trying to get with her. And I thought he had done that. Whether it was believable or not is certainly up for debate. And even so, we can disagree on Hook’s redemption arc or what have you. I don’t think they’ve done the best job myself. But at the time, when he said it, and he was a clear villain, I don’t understand how that can be offensive. That would be like being offended that Cruella manipulated dogs to eat her mother or whatever. Animal cruelty! But she was a horrible person. They do or say horrible things.
I don’t remember that he apologized about anything other than attacking Belle, which went like this:
Hook/Regina: I need your help with something.
Belle: why would I help you? You hurt me *angry sad*.
Hook/Regina: well then I guess I’m sorry?
Belle: Fine. What do you need me to do?
And the excuse about being a villain might be used on season 2/flashback, and the excuse about the darkness might be used in 5A, but you can’t excuse the fact he lied in 317 about helping Ariel (which again was forgotten and weren’t addressed), you can’t excuse the fact that instead of doing the right thing and tell Belle about the fake dagger, he decided to blackmail Rumple on her expense and the apprentice he put in the hat (yet again he wasn’t confronted, yet again he admitted but it ment nothing cause no one heard it and everyone blamed Rumple).
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