Reply To: TV Guide 9/14 – Mega Buzz: What "Big Secret" Is Emma Keeping from Hook?

[Gaultheria]

As messed up as this family tree is, I can’t see them doing this. Not even these writers. lol. It would not only make Hook Charming’s father, but also Emma’s Grandfather, Baby Neal’s Grandfather, and Henry’s Great Grandfather. I also suspect the network would quickly shut down this idea, due to the incestuous nature of it.

Yeah, I don’t see it happening for real, but characters jump to wrong conclusions (where they stay and fume), and I think the worry would make for good entertainment. I’d say OUAT works better as “Friends” than as “Game of Thrones”, and I like when the show pokes fun at itself (eg, “I almost married a monster from Oz” and “I almost married a minion of my evil grandfather, Peter Pan”). With complicated family relationships and characters who never, ever sit down to talk and clear up misunderstandings, there’s plenty of fuel left.