This bothers me for a lot of reasons so I’ll just bullet point them 1) They need to stop lying to each other. It’s what Emma said this week. The idea that Hook can show up like a pirate out of a Harlequin romance novel and “save the day” and be forgiven is absurd. There’s a deep wound here, not only because of the lies to Emma but also to Charming. This can’t resolve with some sort of act, it’s needs to be a conversation. And what does it say about Emma that she’s willing to forgive just about anything simply because the guy came back with the show’s equivalent of flowers and candy? What happens the next time one of them lies to the other? Just do another good deed? It’s a cycle. And not a healthy one. 2) Hook breaking the Snowing curse would have as much emotional weight as one of Robin’s feathers. He might be friendly with the couple nowadays but it’s nowhere near as potent as having Emma break it, or even Regina break it. It’s a much more powerful statement if their daughter breaks the curse or their greatest enemy who’s darker half was responsible for this. It gives Hook a moment of glory and robs the story, IMO. 3) Emma didn’t save Hook in the UW. She literally left him. Hook had be deus ex machina’d by Zeus, remember?
AMEN!!
Also this would go back to all the criticism non Hook fans have about him. He gets a free pass. Rumple and Regina have to work for their redemption but yet again Hook will just show up do one good thing and is forgiven. So if this does happen and we all criticize it, I don’t want to hear Hook fans say that he has worked just as hard and dealt with just as much consequences as Regina or Rumple because he hasn’t.