3) Emma didn’t save Hook in the UW. She literally left him. Hook had be deus ex machina’d by Zeus, remember?
Haha true. Well, she tried to save him haha.
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.
Ok but technically he didn’t lie to Emma. I know I’m grasping at straws a bit but technically he didn’t lie. He withheld information bc he was too afraid to tell her…and I get why he was. Bu he still needed to tell her. It was a mistake on his part. But if Hook returns and apologizes for not telling everyone sooner and then subsequently saves Emma from Gideon and then somehow figures out a way to break the curse, that would be something and I disagree that it would rob the story. I’m not saying he needs to be the one to break the curse…I mean if he figures out the way to break it. We can still have Emma or Henry perform a kiss or whatever you want, but maybe they’ll have Hook figure it out. I’m not sure how that robs anything.
And I agree that there needs to be a conversation with Hook and Charming. But I mean if Charming is sleeping, and it appears he was for the entirety of the episode with Snow being the one awake, then Hook can’t really tell Charming can he? Sure he missed his chance right after he found out…but we also haven’t seen David since that episode right? It’s not like Charming and Hook have hung out and Hook decided against telling him. I think it can be assumed Charming has been asleep since murder most foul. So if Hook comes back, and helps break the curse to wake up Charming, Snow is the one who is awake at the moment, then that will give Hook the opportunity to fully come clean, apologize to David once the curse is lifted, ask for forgiveness, and then potentially help save Emma from Gideon as well. I think all of THAT would be enough to give Hook his moment and allow Emma to take him back. I don’t think it would be fair to compare all of that to flowers and candy.
And to be clear, I’m not saying this is what is going to happen. But to me, the CS proposal kinda sucked and then how Emma found out about Charming’s dad kinda sucked. And now Emma gave the ring back, and Killian has been sent away and Charming still doesn’t know and Emma can’t tell him bc he’s asleep, and Killian can’t tell him bc he’s underwater. To me, this is setting Hook up for his big moment by re-proposing the right way and owning up to everything in the way he should have originally. And it wouldn’t shock me if something happened on this adventure with Jasmine, Aladdin, Ariel and company that really gets through to Hook. But I guess we shall see.
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.
And again, I don’t think he’s going to break it. But perhaps he figures out how to break it and someone else actually does it. And with the random scene Hook had with Snow this week (which I enjoyed), and the whole episode Hook had with Charming and getting his blessing, it seems they are trying to quickly develop Hook’s relationship with Emma’s parents……it just seems like they are setting up something. But I’ve been wrong before.