Glad to hear the numbers are doing well!
I still have faith based on everything we’ve been shown. Even when other options seem to suddenly scratch the surface it’s not enough to overwhelm the abundance of other stuff we’ve been given, ESPECIALLY without context and from what I’ve been hearing spoiler-wise, we have the roadtrip and a HUG to look forward to and Emma doesn’t hug just anybody so it’s important bonding time. Plus Henry and Hook in the car presumably so that’s important too!
Part of me will always be afraid that we’ll take a sudden turn in the next few eps and that Emma will randomly revert back but with everything we’ve been given, it’s hard to think that. They’ve had several good opportunities to do something with that and haven’t, but have been building CS all season and we know they continue to spend time together and that Emma trusts him so I’m focusing on that. There are just too many possibilities about what the spoiler shots may mean! I wish we didn’t have to wait so long for the hug though, I really want the context of that!
I don’t know how we survived before this season, I really don’t. We’ve been spoiled with having only 1 little break in the first half and it’s already making me crazy!
Can’t wait to see what happens when the group’s all back together since they’re spread out right now! In one of the shots from the promo, Hook is standing right next to Charming and they both look concerned. In another shot Emma is near Charming and I don’t know where Hook is. I really want to see how the Emma/Hook reunion goes though. I LOVE that Hook volunteered him and Tink to stay behind and do what Emma needed him to / where he would be most helpful. He showed belief in her again when he said they’d all meet up at the Jolly Roger – like there was no doubt in his mind that she would go get Henry and he’d see her again soon, even though he didn’t get to say goodbye before they parted ways. (That shot of him in the distance after Charming said goodbye to Emma was heartbreaking and unnecessary except to show how hard it was for Hook not getting to say goodbye to her because he’s doing his best to follow her orders and focus on the mission. It was a HUGE father/daughter moment (since we rarely have any) and they chose to show us Hook’s reaction.) Significant? I think so.
I really really hope we see Hook and Tink talk. I think maybe if the episode picks up right after the green glow we will though. She’ll probably see a look on his face that she equates to worry and he’ll say something about not being worried because Emma’s fine, he can feel it. (Hope that’s how it plays out! I always love Charming just knowing and making everyone else feel good about it even when he’s apart from Snow, so I’d love to see Hook have that kind of a moment with Tink who is the only person he can talk to about it.) I also really want Tink to call him out on his feelings and see him have a chance to talk to someone because he has nobody but Emma or her protective father, neither of which he can talk to about anything going on right this moment, especially his feelings toward Emma. It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s confident when he’s trying to talk to Emma so that she sees how real it is for him but that he has moments of doubt when he’s on his own and if he does, Tink would be able to be his confidant. There has to be a reason they left Hook and Tink alone, yet we saw none of their interaction except when they were blown away by the green glow.
I really just want the group back together and to get out of there, but I expect there’s more to some of these little moments on the way to getting back together that may prove useful/insightful. Emma had more meaningful interaction with Hook in their very brief screentime than she did as part of Team Parents with way more screentime. They could easily have done something with that on the way to save Henry or getting Wendy out of the cage or something and they didn’t. So many opportunities I was surprised as I expected it to be more even but it really hasn’t been. So again, cautiously optimistic. Adam keeps saying they’re telling stories, not doing unnecessary triangles and that the supposed triangle isn’t steering the plot or the show. That gives me hope, especially since we’ve been saying for awhile that it isn’t so much a triangle as watching Emma move on from her past like Hook has been all season.
Still so excited that Charming and Emma talked about Hook! Wish we could have seen it but Charming keeps surprising me and I think he’s on Hook’s side a bit more now! He didn’t have to make up the elaborate story to paint Hook as a hero to cover up for the fact that he had been poisoned but he did. He toasted him and made sure Emma knew about it. On top of that, and AFTER the kiss since there wasn’t time before that, Emma must have talked to Charming about something related to all of that (not sure of the details) and Charming told her about Liam. So either Emma tried to talk to her dad about Hook (without mentioning the kiss) and THEN tried to talk to Snow, or Charming offered up information in a conversation we just didn’t see in an effort to explain why Hook would do something like that. Either way – Emma and Charming talked about Hook and his good side!
This episode added to that. We had very little on-screen CaptainCharming but not only did we find out about the fact that Charming told Emma about Liam, but Charming also gave up his sword to Hook. Hook has his hook which isn’t much in a swordfight granted, but it’s more of a weapon than David has on his own. The moment that Rumple took Hook’s sword, Charming’s hand was on his and then when Hook thought he wouldn’t have a weapon after all since Rumple clearly planned on using his sword, Charming tossed him his and got an actual thank you from Hook. He gave up his weapon to the man he knows is in love with his daughter and who has proven himself to be someone that Charming can respect. (They’re so much alike at times it’s ridiculous but I love these two!)
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.