I am such a pile a mush after last night.
We got so many CS moments – SF just doesn’t exist at all in a romantic sense, in a family sense – absolutely. But other than that, I honestly see nothing else from either Emma or Neal to suggest any kind of lingering romantic feelings. Obviously Neal wants to see Emma and Henry again – they are his family, but I think it was pretty clearly established last night that the entire group has become one big family – some just have more genuine ties than others.
What I loved the most about the episode? Killian was the man he wanted to be throughout the entire episode. He never once back-peddled into Hook. It KILLED me when we saw the look on his face when he realized he was going to lose Emma. 300 years of getting over his first love before he finds his True Love and now he is going to lose her as well. So when he tells Emma there won’t be a day that will go by that he won’t think about her, you KNOW it’s true. He thought about Milah for 300 years and she wasn’t even his True Love. Emma’s “Good” response to me was just like the Star Wars “I know.” She knows he thought about Milah for 300 years, she doesn’t have to even question whether he is just saying that he will think about her every day because that is something you say when you are saying goodbye, she KNOWS from experience with him that it is true. And the smile that Killian gave Emma?? Gahhhh!!!! To me that was an acknowledgement that he “gets” that she loves him. Hook and Emma aren’t weepy and gushy like Snowing. He knew that in about 10 seconds she was not going to remember any of this. They got their “moment” in the midst of the bad.
My very favorite part of the episode though?? Knowing that the brief moment they shared right before Emma left changed Hook in a major way. Because that moment coupled with whatever happened in the year they were apart resulted in a very different Killian showing up at Emma’s door. I don’t know how to post all the gifs but go and look at his face when she opens the door. Hook has always given Emma the longing glances and the intense stares, and when they said goodbye we got a look of genuine love. When they were in NL and he told her he was going to win her heart he spoke to her with confident authority but it was different. Even though he was wanting to become a man of honor he was still used to being a pirate. When Emma opens the door in NYC – he is 100% Killian in pirate’s clothes. He is so relieved to see her and he is confident but in a completely different way. He isn’t piratey or cocky or arrogant, is just so happy and in love with her. He KNOWS that she is his true love and because he says that he can make her remember him – he believes that he is her true love too!! He doesn’t question it at all. The only time they kissed before, he let her be totally in charge of it and it blew him away and made him realize she is his true love. This time he kisses her and does it with total authority – not pirate authority, like he can have whoever he wants, but with True Love authority – because this is the ONE woman on earth that he was meant to kiss. The difference to me seems to be that he has spent a year in the EF with the others, with people like Charming instead of on the JR.
This kiss is more like the Snowing kiss than the Rumbelle kiss. Rumple had zero confidence when he leaned in to kiss Belle in the hospital and she screamed bloody murder when she didn’t remember him. He apologized profusely and left because Rumple has always had difficulty believing that Belle could really love him. But with the Snowing kiss, Charming KNEW that Snow loved him even if she couldn’t remember that she did so he didn’t slink away with no confidence after she decked him. He believed in their true love. I think this is exactly what we are going to see with CS. He said that he had hoped Emma felt the same way, but we know he sticks around to make sure she gets her memories back. He is going to find a way to make her remember him. I think Killian believes in their True Love now and that has helped keep him going for the past year. And look at Emma’s face after she kicks Killian in the nads. She isn’t scared by this leather clad complete stranger that just grabbed her and kissed her, she doesn’t even look annoyed. She looks like she is trying to figure out where she knows him from/why he seems familiar. I agree with whoever said that I bet we find out that she has had dreams about Killian and the rest of her SB family.
Plus how cute was the “Captain Swan” nod we got from the writers. The SF folks kept saying that the bug represents Emma and Neal’s relationship and that it isn’t right that Hook rides in it. Sorry, but I think that just changed forever in this past episode. Emma is Captain Swan of the Yellow Bug.
Also, did it break anyone’s heart when Hook asked whether Regina could stop the curse or if they should start cleansing their souls or something like that because his was going to take a while. Like seriously, all the poor villains truly felt that none of the progress they made counted for anything. They couldn’t see the progress within themselves, only the others could see it. I think that Hook did realize it when he said goodbye to Emma – I think her love makes him realize he is a better man and he will carry that with him.
My only beef is why did no one console poor Belle when she was hysterical over poor Rumple in the middle of the street?? I mean, not even a hug, a quick shoulder rub? Nothing?? Her boyfriend just vanished into thin air and is presumed to be dead having sacrificed himself to save the entire town and everyone just ignores her? Geesh!!