Love all of this! Agreed, this stuff is NOT coming out of the blue but has been slowly building and is only now becoming SUPER obvious to those who may have questioned it before.
Also really loving the analysis of the show. They have a very limited time to show stuff so to take the time to show us these moments and Hook’s reactions to what Emma says and to have some of these quiet moments where he’s helping and supporting her when they’re on this mission to go get Henry is important. It’s ALL important.
Every time we see Hook or Emma talk about finding their happy endings or true love, the camera IMMEDIATELY goes to the other person. That’s deliberate. They could have gone to anyone when Emma talked about being the product of true love. They could have showed a beaming Snow & Charming holding hands and grinning at each other like idiots but they showed us HOOK.
Hook and Regina had a genuinely nice moment in the premiere but they made a point of panning to him looking at Emma when he talked of hoping to find his happy ending. They could have just left it as a nice conversation between them, or him looking off into the distance somewhere, but they made a point of showing him looking directly at Emma.
On top of all the parallels and having Hook OBVIOUSLY trying to win over Charming just like Charming had to win over Grumpy I just…how is it so hard to see the setup? Or at least the potential of it meaning SOMETHING. This is not setting up a FLING, Hook genuinely cares for her and it’s only growing. We’re only 2 episodes in and so many feelings already! This season is going to be great! (Especially for CaptainSwan progression and it’s about time!)
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.