Hook's Crime

[RumplesGirl]

Several people called it but many of us didn’t believe it: Hook killed Robert, David’s father. Are you surprised? And how do you think David and Emma will react when they learn? Will it make a difference to Emma given that Hook is about to propose?

[hjbau]

I thought this was where they were going to go for like the last six months, so no, i am not surprised. I almost thought they were chickening out after the clips they released and it seemed Charming was just sleep deprived.

It was different then i thought, in that Hook was not hired by George, he was just randomly there for some reason. I think it is more interesting that it didn’t come out immediately and i like how they incorporated the pages August ripped out in Season 1 into the story by having Hook see a picture of Robert that way.

I still think it won’t make any difference in the long run. These characters don’t act like real people and they forgive one another for everything including trying to murder their children. Murdering a parent is nothing to these people.

 

[AKA]

I was surprised.  I did not think Once would do that to their premier couple.  I liked it and it made sense.  This should change everything but it won’t.  Does anyone think that Hook will tell Emma and they will both decide not to tell David?

[RumplesGirl]

To me this shows the writer’s worst instincts. I was prepared to let George be the killer because while it would have been predictable, the overall story of Robert’s journey to find his lost son and bring him home was charming (no pun) and heartwarming and matched nicely with the likes of Rumple/Neal and present day Charming and Emma. But no. The writers have to go and have a big tweetable twist like Hook killing Robert and then wanting to propose to Emma. It’s the worst inclination to not let sleeping dogs lie but constantly stir up more drama that ultimately leads nowhere.

Does anyone actually think Emma isn’t going to forgive Hook and claim “it’s in the past and we all do things we regret.” Does anyone actually think she’ll take a stand and say that Hook not only murdered her grandfather but robbed an innocent man of his life? A life Hook could have easily saved (and still take the gold?). No of course not. She’ll handwave it away in the name of love and yes to the ring. And I’m not saying CS is the only couple that does this (Rumbelle is also guilty) but it’s so draining to watch this sort of unnecessary drama when the story was actually good as is, rote and all.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[hjbau]

Does anyone actually think Emma isn’t going to forgive Hook and claim “it’s in the past and we all do things we regret.” Does anyone actually think she’ll take a stand and say that Hook not only murdered her grandfather but robbed an innocent man of his life? A life Hook could have easily saved (and still take the gold?). No of course not. She’ll handwave it away in the name of love and yes to the ring. And I’m not saying CS is the only couple that does this (Rumbelle is also guilty) but it’s so draining to watch this sort of unnecessary drama when the story was actually good as is, rote and all.

It will probably be worse then that. Hook will probably never even tell Emma the full story. It will be sugar coated some way. It was back in my pirating days and i killed him. There will be no explanation that he killed him in cold blood when he could have easily stolen the gold and let him live.

[RumplesGirl]

Wait. I just realized…why did David still think his father died in a drunken accident (in the flashback in S4) when there was clearly a sword wound through his chest? Did Ruth lie to him?

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[MatthewPaul]

This is an example of the writers writing a twist just to for the sake of stirring drama, but without thinking of long term ramifications. Having it revealed that Hook killed Robert minutes after David gives him his blessing to propose to Emma was too juicy for the writers to pass up, but we all know they’re not going to have a good payoff. This hearkens back to the twist that Regina killed Marian in the original timeline. Unneeded and messy drama for the sake of drama. Emma and Hook are still going to get together, and the past will be in the past. It’s just another temporary roadblock, as far as the writers are concerned.

[WickedRegal]

This will definetly be swept under the rug…

"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor

[bibliophile]

Yup. This should change everything, but it won’t. There might be a temporary blow up when the story finally comes out (if it comes out) but by the end of the season they’ll forget all about Hook murdering Emma’s grandfather, the same way they’ve forgotten that Regina murdered her other grandfather (and her grandmother!). Yikes what a family.

[AKA]

Here is a question, why did Robert’s ghost show up now to seek justice?  Was Robert’s spirit somehow connected with the coin? When David throws it in the sea the ghost disappears, did the ghost feel that justice was served? Does anyone think it is a coincident that the ghost shows up as Hook is trying to ask for blessing?  Maybe Robert does not approve of Hook for his granddaughter which makes sense since he killed him.

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