Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-25926288-20161017152754

Farerb wrote:

Nightlily wrote: Hook does not regret his actions? It was never shown on-screen?

What's this, then?

Actual dialogue from the Underworld in "The Brothers Jones":

Hook: "I'm the problem. Emma, you were the Dark One for six weeks and only gave in to the darkness out of love. I plunged in headfirst in a second for revenge! I was weak!"

Emma: "Not in the end".

Hook: "You raised the bar very high, Swan. The fact is, I don't measure up."

Emma: "Let me be the judge of that. If you didn't, would I have come all the way down here to try to save you?"

Hook: "That's my point. I'm not sure I deserve saving." A generic apology to cross from the list and then act as if nothing happened. Merlin wasn't revenge and his name wasn't even mentioned once, they went back into calling him the sorcerer as if it's a different character. In addition, What high bar Emma raised? Turning a dwarf into stone? Taking a heart from a five year old girl? Having a Disney princess tied into the front of a car? Making her trying to kill Belle? Yeah what a role model... Hmm... but Hook was regretful. I think you have more of a problem with how the show handles redemption (it's a five step process!) than Hook's apology.

Hook's apology was perfectly fine. He's not going to name alll 1500 mistakes he made because that's not how that works. He regrets it, he's making amends with some of his victims.

Hook doesn't know what Emma has done in the plot. The episode clearly explains how he puts people on a pedastal and looks down upon himself. This was a problem which wasn't fully addressed, but Hook's words about Emma are still true (from his perspective).