Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-33386384-20180525212302/@comment-34657163-20180714040502

I'll be honest, bringing Colin back for this season was unnecessary. And being quite burnt out from other things, I will list my reasons in point form:

-OG Hook was finished, if not retread a tad bit

-Another, new version had little appeal for many reasons, with his main appeal being his a romantic relationship not-with Emma

-KR was ok, but besides Knightfall's flashback, it was never really compelling

-We didn't need more Hook screentime in a season mainly focused on new characters; Regina being with Henry was possible, so needed in a way, and Rumple's redemption was definitely unfinished

-Roger's cursed persona was terribly boring, with him solving the "candy killer" case being a cop-out, and Eloise Gardener being...that

-The writers obviously wanted to resolve the Rumple-Hook conflict, and show him and Henry's relationship, but it never could feel rewarding

-the wish realm

Besides the nice quip in some of the flashbacks, which I don't quite recall from him past S2, he never felt engaging to me to the point where I could see this season without him. Could make Alice Gothel's legitamate child somehow!