Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160321010032/@comment-27257290-20160325220715

Farerb wrote: It wasn't for nothing. Hook had to deal with the consequences of his mistakes and he didn't "sacrifice" himself only to rid the world from darkness, but to prevent Emma's family dying, which they didn't in the end so..not for nothing at all. People only think it was for nothing because the writing tells us it was for nothing, but we saw it wasn't. So true. I love Hook but always hate when he gets all dramatic and says something that's plainly incorrect. Yes, he hoped to die for a much higher purpose by destroying the Darkness forever, but saving Emma's family was not a waste (except for Snow, David and Grumpy, they can all stay in Underbrooke for all I care). Like when he kept saying it took him centuries to drive out the darkness in him - no it didn't. After centuries of killing and being as dark as he liked, Hook met Emma and that's when everything changed. In reality it took him only a few weeks when he actually tried to be a good person. I think this show has gotten into the habit of making dramatic overstatements tbh.