Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20160320090443/@comment-4975807-20160320185904

Farerb wrote: Applegirl wrote: Some flashbacks do feel pretty disjointed. The one with Hook's father I felt didn't do too well. The actor who portrayed Breenan was fine, but it just raised more questions rather than answered them. I mean... a sleeping curse, ok. But when he was explaining how the woman gave him true love's kiss, when he met said woman while he was still in the curse and somehow they fell in love during that time .... um, what? XD I felt myself cringing as he was doing that explanation exposition. And the awkwardness of naming his young son Liam. That I can sort of forgive because I can believe he was honestly trying to honor the first Liam, whose fate he had no idea about. It makes sense he could only pick one of his two sons names to give to his third son, which made Hook jump to the conclusion that his father never cared about him and only cared for Liam.

Eskaver wrote: Applegirl wrote: I enjoy flashbacks if they answer unanswered questions from previous episodes or seasons. Yeah, same. If Queenie is there, then at least there'll be some killer outfits.

Of all her outfits, I could never get on board with the "Lost Girl" one. That one was a bit over the top. I agree and In my opinion they didn't need to do that, but the only reason they did it was to include some EQ fanservice. Let's be honest here, Regina's iclusion in those flashbacks were not necessary and only damaged the tomeline and characters. The whole point of 209 was that Hook broke into EQ's palace and she decided to use that to get rid of her mother, it wasn't something she planned, she didn't plan for Hook to break into her castle, she shouldn't have the time to do a research about his father and where he works, and I don't even get why she needed to "test" him, thatwas ridiculous. Their secret (which they never showed any indication of till that episode for anyone who still thinks that series is planned for some reason) played almost no part in the present day, the thing that made Hook change his mind was Nimue hurting Emma (cause why should he care about her family? He can't have sex with them). If Regina wasn't a part of that flashback, they could've put that flashback some time after Hook became a pirate, made whatever-Hook's-father's-name-was look much older, there would've been no need for a contrived sleeping curse that doesn't make any sense.

I took away two things from the Brennan flashback. It was to show Hook made a choice he regretted and that is what made him choose a different route in the present when he was faced with another situation of either giving into his demons or taking the high road. Secondly, it was to bridge an unspoken secret between Hook and Regina, but I have to agree the flashback itself didn't do much for Regina, and she was only there to showcase Hook's past.