Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-25926288-20151211153817

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Eskaver wrote: I'll rewatch the episodes, but I meant more in the veins of being the man he wanted to be, subtlely.

He should have mentioned being the man Emma anted to be, but failed until this episode where he succeeded. It would be like a reverse Rumple.

And what about the rest I said. (I think I know you like Hook, but that can't be the only thing you saw.) I agreed with most of what you wrote about the episode, but just wanted to point out that one thing. Hook mentioned that he changed, in some of the earlier episodes of the Camelot arc.... it is why he dumped her. Well, that doesn't work. That's more of a case against him in anyway. Plus, he later apologized for what happened in those episodes.

Hook is pretty much a more aware version of a villain and he does good by that standard, but in those scenes he was showing how much faith he had in their love which was quickly to go down to zero. His hatred of the DO overpowered his love for Emma in the breiefest of moments and he asked for forgiveness later.Delightful, and I even growed a soft spot for Hook, but that doesn't relate to being the man he wants to be. One can stretch it a little and I can even give you that if you mention the parts during his first death in Birth. However, Broken Heart sort of craps on that idea and then brings it back through flashback "Eureka!"

So, the payoff for Hook's DO time being that Eureka moment was poor. His DO time wasn't long enough to get really too invested in it, even though Colin acted his heart out. He never had time to stop and think. There were no scenes of inner turmoil in the current part of the storyline. It's quite laughable that Hook changes when he sees his immortal girlfriend get choked in vain efforts. It probably wouldn't have been so bad if Nimue was making Hook choke Emma, or attempt to kill Emma.