Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160321010032/@comment-26159109-20160323163131

Lily's review: http://www.tv.com/shows/once-upon-a-time-2011/community/post/once-upon-a-time-season-5-episode-14-devils-due-review-145852765781/?fullstory=1

Great point:

"Emma and Cap'n Hook appeared a nano-second later and Rumple pretended Hades had blasted the book and killed Milah. Nice work, Rumple! Of course all of this was contrived so that we wouldn't have to deal with the problematic character math of Hook obsessively trying to get revenge for Milah's death lo these last 200 years, and then when he had a chance to fall into her arms, he couldn't because of Emma. For as long as he's been on the show, Hook's love for Milah has been his primary motivation and saving grace: he's not a bloodthirsty pirate, he's a heartbroken lover. But now that Hook has become the lynchpin of all Emma's motivations, he couldn't french his long-dead love in front of her. But if he showed restraint when he laid eyes on Milah again, it subverted everything motivating his character for the last three years. So they did, you guessed it, the easiest thing they could do: they kicked Milah out before she and Emma and Hook could share a screen. What a missed opportunity! That couple's canoe ride would have really been worth seeing."