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Eskaver wrote: Good Form was a low quality backstory to me. There wasn't any emotion behind it. I saw Liam be stupid and die twice over and then it led to the most ridiculous turn ever. I think Hook has a thing for quick transitions. It would explain his time as the DO. Terrible, through and through.

Swan Song is significantly better than Good Form. I think you just diagnosed Hook as having a bipolar disorder.

I prefer Good Form mainly because it fits with timeline. Swan Song doesn't fit with Queen of Hearts. It has Regina and Hook sharing a secret without showing any indications in the past. The losing a parent/ abandonment issues has been done millions of times before - Emma, Henry, Neal, Rumple, H&G, Grace, Jaffar, Snow, Lily, August, David... I mean seriously, the "What kind of man you want to be" has been said too many times, the flashbacks were momentum killers and addes nothing to the plot of the episode.

Good Form at least was original and the flashback connected the present well.