Argh, welcome back aboard the SS Fluttershy and today be a special one as we be dockin' in Storybrooke as I countdown the Top 6 moments of my favorite character from Once Upon A Time. Killian Jones aka Hook. To me, Hook is just all kinds of awesome and yeah, he's nothing like the character from Peter Pan but I don't care because I view this Hook as his own character and he is one of the most popular characters on the show alongside, Regina, and Rumpelstiltskin. There's a reason, the villains are more popular. They're more fun. However having said that, he is no longer a villain and you'd know that if you read my review series The Magic of Storybrooke. I promise I'll resume the season 3 reviews soon. Also, it doesn't hurt to plug the spin-off series of A Look at Disney every once in a while. Anyways, let's see if we still have our land legs as we go along Storybrooke to look at my Top 6 Hook Moments.
6. Hook and Jello - In The Name of The Brother
Okay, coming in at # 6, we have a scene that was cut from the show but I still find it pretty funny. In the episode right before this, Hook had shot Belle over the town line causing her to lose her memories and land her in the hospital but Hook also ended up in the hospital because he was ran over and here in this deleted scene, we see that he gotten up from his bed and had stolen a plate of jello off a tray. And I just love his reaction to the others' reaction, how he just says "Pirate, I steal things" and Hook finding our food would eventually work it's way into the show as he was arrested in New York in season 3 and was forced to eat Baloney and said it was the most disgusting thing, he's ever had. But here with the jello, I just love that he is dumbfounded by this wobbly food and thought it was a hallucination. Hook, I know someone that could've answered your question about what jello is.
Hook's reaction is easily what sells this as he is just awestruck and the way, Colin O' Donoghue plays it is fantastic as he makes you truly believe that he's never seen jello before in his life. Shame that it was cut but these things happen but at least with the release of season 2 on DVD/Blu Ray, people can now seen this deleted scene there or on YouTube and it's one worth checking out.
5. Hook's Going To Back Off - The New Neverland
If there is one thing, I love about Hook is that he is so confident in himself to make a comment about himself being devilshy handsome. Now, some might call that cocky but a little cockiness never hurt anyone but okay, Hook has a lot but that's not the reason, I like this scene, I like it because all throughout the show, there was a shipping war between Hook and Neal for the main character, Emma Swan. Fan were divided between Captain Swan or Swanfire. I fell squarely into the Captain Swan ship and yes, this is the only time, I became a shipper. I'm a little embarrassed to admit it but I'm a big Captain Swan shipper and this moment is part of the reason, why as its' sweet to see that Hook is willing to let Emma and her old flame work things out, for the sake of their son and doesn't want to get in the way.
4. Hook Tells His Secret - Ariel
Here we have a scene from the Neverland arc (which in retrospect went on way too long), where our heroes have to save Neal and to get to him, they had to reveal their darkest secrets. And as you heard, Hook and Emma shared a kiss in this arc but as Hook said that wasn't his secret, his secret was that, he was falling in love with Emma and he didn't think that he'd be able to love again. Kinda understandable, when your first love is killed by her husband for running away from you and right in front of you and he also takes your hand. Yeah, Hook and Rumpelstiltskin didn't exactly like each other in the beginning and Hook throughout most of season 2 was built up with anger and blinded by his thirst for revenge that he couldn't see anything good in his life but things changed as he met Emma and this is a great moment as this is easily, one of the big turning moments for Hook as season 3 was really, where you saw him start to redeem himself and become one of the good guys. He still has his pirating moments.
3. Bonding With Baelfire - And Straight On 'Til Morning
That young boy, you see right would grow up to be Neal Cassidy, Emma's ex boyfriend that Hook fought with for the affection of Ms. Swan but they started on shaky foot as his father is Rumpelstiltskin, the man that killed Hook's love, who just happened to be Bae's mom, and Bae believed that Hook was the killer but that would come up later and that would cause a rift in their relationship as Bae would find a picture of his mother in Hook's quarters and Bae would eventually reject him.
But before that big reveal, these two shared a bond over having a troubled relationship with their dads and Hook taught Bae things, that a father should and basically became his father figure, not to dissimilar to that of James and Silver in Treasure Island. I wonder if that was an inspiration for this relationship.
2. Hook And Emma's True Kiss As A Couple - There's No Place Like Home
This shot right here was one of the highlights of the season 3 finale for me as I just so happy to finally see these two share a kiss that actually meant something and it was a true kiss and it's show that they do love each other. Hey I said, I'm a Captain Swan guy all the way, so of course, this would make me happy. And indeed I was.
1. Hook Vs. Black Beard- The Jolly Roger
Just watch this scene because my words cannot capture the awesomeness of what is going on here. A sword fight between Captain Hook and Black Beard. That is SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For some background, in this episode, Ariel thought that Hook had kidnapped Prince Eric but that wasn't the case but she gets Hook to agree to help her as Black Beard had taken the Jolly Roger and Hook wants his ship back and he fights for it in a sword fight with Black Beard. Of course, Hook comes out the victor and Black Beard goes overboard but I LOVE this moment. This felt like something straight out of a pirate movie with the sword fighting and swashbuckling that was going on. This isn't just my favorite Hook moment but my favorite moment of the third season in general for how cool it is. I mean, Hook Vs. Black Beard. That is such a great idea and it paid off so well. I felt like ten year old watching this because it was just awesome and this is easily one of my favorite duels from anything ever. It's choreographed very well and I'm a sucker for fights that go behind the mass and you see the silhouettes fighting as I've always thought that looked really cool and it did. Also, you notice Black Beard's outfit, it based on what the animated Hook wore. Though, he looks more like Dustin Hoffman to me.
But that's just me.
There you have it, my Top 6 favorite Moments of Once Upon A Time's Hook. I hope that you guys have enjoyed this special countdown. Join me tomorrow as we continue our look at Hook as we look at the various voice actors that voiced the pirate.
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