Well this one was an eye-opener especially the end of the episode but if you really looked all the clues were always there with David (Josh Dallas) trying, determined to find who actually murdered his father, Robert (David Cubbit). The flashback showing how they had to give away one of the twins at the behest and temptation of Rumples (Robert Carlyle) when they fall ill and need medicine. Only they could keep the one boy and Rumples chose James as the one who would be Prince James. They didn't even change his name when he became of regal lineage. Later he finds that James has been kidnapped as King George (Alan Dale) enters the tavern where their worthless father is drinking, as usual, even the bar keep telling him he should go home and save the money for his family: cos family is everything.
However he goes in search of his son and finds him in a place called Pleasure Island which explained the Ferris wheel in the opening creds, so it was a kind of rougher Coney Island! Ha. After Rumples tells him where he is for a price: the hair on his head, well a strand, which he didn't really want after all. But remarks on how big things grow from little ones. Obviously he must've known what was going to happen. Anyway here he chances upon a very wooden Pinocchio (who got around a lot!) and lies about knowing James, thus his nose grows. He finds James and tries to take him home when he finds he ran away and he didn't want to become a knight. However he's side tracked at the docks where the King offers to pay handsomely for the boy again. However their father puts his foot down this time only to be taken away and ordered to be killed.
The kicker, that'll come later. As presently David is determined to find the truth about his father as he sees him appearing as a ghost; meaning he needs to lay him to rest. He asks Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) to help him as a pirate he'll know the best way. Hook tries to talk him out of it cos vengeance is bad and all that. After getting his own talk with Archie (Raphael Sbarge) who tells him he has to be honest with Emma (Jennifer Morrison) as he shows him the ring he wants to give her. Also that he should tell David how he feels about him not liking Hook and accepting him as part of the family. Cos Hook is more than a pirate. David convinces him to give him the shed keys so he can work magic and locate his father. Hook reluctantly agrees and Emma turns up some gear. Where she's taking Henry. Okay how does one forget the life jackets.
Hook must distract her and he tells her he's emotional after speaking with Archie who said no more secrets. They kiss as David leaves. The spell shows the location which Hook names as Pleasure Island: a horrible place. Again he finds he needs to talk David out of it but again David reinforces Hook's pirate ways and he doesn't need a talk from a pirate. He realizes who murdered his father and it turns out to be the King who's locked up. Thought he died. Anyway he confronts him and says even if he ordered the killing, he didn't actually do it. Hook shuts him away in the cell and again stops David from making the biggest mistake in his life. Take it from someone who's been there in more ways than one.
Another flashback shows how his father is tied to the carriage by some thugs who've been paid to kill him and make it look like an accident after he'd been boozing. Cue Hook who doesn't save him but runs him through with his own sword. Cos hey it's only a pirate's way and that's what Hook did in his past. No surprises there or shock, he did kill his own father too so killing a stranger wasn't difficult. Seems Hook hasn't got his redemption at all or forgiveness cos that doesn't excuse what he did. He didn't even appear remorseful. Even after David's father's ghost vanishes as Hook tells him he did the right thing, cos his father did that too and tried to make amends by finding James. Hook also asking David for Emma's hand in marriage. David saying Hook has changed, well maybe not even if he is 200 years old, he'll still have that pirate in him, no matter how hard he tries to change. He even didn't show the book pages and kept them, the ones August (Eion Bailey) gave him about Pleasure Island, August's read them himself, he did write them too.
Regina (Lana Parilla) tries to bond with Robin (Sean Maguire) which proves uneventful since he's not happy where he is or so he says. He spots the Sheriff (Wil Travel) after making his getaway through the window and tries to kill him, even if he isn't the same person in Storybrooke. Regina having shown him the book. She stops him by using her magic and takes him to the Crypt where he talks of her collecting hearts and not being good. But she's changed and she hides away a powerful box from him. Also telling him about his children and his daughter. As Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin) told her this isn't her Robin even if she needs to find that out for herself, she shouldn't have brought him back. She was right as Robin steals her box. Once a thief...just like the parallel story here; once a pirate...
Regina also finds she has no chemistry when she kisses Robin and they don't feel anything. She was wrong about him and needs to find out why he really came. Some sort of ulterior motive obviously. Also have to remember that Robin is a different version and is from a wish. He won't be the same and is he really working with someone else. Thought of Gideon here for some reason. As for Hook he has a lot of explaining to do and the truth will out eventually about him, and there's no excuse that he didn't know who David's father was when he killed him. The apple doesn't seem to fall far from the tree in this show and Hook says David will be adding to the family by welcoming him into the fold of the black sheep. Sorry sounds like a pun there with David being a shepherd! Did Hook use his hook to break free of the handcuffs as I said he should! ha
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