‘Once Upon a Time’ season 4: Jennifer Morrison on Hook / Emma pairing

Two seasons ago with “Once Upon a Time,” it was hard to really imagining the Emma Swan character with anyone after Sheriff Graham died, let along someone like Captain Hook who we all assumed would be a feared villain.

Instead, we learned that the real mettle when it comes to this character was more as a foil to Emma, and a way to be both loving but also very complicated. The two have the potential to be happy, but also the baggage to struggle to figure things out. Can Hook really stop himself from turning evil again, and will Emma be able to fully trust him? These are questions that we do see coming up and playing a big role in season 4.

In speaking about this relationship now to TVLine, even Jennifer Morrison admits that she is surprised that the two are now seemingly together; however, she also admits that there are plenty of reasons why they would be:

 “If you had said it to me when we first started the show, I never would have anticipated it — but the reality is that he’s a very kindred spirit. They’ve both been through similar things, they’re both survivors and they’ve both had to fight in order to literally just live. There’s also something in them where they’ll both go to great lengths to protect the people they care about — and sometimes they’ll do really bad things to do that, but they both have really good hearts, so I think they see a lot of themselves in each other.”

Where could this couple go from here? We’d love to see what the idea of a date looks like for the two of them, or if they could ever live in a house or have a traditional family together with Henry, despite the fact that neither are traditional people.

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