Hook

London. School play of Peter Pan. Adult Peter Banning, corporate lawyer, on phone during son Jack play. Missing childhood moments for work. Workaholic father. Wife Moira disappointed. Daughter Maggie performing. Peter disconnected from family and imagination.

Granny Wendy: "Peter, you've become a pirate." Theme of rediscovering childhood wonder, being present for family, and remembering who you truly are. Adult responsibilities vs. childlike joy and imagination.

Peter afraid of flying, cannot tell stories, always on phone. Visiting Granny Wendy Darling in London with family. Jack feels rejected by father. Maggie adores daddy. Peter uptight, anxious, no imagination left. Lost Peter Pan completely.

Captain Hook kidnaps Jack and Maggie! Note left: "To live would be an awfully big adventure." Peter devastated but does not understand. Tinkerbell appears - he does not recognize her. She says he is Peter Pan. He laughs. Children gone.

Tinkerbell insists Peter is Pan, must return to Neverland to save children. Peter thinks he is crazy, this cannot be real. Sprinkles pixie dust - he cannot fly. Too grown up. Does not believe. Should he trust fairy tale or accept children lost forever?

Flies to Neverland! Arrives as fat, anxious middle-aged man. Lost Boys do not recognize Pan. Hook mocks him. "Bad form." Three days to get ready to fight or children stay forever. Entering world of rediscovering identity. Must become Pan again.

Relationship with Jack especially. Hook seducing Jack, replacing Peter as father figure. Jack angry at dad for never being there. Peter must win back son by becoming the father and hero he needs. Learning to be present and playful.

Training with Lost Boys! Rufio challenges him. Food fight - imaginary feast! Peter remembers how to imagine. Sword lessons. Flying lessons. Slowly awakening Pan inside. Promise: rediscovering childhood magic, adventure, joy. "You're doing it, Peter!"

Peter FLIES! Crowing! Lost Boys accept him as Pan. Gets sword and Pan outfit. False victory: he is Pan again! But Jack has chosen Hook as new father. "He's a better father than you ever were." Stakes raised - not just rescue but win back son.

War with pirates. Baseball game in Neverland. Hook poisoning Jack against Peter. Time running out. Tinkerbell captured. Rufio jealous. Lost Boys divided. Multiple threats. Peter warrior skills returning but emotional battle for Jack being lost.

Final confrontation begins. Hook has Jack completely turned. Maggie still loves daddy but Jack calls Hook "father." Peter heartbroken. "My son." Everything he fought for seems lost. Cannot defeat Hook if Jack hates him. Failed as father and hero.

Facing Hook. Peter losing sword fight. Out of practice. Hook about to kill him. Jack watching, conflicted. Peter looking at son. Realizes has to BE there, not just rescue. "I want to be your father." Moment of complete vulnerability and truth.

Jack sees real dad fighting for him. "Take your medicine, Hook!" Jack back on Peter side! Maggie too. Rufio dies protecting Pan - "You are the Pan." Synthesis: adult responsibility + childlike wonder = complete person. True father and true hero.

Epic sword fight. Peter defeats Hook. Hook eaten by crocodile. Tinkerbell and Peter say goodbye - she knows he must return to family. Lost Boys future secured. Peter choosing family over Neverland. Growing up means being present, not losing wonder.

Home in London. Peter playing with Jack and Maggie. Present, joyful, imaginative. Phone rings - he ignores it. "Peter, your phone." "It can wait." Mirror of opening - absent to present, disconnected to engaged. Became Pan to learn to be dad. Perfect growth.