Hooklight started out with building up just a ton of lore about this realm called Morning, one of the oldest places in the universe and the spark that gave it life. Behind the scenes was the mysterious oracle, which ends up being the Eighth Doctor. Now, there is very little lore left to reveal and tie together, and it's more about the characters. He's not sidelined from the action, but the Fifth Doctor doesn't have quite the character development his companions have.

Tegan gets all of part eight dedicated solely to her leaving three years with a man, Oscar. It is very similar to her storyline in The Edge of War from a couple years ago so it feels slightly trodden ground. Adric discovers that he is not, in fact, the Doctor, and shoots (non-fatally) Davlin Crux. Nyssa has a lot of inner dialogue with Neura, the power at the heart of Hooklight. Ultimately, it is the death of our fourth companion, the resolute Kessica Myles who manages to successfully stamp everything with a big reset button.

Ultimately, despite my Fifth Doctor fandom, I am not as Hooklight-pilled as most after this volume. I think it's getting harder to explore different facets of these characters, and was ready for a more complex story involving the wild lore that Tim Foley put together. In many ways, the tale of Morning is not quite finished, as seen by the fact that the Eighth Doctor decides to travel with Davlin at the end of the story. They should've leaned into the Fifth Doctor and Davlin having a relationship more.

Still, it's a big massive story with excitement like the queen of the space spiders, many close calls, and a good blend of action and contemplation. Definitely a good candidate to return to one day and see how my feelings evolve.