Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-32779544-20170805164728/@comment-28162607-20180610201216

Leroiblanc wrote: In season four, Hook didn't care if he became the Dark One (granted, to get rid of Gold, but he still didn't care if he was). But here...oof. Choice. Choice is the main thing here. If hypothetically, he had stabbed Rumple and become the DO, that was his choice. Emma took away his choice.

Look at it this way; getting yourself drunk is one thing, you choose to do it and likely don't care about ebing drunk. If you get someone else drunk, that is an issue.

Also, Hook said he would not mind becoming he DO because it would "be a small price to pay for ending the Crocodile" (or something, paraphrasing). That doesn't factor into this situation in s5.