Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-6175354-20151211155526

Eskaver wrote:

So, the payoff for Hook's DO time being that Eureka moment was poor. His DO time wasn't long enough to get really too invested in it, even though Colin acted his heart out. He never had time to stop and think. There were no scenes of inner turmoil in the current part of the storyline. I actually enjoyed that Hook's inner turmoil, was more subtle than Emma's. The voices in Emma's head, at times was about as subtle as being hit by a train. Whereas, with Hook it was all in his eyes. Like you said, Colin acted his heart out. That was where the payoff was, not so much in the writing.

Also, one does need to remember just how impulsive Hook is. He has always been ruled by his emotions. Emma had the perfect opportunity to come clean in 5.08, and she still choice to manipulate him. Hook was forced to find out what happened, in Camelot, from Zelena.... which was a recipe for disaster.