Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1894786-20151104191856/@comment-26159109-20151217193726

NickyHelp wrote:

ChocolatEyes613 wrote:

NickyHelp wrote: Funny words coming out of your mouth when the ratings are already dropping, even when he is still in the show. You don't know what might happen either. so there @Farerb, was referring to the rating taking a nosedive.

OUaT is half way through its 5th season, so the steady drop in ratings is normal. ABC also uses Colin O'Donoghue, not just his character, to market the show. From a business perspective, it would do more harm than good, to write Hook off permanently. From a story perspective, it would be a waste of everyone's time, to go to the Underworld and not bring him back.... so there! It didn't do more harm than good when he was not in season 1. This is pointless and irrelevant dumping the ratings drop on Hook. There 101 things that differ season 1 from what we have now, you can make this pointless claim on any of them.