Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20150915144108/@comment-16953943-20151105005835

Eskaver wrote: Based on the first sneak peek, I was right! Merlin's advice is to love the DO, have patience because the power (whther good or evil) carries a heavy weight. And there Hook is mouthing off again, yelling at people that are trying ti help. I think he might be yelling because he knows he's useless. Since MErlin compares Nimue to Emma, I'm pretty sure she becomes the DO in the flashback, whehter or not MErlin knows this. I laughed so hard reading that line! Another way this show is showing how they basically reduced Hook to a useless lap dog for Emma.

That aside.....

As for what Merlin said, I think it's a load of BS.....if loving the DO was really that useful, Belle would have be able to help Rumple all this time. I get that he's trying to calm Hook down, but he should have given him something better than that.

If he can tell Arthur he will one day be King appox 15-20 years before he actually does, then how hard could it be to give the group something more substantial to work with in reguards to Emma? I think I agree with a lot of people who say Merlin can't be trusted. (Or the writers really aren't paying attention to possible plot holes.)