Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20151006083556/@comment-1916997-20151006142710

I think Emma will be Dark Swan throughout Season 5, as others have said. As for what happens to the Darkness at the end of the season, it's too early to say, although I don't think it will be completely defeated, as it seems to be (at least a part of) the big bad for the series.