Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25733960-20170508011247/@comment-25926288-20170512001958

Not really. Hook was their ride to the Queen's palace. (The real question is why would they travel by sea when they are connected by land.) None of this is about Hook sneaking them into the palace.

The other thing is explained in Zelena's song. Zelena would give that to Regina. Regina would gloat to Rumple. Zelena will pop up and show Rumple who's better....and I doubt she thought beyond that, as Rumple wouldn't want to die.