Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-25926288-20151211160035

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: 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. I'll agree with everything except the inner turmoil part. He had turmoil over loving the Dark One, but no real turmoil over being the Dark One. Now, you could say that's what the flashbacks are for, but he showed no turmoil in being the dark one in SB. He was simply, evil for the fun of it. He wasn't torn over doing the right or wrong thing.

Payoff should not be in the acting solely. But of course, Emma;s inner turmoil wasn't subtle, but it worked. Meanwhile Hook's was "Do this....for revenge." and he was all for it. Signs of a struggle at least. But getting baclk to this epiosde, there should have been signs of a struggle in tis episode. He struggled with revenge and father, but in the present day, he flipped a switch as if he's some robot.