Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24674051-20151117184714/@comment-6175354-20151118194557

Once Discussion wrote: Don't know if anyone has mentioned this before but, did Hook see any of the previous Dark Ones in his head like Emma did with Rumple? From what we have seen so far, Hook has not heard voices in his head. 5.08 implied, that Emma stole Merlin's magic and immortality, and tranferred them into Hook. If this is truly the case, then there would not be any voices. Also note, that Hook was the reason Emma stopped hearing voices, for a time. He taught her, how to block them out. She only started hearing them again, after returning to Storybrooke.

Zelena used the same spell to tether Merlin, that he used to tether the Dark One. We already know from last season, what the counterspell for that is.... the Sorceror's Hat and the stars in the sky alining, along with the heart of someone who knew them while they were mortal. Emma used Excalibur, which Merlin forged to cut immortal ties.