Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151130020049/@comment-8345449-20151130105123

I am glad they showed a bit more of Hook's transition to darkness. The final scene at "Birth" with Hook so abruptly turning on Emma didn't make a lot of sense but now it seems Hook recovered all his memories in Camelot including the ones of Emma keeping Exacalibur from him. I wish they could have expanded it over at least two episodes though because it still felt a little rushed.

It seems Hook's breaking point was because of Emma not trusting him enough to give him a choice and letting him have Excalibur so he can control his own actions. If Emma had indeed given him Excalibur from the start, could this tragedy have been avoided? Or would it just delay the inevitable.

I wonder what does Hook intend to do by bringing back all the Dark Ones? He said didn't care that Nimue was using him as long as his own goals were accomplished. But what exactly is he trying to do? If he wanted revenge against Rumple, he could have just killed him with a wave of his hand instead of going through that farce of a swordfight. Did he also purposely let Rumple win and why did he let Rumple take Excalibur? Couldn't Emma or Zelena recast the tethering spell with it?