Hook made a deal with Rumple in exchange for his silence so now Hook can’t break it.
Did they establish terms though? I thought maybe he bought his silence for that day or something. I don’t know; I just figured that’s how he’d get his hand back in the next episode. And then I like the theory that Rumple’s mad so he gives him back the hand but he curses it with alien hand syndrome or something. I must say though, I loved seeing their confrontation! And according to the pictures, we’ll be getting a lot more scenes with those two.
I just wonder how long he’ll have his hand back for, since we’ve seen more pictures later with the hook returned. But that just makes Rumple seem extra creepy, that he’s hanging on to body parts. Ew.
And yes, I too loved seeing Hook with the cell phone–how adorable is it that the only thing he bothers to do with it is “press the Emma button”?
I’ve been wondering about the length of the deal too. The deal (to me) was Hook’s silence was for Rumple’s help, I wonder how far Hook can stretch that ‘help’. And is that how he gets his hand back, due to the general ‘help’ Rumple has made a deal for? Oh I just had a thought, if it’s a deal between them (rather than blackmail) maybe Hook losing his hand later on is him breaking the deal.
And good point, why on earth did he hang onto his hand? Is there a reason, or did he think it might come in handy one day? No pun intended. In any case bring on more Rumple and Hook I say. Those two are awesome and I think quite good to have that underlying mistrust between them but grudgingly working together.
If one is to engage with the primordial forces of darkness, one must expect a little social awkwardness