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But regarding the VHS tape–am I the only one who saw him alter the tape and right away thought that when that comes to light, along with the inevitable discovery that Belle has a fake dagger, Emma (or someone) will put two and two together and figure out that he’s the one who killed Zelena?I don’t think Rumple will suffer any retribution for Zelena’s death. I hope he doesn’t because if he does then that makes the “heroes” very hypocritical that they pardon Regina after all her bad deeds yet punish Rumple for killing a woman who would’ve happily have caused several of them to cease to exist. It was not Regina’s place to decide to give Zelena a second chance and let her run free. Regina was such a hypocrite in Kansas, you just know if it had been Henry that died that Regina would’ve been a lot less forgiving of Zelena.
I wonder if Rumple is actually bluffing about the tape. We know he can magically change CCTV, but we didn’t see any footage of the Hook tape to prove that it wasn’t just a blank tape. How annoyed would Hook be if his one reason for keeping quiet didn’t actually exist. Consider this:
If Hook does crack and tell Emma, and Emma demands to see the tape, the fact that Hook can say Rumple did something to the tape to make it look like Hook acted alone at least casts enough doubt on Rumple for certain other events such as Zelena’s death to be looked into more closely which would just cast unnecessary hassle for Rumple.
If Rumple is all “what tape?”, even if Hook points out the tape to Emma and Emma demands to see it, and Rumple hands it over and Hook says how Rumple messed with it to make it look like Hook acted alone, if the tape is actually something like a nature documentary or something like that, then Rumple is in the clear. Even if Hook and Emma turned over Rumple’s shop/home/other hiding places, a tape that never existed can never be found.
Good points & I like your thinking here- I thought this could be the case when I 1st watched the episode (If I was Hook I would have insisted on viewing the supposed evidence) & lets face it- why would someone randomly be filming their living room?!- it doesnt make any sense.
What makes sense to me is that Rumple is just playing mind games with Killian- he hates Killian & would love to see him dead, but he cant do that & get away with it, so he’s going to toy with Killian & make him miserable instead, which is totally with-in his character atm.