Captain Hook seems pretty confident that he has a way. Remember, he promised Rumpelstiltskin that he would find a way to kill him, that he wouldn’t stop. He went to Neverland so that he would have all the time in the world to search and plan. He has been planning this for centuries.
I doubt he would suddenly want to combat without some plan ready to be enacted. Plus, I don’t think he and Cora are close–they only are using each other to find a way back to Storybrooke. 🙂
Good point. Hook, like Rumpel, has had hundreds of years to set his plan in motion. So, Rumpel might be caught off guard for whatever Hook throws at him.
And I hope he and Cora aren’t that loyal to each other. I’d hate for him to turn on Snow and Emma for Cora.