@slurpeez108 wrote:
The question on my mind is, what is their goal? We know Regina wants Henry back, Hook wants revenge on Rumple, and Cora wants power. What is a way that all three could partner together to get what they all want? They could steal Rumplestiltskin’s dagger! By controling the Dark One, all three can get what they want. We know from spoiler images from The Miller's Daughter that Cora and Regina use their combined magic to enter Mr. Gold's pawn shop and steal the dagger. We also know that Robert and Colin were absent from that scene, so, perhaps Hook is holding Gold captive somehow while Regina and Cora “storm the castle” to steal the dagger.
To me the casting sheet made it look like Rumple was hold up in the back room of his shop and Cora (with dagger in hand from the pictures) was trying to break in with Regina to get to Rumple. It also looked like Emma and Neal might have been with Gold in the back room.
I don’t know where Hook might have been…he was not filming that day…it’s possible that Cora might have double crossed him at this point…then again Hook wants revenge not power. If Cora told him that the person that kills the Dark One becomes the new Dark One he might have declined to use the dagger himself and is content with Cora doing the deed.
Then again if Cora is only going to command Rumple and not kill him..Hook may be content to wait a while. If the theories that some have put out there about him trying to seduce Belle to make Rumple suffer even more wind up being true…Colin and Emile might have been filming together during this episode. So many different things they can do lol.