He still may have turned against the King. We know that Killian didn’t approve of what the King could have done with the poison, so if they’d taken the dreamshade back, (being unaware that it was poison because the Liam incident didn’t happen), the King had used it to kill 1000s of people, Killian would have been just as angry at the King, and also angry at himself for having played a part in his getting the poison.
For me, I would have found Hook’s turn to piracy more believable if that had happened because it would’ve been more clear that the king knew what dreamshade did. As it stands, there is the possibility that the king did genuinely think it was a medicine rather than the poison. Also Hook’s talk of “honour” would’ve held more weight, as we would’ve seen him fighting against a more powerful foe because it was the right thing to do. I hope Hook’s pirate career consists of just attacking the king’s ships rather than some poor merchants. Also I hope they make it clear that the king knew it was a poison, as that would make Hook seem more honourable in my opinion.
I disliked Hook’s flashback because it didn’t have the emotional punch to make me sympathise with him, the turn around from idealist navy man to pirate was too quick, even Regina had a transition period from innocent girl to Evil Queen. Also I think part of the problem I have with Hook’s sudden talk of honour throughout 3A is that, for the majority of season 2 Hook showed no honour whatsoever, and considering 3A only covers about a week timeline-wise, it just seems too quick a turn around, considering one minute he’s using innocent people as pawns and is willing to kill and destroy the entirety of Storybrooke to achieve his goal of killing Rumple, then next he’s describing himself as honourable just because he went to Neverland to help save Henry.
I was kind of disappointed with Hook’s role in Neverland. That was his time to shine and he kind of didn’t. His role was just to move the characters from point A to point B. He knew about Tinkerbell yet it took him until episode 3 to mention her. He knew about Bae’s cave yet it took until episode 4 to mention it. He knew Charming had been poisoned yet it took him to episode 5 to mention the cure. There’s a lot of things Hook knew but didn’t mention until an episode demanded it. I did like the moment when he forced Felix to sit back down though.
Also, Hook’s character so far has kind of been lumbered with plotlines that are kind of limiting for his character. His revenge against Rumple obviously wasn’t going to work out because they would never kill off Rumple permanently. Now he’s stuck with the CaptainSwanFire triangle and at the moment that’s all he’s got going for him. There was an opportunity to explore the Hook/Bae dynamic and instead that was ignored in favour of the triangle.
I initially liked Hook in Tallahassee and the first few episodes of season 3 to the point where I was wavering between CS and SF, then Dark Hollow and the New Neverland really put me off him. Hook can be very contradictory with what he says and does sometimes and not in the good way.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix