Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20161021174343/@comment-6175354-20170203165856

Lady Junky wrote: The EQ being defeated would have a huge impact on Belle. Remember that the EQ arrested her? She was in a prison cell of her castle, without Rumple knowing it. Belle was prolly forgotten there.

Maybe Hook is old because time happened? Just like David and Snow? xD Plus without Emma, he stayed on the revenge path against Rumple, and always failed. Prolly made him depressed? ^^ I agree with both these theories.