Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20160625215037/@comment-24674051-20160705041920

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Since they were DRIVING from NYC to SB, that has got to be at least 5 1/2 hours after the events at the end of An Untold Story (that is based on using Google Maps to approximate the driving time from NYC to Portland Maine. so there may be a slight variation in times).

Now, there was, as far as the characters were concerned, no need to rush back to SB immediately. It would make common sense for them to spend the night in NYC, get some rest after their adventures, and hit the road early in the morning. They could easily crash in the NYC apartment for one night.

So the Evil Queen events later that evening (before the others actually departed) makes sense. And if the others left reasonably early in the AM, they would be back in SB by early afternoon. which could fit well in the timeline of when we saw Hyde conversing with Regina and Henry.