Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20150618155459/@comment-24674051-20150706140938

ONCEFan wrote: Killian Jones wrote: Guys... Jefferson and Victor must have been in the Enchanted Forest when the Curse was cast. This was hinted by the showrunners more than once. There is no "picking" people from other worlds. But you still agree with the overall theory? I think it could be something like what Regina did for both Cora and Henry Sr. She went and specifically retrieved both of them (Cora supposedly dead). So, maybe right before she cast the curse, she somehow managed to summon both Jefferson and Victor to the EF. Jefferson had been trapped in Wonderland, and would probably have been initially relieved at being rescued. Victor would not refuse another opportunity to obtain a magic heart, as I presume he was still performing research to try and save his brother.

This is all speculation, of course, and at this point irrelevant, since we will likely not see Jefferson on screen again. Victor we might see, and he has been referenced as recently as 'Mother' (Regina did say that Whale was one of the best doctors this side of the Enchanted Realms, or something to that effect).