Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20170909025746/@comment-27060727-20171110180615

Gusey1397 wrote: current Hook was de-aged so the flashback coukd have happened at any time in the timeline. He looks old enough to be her father. This episode is starting to look really interesting and cannot wait for them to reveal more about Rapunzel :)

I believe the scene was reported as a flashback with Hook and Smee, who is not with them in the present day and would have to be an old person deaged as well if he was.