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Jomasher wrote: There are some things I don't understand in the promo. First of all, why we see Hook in New York while Regina told everybody "...Everyone will go back to where they're from, prevented from ever returning...". But Hook was in Enchanted Forest with Cora before the curse, so why he is back to Enchanted Forest without Cora? And why Robin Hood was not in Storybrooke but remained in Enchanted Forest?

Then we see Hook and Robin Hood in a hospital wearing (Hook and Robin) the Enchanted Forest clothes. How can it be possibile if, once back to Enchanted Forest, they cannot back to the real world? Is it possible in the meantime the Enchanted Forest has became "modern"? The answer is suppost to be NO, because we see everyone wearing the fairy clothes and Regina's Castle too is the same. So where exactly are Whale, Hook and Robin now? The new timeline for the second half, will be present-day "new" Storybrooke and flashbacks of they past year in the Enchanted Forest. A new curse is going to reinstate Storybrooke, and everyone will be sent there. Which is why Belle says, "Do you know, who cursed us?".... that scene, is from episode 3.13. Somehow, Hook is able to find Emma in New York.

The hospital scene is also from 3.13, and is the Storybrooke Hospital. If you look closely, David is also there. Robin Hood is not wearing fairytale garb, but a leather jacket over a hoodie.... a modern take, on his character. Hook will never be seen out of his pirate outfit, due to the mechanism that covers Colin O'Donoghue's left hand. Hook's costume is designed with special sleeves, to give the illusion that he really is missing a hand.

PS: Robin Hood and his Merry Men were never sent to Storybrooke, when Regina cast the Dark Curse. They were obviously within the bounderies, of Cora's protective shield. Ariel and Tinker Bell was never sent to Storybrooke, the first time around, either.