Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-9186670-20171014025424/@comment-6175354-20171015033720

CoolDudeAl wrote: That's not the problem, the 10+ years before the curse hits is. How is that a problem?

Unless, for some reason Hook-Prime returns, because Emma died in childbirth. There is no reason to continue trying to explain Emma's absence. She lives in Storybrooke, while Henry is off living his life. She told him not to come home, until his story was completed.