Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-31937823-20180405010135/@comment-27060727-20180512193127

Leroiblanc wrote: Anyone wanna guess the reason/excuse as to why Emma & Killian (or at least, Emma–Killian still has a chance) are gonna be majorily absent? They don't have the time travel excuse now! ! ! If Henry was the one who returned to Storybrooke for help, I'd think it was extremely strange that he didn't go to his mother first. Don't see how they could write it another way.

But since the returning connection is Robin, who doesn't have that strong of a connection to any of them in particular, going to the Charmings first is fine and there will likely be some throwaway line as to why Emma & Hook haven't come along. If this 2017, they don't have the baby excuse, so I guess they'll just have to be "away."