Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20150928143524/@comment-1894786-20151114215221

8Rob wrote: I think that explains why Regina didn't notice Hook was absent in Storybrooke during the first curse Actually, that is a plothole, because the deleted scene from Shattered Sight (when Ingrid steals the ice cream shop from Dopey) implies that Regina knew every single person that was in town, since Ingrid was something new and she was extremely suspicious.

Anyway, she probably thought Hook died or just outright didn't care.