Re: Spoilers for 2×22

@Phee wrote:

@RumplesGirl wrote:

Hook saw young Bae for about 20 seconds in the bar. But that was when Bae was about 5 or 6. He doens’t know NEAL and we don’t know if he recognized 14 yr old Bae. Hook and Neal’s first interaction is something I’m looking forward to.

I’d find it hard to buy if Hook sees 14 year old Bae in NL and recognises him as the kid he saw years earlier for a few moments in a dimly lit pub. If Bae is going by his real name in NL, then of course Hook would instantly make the connection. But I doubt Bae was going by his real name in NL, so I think it took a while before Hook figured out who he was, but I do think the truth came out at some point. I have high expectations of the moment Hook first sees Neal. Hope it’s awesome.

Captain Hook eventually recognized 14-year-old Baelfire as the same young boy from the tavern in 2×4. Recall when Belle said Mr. Gold was looking for his son, and Hook rehtorically asked, “And what makes you think that boy wants to be found?” My own conclusion is that Hook knows Baelfire was on the run from his father, whom Hook knows is also Rumplestiltskin. Also, Captain Hook knew Milha had made the shawl for her son, which Hook then stole from Rumple. There’s no doubt Hook knew Baelfire’s true identity as the son of Milha, the woman he loved, and Rumple, his sworn enemy. Whether Hook would immediately recognize adult Baelfire (aka Neal Cassidy) is another question, but if he and Neal were to talk, Hook would make the connection. There are too many similarities.

@RumplesGirl wrote:

I agree with Phee. I think Bae was using a different name in NL but eventually Hook figured it out and that is what perhaps lead to their falling out. Maybe Hook wanted Bae to help him kill Rumple, like when he tried to free Belle in QoH if she would help him out. But Bae still loves his papa and always will. He’s a good soul who couldn’t do that to Rumple. So he left NL and came to our world in about 1991 at the age of 14. The question, if this is true, is how did he get here?

Despite the recent spoiler, I still think Baelfire could be Peter Pan, which would make it easy for him to fly to our world. Even if Baelfire isn’t Peter, he at least had Peter’s help and a bit of pixie dust to fly to Earth, perhaps because he had tired of being a teenager and wanted to grow up. On the subject of Bae’s connection with Captain Hook, I think it is a love-hate relationship. As Milha’s son, Bae is Hook’s last remaining connection to Milha and so he’d want to protect him. On the other hand, he is Rumple’s weakness and so if Bae refused to help Hook in taking down Rumplestiltskin, then it’s possible Bae fled to our world to escape Hook’s plans of revenge.