Personally I think the Clone!Hook theory might be right but also really….bad. It’s not a good narrative point. It makes both Emma and Hook look like cowards and frankly too wrapped up in their own personally happily ever after to care about Henry and what he’s going through. So..what? Emma and Hook pop over to New!EF see that Henry is in trouble (as is his wife and presumably daughter) and while Regina and maybe Rumple choose to help Henry even if it means another curse and being separated from SB, loved ones, ect, Emma and Hook just offer a clone of his stepfather instead of helping out by going themselves??
Yeah. Huh? Unfortunately I could see them going this route as TheWatcher said and Colin seemed to be saying there’s a separate version of Hook in HH vs. the one living out his HEA with Emma. But what’s the point of bringing Hook back if you’re not bringing back the Hook we’ve grown to know over the last 5 seasons. Colin is a great actor and seems like a stand up guy, but are people going to love him so much that it doesn’t matter if he’s a different Hook? Maybe, but then you’re going to have people complaining if they try to pair this new Hook up with a love interest. I’m really confused.