Re: Synopsis

[Slurpeez]

I have a multi-fascitated theory about this episode. Captain Hook once went by Killian Jones in FTL flashbacks. There’s a promotional picture of him in a tavern, where I think he convinced Milha, Rumpelstiltskin’s wife, to join his crew of pirates. Milha is described as a bored housewife who longed for adventure and was often in her local tavern. This all happened when Baelfire was too young to remember, and Rumpel convinced himself that Milha was kidnapped rather than believe she willing left him and Bae. Perhaps Milha had an ongoing affair with Killian Jones while Rumpel was in the Ogre War, and Killian is Bae’s biological father. Milha, disliking motherhood, finally decided to leave with Killian. Perhaps Killian and Milha traveled to Neverland together, where time stood still. Years later, Rumpel became the Dark One and got his revenge against Killian Jones, perhaps by marking his hand, which Killian then cut off to avoid being the wraith’s victim. From then on, he went by Captain Hook.

At first, I thought Beaman, who’s described as a trader of antiques, was going to be Captain Hook’s alias before he became infamous. Yet, since we learned Hook’s alias is Killian Jones, I now think Beaman could be Smee’s alias. We’ve seen images Smee kidnapping Belle outside the SB library (which I think is the meeting of an old acquaintance that could be Belle’s undoing). He might also go by Beaman, who could supply Mr. Gold with antiques and be a go-between Captain Hook and Rumplestiltskin, without Rumpel knowing it. Now that the curse is broken, Smee might recognize Belle from FTL, since I think that Captain Hook might’ve feigned an interest in Belle once, after she left Rumpel in 1×12. We saw her hanging out in a dwarf tavern in 1×14 (which sounds very similar to Milha’s story), where I think Belle met Captain Hook. It’s possible that Hook enticed Belle, who said she wanted to see to the world, to join him on his ship. Hook might’ve known about Belle and Rumpel’s rocky relationship, and so he invited Belle to join his expedition. He eventually handed over Belle to Regina as revenge for his hand being cut off.

Finally, I think that when the Dark Curse was unleashed, all of the different realms of FTL were mixed together so that several Wonderland and Neverland characters wound up in the Enchanted Forest. Perhaps Captain Hook was therefore stuck in the remanent of present-day EF and we’ll see Emma and Snow White meet him (I think he’s the survivor of the Ogre war mentioned in 2×5 synopsis). Captain Hook may even take a romantic interest in a feisty modern-day woman like Emma, since he’s described as a ladies’ man. At first, he’ll seem an antagonist that we all know him as, but I also think that Hook is going to be instrumental in getting them back to SB. In the Disney version of Peter Pan, we saw Hook’s enchanted ship to fly to early 20th-century London. We know that the actor who plays Hook has been promoted to a series regular for the last 9 episodes to S2. So, I think we’ll eventually seen Killian Jones come to SB, and perhaps even see him take on Rumpelstiltksin in the name of revenge for the dark curse.