I have to think that the last scene of Hook tossing the bean into the water and creating that whirlpool to Neverland, how did he know to get that specific bean or that it would lead to Neverland? I mean, he and his crew had the bean before they encountered Rumpelstiltskin and I don’t think it was mentioned that they got the bean from Smee.
I think Hook learned about the bean to Neverland from Cora (as The Queen of Hearts).
I think that’s a good question. How did Hook know about Neverland?
If Cora turns out to be the QofHs, he couldn’t have heard about it from Cora. Cora would have only ended up in Wonderland close to 2 decades prior to the curse taking place. Hook & Rumples story took place close to 250 years prior to that.