Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4839682-20140819182912/@comment-6175354-20141024020021

Dan Fox wrote: Honestly his son never should have revived him. He had such an honorable death, it really should have remained that way. Agreed.... though, I have this theory; that when Neal resurrected his father, he only brought back the evil part.

Mr. Gold died an honorable death, when he killed his father to save everyone. The problem was that, Neal and Belle decided to visit the Vault of the Dark One. That vault housed the darkest evil, aka the Dark One. What came out of there, when Neal opened it, was pure evil.