Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25850402-20160525123525/@comment-1867880-20170228080433

FrancisPaul wrote: Mr. Gold's character stopped having any logic from S3 to 4.

He tried to kill Henry, then wanted to save him in NL, then wanted to save him from Ingrid's spell, then didn't care for him, then nearly killed him again...

The same old story with Belle/Neal/power/love. Each three episodes he changes his goal according to what writers choose. I don't think that's true. I find Gold's character to be perfectly logical. He's a horrible person, but his actions make sense to me. I also don't think he acts any different now that he was in the first three seasons (minus that brief anomaly in 3A, where he acted completely out of character).

In answer to the question at hand, I think the mere fact that he seriously considered killing Henry in season two proves that he does not love him. The only reason he has since tried to save him is because of their blood relation, because as Neal said blood matters to him. He only does it because Henry's the closest thing he has to his son.