Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141201023147/@comment-5370037-20141202092318

I can see the motivation behind Gold's actions. If you think about, it was only around 2 weeks ago for Mr. Gold that he was under Zelena's control. For us it feels like a lifetime ago.

Gold doesn't want to experience that again especially if the dagger is in the wrong hands that he could hurt his loved ones again. He wants to be free of the dagger. And he's only becoming power hungry again because of the same reason. He doesn't want to be that man that had to kiss the boots of a douchebag and be the slave to every command of a crazy woman.