Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171118020002/@comment-27060727-20171118220532

123Raura wrote: Okay, I'm still really confused ... if Gold is awake why is he consistently lying to Reg? He even denied remembering Belle ... But he was constantly implying he's awake to Hook in "Eloise Gardner" ... Maybe as a way to keep an upper hand by not revealing that he's awake yet? By Regina confronting him, she showed her cards, but I do think she'll just keep assuming he's awake even without the confirmation. A pro for him is that Regina now knows he's not open to helping, so she won't be bothering him while he goes his own way with things.

Rumple knows that Hook has not awoken from the curse, so he's not going to be accused of being magical and all of those hints probably went over Hook's head. It appears both Rumple and Tremaine know that the witch is a bigger problem than they are, so without revealing the truth about a curse, they were just trying to deter him from thinking the witch was an innocent and setting her free.