Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171118020002/@comment-31937823-20171118220122

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" ...

My guess is that he doesn’t want to align with Regina, and pretending to not have his memories is the best way to do that (for whatever reason).