User:Broman178

Hi everyone, I am Broman178 and Merlin is one of my favourite TV programmes, it has never failed to entertain me (even though there have been things which let me down). I mainly edit here as a hobby, to make inprovements to some pages if its nessesary, and to express my opinions about this show.

My favourite episodes
1) The Coming of Arthur: This is my favourite episode of Merlin ever because Morgana's treachery was finally revealed to everyone else (especially Arthur and Uther), the future of Arthur's reign was foreshadowed, Lancelot returned and the Knight's of the Round table were introduced. My only true dislikes for this episode were that Freya's return was disappointing because I wanted her to fully rise from the Lake of Avalon and there wasn't a basic hint that Arthur and Uther were aware of Morgana's magic as well as her treachery, but those flaws didn't stop me from enjoying the episode.

2) The Last Dragonlord: This was the best episode of Series 2 in my opinion, it was epic, I loved the character of Balinor, the Great dragon for the first time was revealed to have a name (Kilgharrah), the battle between Arthur, the Knights and Kilgharrah was good, and more powers (the powers of a Dragonlord) for Merlin were shown. There wern't much flaws in this episode although The Coming of Arthur was more epic, but I loved this entire episode.

3) Le Morte d'Arthur: This was a good conclusion to Series 1 (and my favourite episode of that season) because it had the best magical duel in this entire show: the duel with Merlin and Nimueh, it showed how much Merlin cared for his loved ones (Arthur, Gaius and his mother, Hunith) and it showed how powerful Merlin had become in just a short time.

4) The Tears of Uther Pendragon: This was the best introduction to a new season, I loved the battle in the end, Uther's struggle with his hallucinations and Cenred was an awsome character. Although I was happy that Morgana returned although she was evil, her turn to become evil was just too quick and her character was boring due to her constant smirking and not showing any sign of her former self.

5) The Secret Sharer: This was my favourite episode of Series 4 because it was really dark, especially when Gaius was tortured (I was so concerned for him and I actually thought he would die, great acting by Richard Wilson), and I loved the twist when Alator turned out to be a good person when he saved Merlin from Morgana. It was good to see another sorcerer who was actually good (apart from Merlin, Gaius, Gilli, The Fisher King and the Druid's) because I was beginning to get fed up of seeing almost everyone with magic as evil people.

6) The Eye of the Pheonix: I loved this episode because it was dark and epic, the quest Arthur had was interesting and I was really concerned for him when that bracelet was weakening him, and I loved to see that Gwen discovered the truth about Morgana, becoming the only person apart from Merlin and Gaius to know of Morgana's true nature until her treachery was finally revealed to everyone else in The Coming of Arthur. The only flaw in this episode was that Arthur couldn't realise that he was being weakened because he had the opportunity to learn of Morgana's treachery (though that Phoenix Eye could have clouded his mind).

My least favourite episodes
1) Beauty and the Beast: This two part story, no doubt were the worst episodes ever in this show, although some parts of the episodes were funny (such as when Arthur learnt that "Catrina" was indeed a troll), everything else was ridiculous especially the parts when the troll farted, ate rotten food (and who knows bowels yuck, absolutely disgusting, pointless and pathetic), and I couldn't even bear watching Uther kiss the troll in its true appearance. I'm saying this to the producers, we don't want episodes involving farting and garbage like this in a show that involves the Arthurian legend, especially in a two part story, this was an absolute failure of a two part story and I hope you never produce a story like this again.

2) Goblin's Gold: Some parts of this episode were funny (like the part when the Goblin-Gaius slapped Uther's head and when Arthur had the ears and braying of a donkey ) but this was merly a repeated version of Beauty and the Beast (although the Goblin didn't eat crap like the troll did) which was more terrible than this. There was again farting in this episode and the other ridiculus parts were the boils and the Goblin licking those coins, again completely pointless.

3) Lancelot Du Lac: Although many people liked this episode, I think it was absolutely atrocious because it was basically the worst way to show the famous love triangle from the Legend due to the fact that Lancelot had to be reduced to a shade upon his ressurection for this to happen, basically destroying his character. Also making Merlin oblivious to Gwen's enchantment was stupid because it contradicts his intelligent nature as well as his ability to sense other objects with magic. This episode would have been much better if Lancelot wasn't killed off so that his character would be more complex, if he and Gwen kissed in their own will, or if both of them were enchanted in a way so that Merlin would not realise what was going on.

4) The Wicked Day: I loved the celebration of Arthur's birthday in the beggining, but after that, the episode started to go down. Although I was glad that Uther died and that Arthur became King, I really didn't like that Gaius didn't state a good reason why he would not give that necklace to Arthur, Arthur had to become King in the worst way possible, believing that magic could be used for evil, and I was disappointed that there was no mention of Morgana from Uther. The plot also became really boring by the time Uther died, and it could have been much better if Uther's feelings about Morgana's betrayal were explored (e.g. if he blamed himself or magic for that, or whether if he disowned Morgana as his daughter for her actions) and if Gaius had a reason for not giving the necklace to Arthur, instead of just a plot to make Arthur almost like Uther by hating magic.

My favourite characters
1) Merlin

2) Arthur Pendragon

3) Gwen

4) Gaius

5) Kilgharrah

6) Morgana (although she is less likeable now that she is evil, she is a good villain)

7) Uther Pendragon

My Rating of the Season's
1) Series 3 (My favourite season)

2) Series 4

3) Series 1

4) Series 2 (Although I loved most of it, this is my least favourite season)