User blog comment:Waterwecna/Mordred: the notorious traitor/@comment-45.24.177.102-20180122062305

It's quite interesting to read this after we know the ending. (Mordred happens to be my favorite character so I'm a tad biased.)

However, I think Mordred's quote in the second episode really defines the whole matter "The love that binds us is more important than the power we wield."

After all the speculation in this thread about Mordred grasping for power and trying to take over Camelot to feed his own ambitions, in the end, ultimately it was about love.

As much as it broke my heart (and as much as I hate Kara for being the catalyst) it's really kind of beautiful in a way and something I really love about Merlin. In the end there was no grand plot, no carefully planned out betrayal by an evil mastermind, there was just a broken-hearted boy, doing what was in his own mind the only thing he could to save his people.