Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130512091538/@comment-5102537-20130821123449

194.228.149.129 wrote: I absolutely hate the inconsistencies created by the three episodes: Excalibur, Le Morte d'Arthur and The Sins of the Father. These three episodes are the main reason I believe there should be a prequel spin-off explaining the circumstances of the Great Purge, including Gaius' relationship with Alice and Nimueh, Morgana and Morgause's birth and whether Vivienne was a priestess of the Old Religion. This episode left me with a lot of mixed feelings. I also expected Merlin's duel with Nimueh to be a bit longer and more epic.

I agree. As a matter of fact, "The Sins of the Father" was the epsiode that created the inconsistency whereas it still makes sense that in "Le Morte d'Arthur" Nimueh was the one who killed Igraine. She simply could have lied to Uther in "Excalibur" in order to burden his conscience even more. Maybe she just didn't expect Uther to freak out when Igraine dies and maybe she had personal reasons for killing her but the show didn't bother to explain later, especially when "The Sins of the Father" ignored the previous storylines all of a sudden and made Uther sacrificing Igraine willingly.