User blog comment:Fimber/Things that went wrong in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon"/@comment-4650675-20121022000101

I MADE A HUGE COMMENT THAT VANISHED!!!!!!!!! Geez...sorry for that, many things won't make sense because I'm bored to explain all of them all over.

Epic blog post!!! ....What I mainly said is that his actions can be explained. There are some theories, like:
 * Maybe Uther is mad at Arthur for using a sorcerer to "kill" him.
 * It is not only the marrying or knighting commoners, Arthur's views on magic are also different, as shown when Arthur spared the magical woman. Uther, seeing how Arthur changed everything he tried to built all these years, wanted to prevent him from destroying Camelot.
 * Maybe this is Uther's original self. In season 3 and 4, he showed heavy signs of depression, both times because of Morgana. In previous seasons, he did some bad things, even to his children. I'll not use the strangling or locking in the dungeons example, but the "not using magic to save his son who is dying, but using it to save his illegitimate daughter in a same situation, 2 seasons later" one. He had no reasons to let Arthur die and save Morgana. So I believe he was depressed and that's why he showed those signs of affection.
 * Pendragon mental illness? Not sure if it also happens after death.

All in all...I can understand why you are angry, I really do. Many things did not make sense, like how merlin used magic, or uthy's last words, which were "Merlin has m....". It has happened to other characters, though, and chances are it will happen again. I agree, at first sight, Uther looks like a comic villain like the Joker (minus the laugh) but some characters have received same fate! And I think you should not stop the show (for more info, check my answer on your comment of my episode review)!