Talk:The Diamond of the Day/@comment-188.221.120.104-20121224232056

Mixed feelings- on one hand AMAZING ACTING. There is no denying Colin, Bradley, Eion and everyone was absolutely brilliant this episode, especially the main duo. Just wow. So much respect for Colin Morgan right now. On the other OMG so many sad depressing feelings. Obviously expected arthur to die, that was a given. and thought gwaine might die, but did they have to make his death so pointless! he felt like he failed arthur, never got to see merlin/arthur again and had literally a 10second death on screen. DAMN. And then, then, they didnt even wrap up any of the main plot points-

-did kilgarrah die?

-did merlin go back to camelot?

-did he bring about albion?

-was magic allowed back into the kingdom?

-was gwen pregnant with arthur's heir?

-was merlin given an official position at camelot?

and so many more things that absolutely needed to be answered: did Gwen and leon get together (just a wish in my brain), did merlin help raise arthur junior (also a wish in my brain), what happened to aithusa, just what the hell happened to everyone e a dramatcibasically.

and then that ending. I mean I was all down with the reincarnation/eternal life thing. I liked that idea. really i did. but to have poor old merlin doomed to walk the earth alone, for thousands of years, roaming the land waiting for arthur to return OH MY GOD did you want all your fans to simultanious want to put a nailgun to their heads?

OK, that was slightly skathing, but there were good parts to the epi. LOVED how Mordred died- having him smile was probably one of the greatest moments of acting ont he show tonight. and I seriuously screamed when that whole scene happened.

but the one death I hated was morganas. If they had had even another episode up their sleeve, the writers could have taken their time, given her a more epic moment, I mean merlin and her didnt even have a dramatic battle or anything. and i would have liked to have seen her get some redemption in the end, or for merlin to go into more detail about WHY he blamed himself for her path.

But I have to end on a positive note, and that note is once againt he amazingness of Colin and bradley. so many amazing scenes, just sad they didt have more episodes to explore this more. really the reveal should have happened earlier. Just saying. But that "Just hold me, please' Oh GOD! I died right there, there was some serious love happened between those two. and when he said thankyou I was an absolute sobbing mess.

So bless you Merlin, thankyou cast, crew and everyone involved, I applaud you for your five year effort, just wish it wasnt cut short before a more deserving ending could be given to it. Another 2 episodes and it would have been perfect. In the words of Arthur- "Thankyou".