Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130420114841/@comment-5674726-20130424000033

''Uther's descision to not send his men to Ealdor was the right decision from a strategical point of view. Risking a war with probably thousands of victims would be a much too heavy price to pay for saving a single village. Not to mention that Ealdor probably would suffer from a war with Cenred as much as every other place in both kingdoms, so saving it first and later leaving it to its doom in a war wouldn't have made sense at all. Despite the desperate plea and situation, Uther did the only right thing. But it was good to see that he despised Kanen's cowardly and dishonourable actions and actually would have loved to help Hunith.''

I liked that. The different attitudes of father and son showed that Arthur was far from ready to be King. Had he had his way, he'd have taken soldiers to Ealdor and given Cenred cause to wage war against Camelot, which would technically have invaded Essetir. Uther made the right call about not sending soldiers.

I wonder how he reacted when he learned that, not only had his son gone off to fight bandits in another kingdom, his daughter was gone too.