Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130727145913/@comment-5674726-20130731054453

Fimber wrote: I've figured that a lot of fans never even considered this to be a problem either for Gwen and/or Uther.

The most common reaction I've seen is admiration for Guinevere for caring for Uther, despite everything, which I'd say might be what the writers were aiming for. It was unnecessary to have her caring for Uther; it is clear that another job was found for her after his death, so why not have her in that role from the start, and have a different servant tend to Uther?