User blog comment:Fimber/Did Uther win at last? Résumé of Merlin and the finale - The Diamond of the Day Part 2/@comment-4650675-20121228213552/@comment-37001937-20181009202133

I think that Merlin killing Morgana was a good thing. Too often I see posts about Merlin failing to learn lessons from the past and hence taking action. In this case, Morgana had to go. She was beyond redemption and purpose. She had not army to take Camelot, Emrys was helping Arthur, she had nowhere to go. She only brought pain and suffering, even to her own kind, which is interesting because she reproached Arthur and Uther about it. Her evil had to be stopped, and I am glad that it didn't involve some drawn out battle that we knew Merlin would win anyway.

Another plot thread that was lost was the prophecy that Morgana was destined to bring the old ways back. If she did, it wasn't good. The Old Religion/Old Ways and its practitioners were vindictive, evil being who only brought pain to the Pendragons, so what was Arthur to do? And if Merlin was destined to help bring magic back to Camelot in conjunction with Merlin, how would Morgana's Old Ways, and Merlin's Golden Age have worked together towards harmony? With Morgana's death, is the Old Religion dead too? Would its practitioners be allowed with some rules in place? So many question of philosophies, and storylines they threw about and then forgot.