Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Five/@comment-5102537-20140412104407/@comment-94.6.243.171-20160804211828

You do realize that Gwen was tortured by Morgana? It always makes me laugh when people have a go at Gwen, they have very short memories. Uther only had to put up with one mandrake root, but it caused him to go out of his mind. Gwen on the other hand, had multiple mandrake roots to contend with, therefore it was hardly a surprise that they had such an averse affect on her. It should also be recalled that she did her best to fight them for as long as she could.

Having said that the murder was totally over the top. But not surprising considering women were always treated worse then men, when it came to plots like this one. I mean Merlin too was a victim of dark magic like Gwen, but of course they turned that episode into a comedy. When Gwen gets affected by dark magic she turns into an assassin. What the hell.

Also Merlin going eyeball to eyeball with Gwen at the end was so stupid. At the end of the day Gwen hadn't just turned evil because she wanted to. Surely Merlin would have realized she was a victim of dark magic, so why treat her like she is Morgana mark II? Senseless plot.