User blog comment:GWAINE/The BBC and Shine Want a Season 6/@comment-5684105-20121102221538

I do hope there is a season 6! This show gets better ever season, in my opinion.

In spite of negative bloggers on various sites saying that this is definitely the last season, the actors don't want to do any more "Merlin", etc. all the interviews of the producers and actors I've seen have said the opposite and have been positive or open to future seasons. So where the naysayers get their information from I don't know. I'm still hopeful. Hardcore fans like me need some official announcement so we can stop fretting though. :-)

Johnny Capps had said at Comic Con (was that in July?) that they were already in talks with BBC about season 6 at that time, but they wanted to finish filming this season before they worried about the next one. And, of course, it depends on the reception this season gets. They finshed filming a couple weeks ago right? So maybe they are working on it. And the idea was for the movies to go alongside the series not necessarily be made instead of future series, if I understood correctly.

Oh well. I guess I have to enjoy each episode as it comes and try not to worry that it might be the last season. I have my fingers crossed, though!