User blog comment:Rod12/Lancelot use in Series 4 and His Possible use in Series 5/@comment-3012002-20120212040816

I too was a little disappointed with Lancelot's lack of appearances. I mean, yes he had to come in between Arthur and Gwen (like the legend and this only happened because he was ressurected as a Shade in the show) but you would have thought that he would have appeared more since other than Arthur and Gwen, Lancelot was Merlin's best friend as they could tell each other anything and Merlin especially could be more open about his magic with Lancelot when with Arthur he couldn't be open at all except when giving Arthur advice whenever magic was involved. My mother and my grandmother love Lancelot and mum was little disappointed when he died the first time. When he came back from the dead she was happier.

I've read that Santiago had to be killed off because he became a main character in the new show Alcatraz which I would say is the reason why Lancelot didn't become a main character like Gwaine and Leon are likely to come and also I think that if the character was to be kept alive that the feelings that existed between him and Gwen would only matter with Arthur worse seeing as Lancelot still loved Gwen even though she no longer had feelings for him while she had gone on to have feelings for Arthur and I think that if Lancelot was to return in the next season that he would either appear as spirit or a dream or even appear the same way Freya did. Any other thoughts?