User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/Series 4 review/@comment-4814726-20120209034638/@comment-4135736-20120210205856

This is the reason why I dislike the idea of Merlin's magic being a secret because his powers are not explored very much, especially when he is in combat with another sorcerer. The duel Merlin had with Nimueh was the only magical duel which involved other powers other than throwing people around, after that, magical duels became a joke as they now only involve throwing people around and not other powers. Also there weren't that many magical duels after the fight Merlin had with Nimueh, there were no magical battles in Series 2, in Series 3 there were just the fights Merlin had with the Goblin, the Sidhe Elder and the duel Merlin and Gaius had with Morgause, and in Series 4 Merlin just fought with Morgana and the Lamia. The producers need to explore Merlin's powers in combat more from Series 5 by showing more magical duels with shapeshifting, teleportation, shield spells and other destructive spells. Also I want a main villain with magic who KNOWS that Merlin has magic e.g. Mordred, if not, Morgana needs to stop being stupid and learn who Merlin really is.