Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24762954-20141102200705

Plagiarism. Merlin is in fact Methos(from Highlander).

Both of them have a noble idiot, they strongly believe in and fiercely protect(Arthur and Duncan), love interest, who is cursed/ill and tragically dies(Freya and Alexa) and witch, who wants to kill them(Morgana and Cassandra). Should I even mention immortality and ears?

At the beginning Merlin was just too nice for Methos, but later it became obvious and drew attention. On the plus side, it ended quite well for Colin Morgan - he will star in the remake and the new Hilghlander series. 