Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130309111322/@comment-5147915-20130412103738

That, I feel, would have been the better option in that scene where Uther crushed the flower. But Uther is harsh maybe he wanted his son to see that some actions have consequences such as death, but then that perhaps would have been maybe too harsh. Maybe he dropped it so that it seemed like he would give his son the chance to save Merlin whereas he was still to be punished for his disobedience. (Hope that makes any sense.)