Board Thread:Series 5 Discussion/@comment-3239341-20121230112149/@comment-82.44.61.76-20130110155648

Have to agree with everything everyone has said. I am still hopeful (maybe in vain, who knows?) that the announcement that season 5 would be the last is just a teaser. I know the writers are no longer with Shine and have set up their own company. The fact that they announced LAST JULY (2012) that they were in talks about a movie trilogy and a possible season 6 doesn't make any sense now. Why would they say that if they only ever intended there to be 5 seasons?

I understood that all the actors and crew as well as the French crew at Pierrefonds believed there was going to be a 6th season so it all sounds very odd. That ending looked and felt rushed to me. Maybe the fact that they didn't have Merlin burn Arthur's boat as he sent him over to the island means they might just bring him back after all???? Not in modern day though, please. Seeing Merlin, old and alone and waiting was just too painful.