User blog comment:Dryuuu/How much longer do we want Morgana/@comment-4062486-20120523071403/@comment-4623180-20120523144327

I agree that she is dragging on. You know I wouldn't have been that interested in Series 4, or really, been convinced to watch it at all, if it weren't for what the events of The Coming of Arthur led to, and Morgana's acquisition of full High Priestess powers. It was the realisation of her magic and dark side, and Morgause's death that made her a complete villain. Before Series 4 she irritated me, she was a puppet, she was insecure and her smirking was plain annoying. Now she has grown out of it, she's like an older sister to the old Morgana, and we can see this potential, she is everything that we missed out on before! I actually did at one stage expect her to die in Series 4, since she had come so far in terms of plotting and evilness. But no, it turns out we ain't seen nothing yet with Series 5, which is taking the biggest time jump of the series yet and introducing an equally evil ally of Morgana's, Mordred. It'll be awesome.

But, at the end of Series 5, that is assuming the Saxons are defeated and Mordred is killed, Morgana really has no more reason to continue. She'll know she's failed, and just cannot conquer Camelot, not with Merlin/Emrys on their side, and with Mordred dead (don't know about Aithusa yet, we're still entirely unclear there) what reason does she have to continue? She can't just swap her life back for the old Morgana, because as we've discussed the path she has taken can't be un-taken, no matter what! With the producers still being not entirely certain on Series 6, and having completed all the scripts for Series 5 by now (I'm assuming, as filming is underway), it's really hard to think about. Could Series 5 continue into Series 6? But they would've planned a final fight scene with Arthur and Mordred, wouldn't they?

We'll have to wait and see!