User blog comment:Percivalxx/Which series of Merlin did you find the best?/@comment-5939645-20130106055452

It would have been better to have ended the series with the "Sword in the Stone". The whole 5th season was just depressing. That Merlin never took the necessary steps to stop Camlann from happening was only possible because the producers willed it that way. Originally, the producers had no intention of killing Arthur because they were hoping for a sixth season. After the actors opted out for season 6, Capps, Murphy and Jones threw everything together in the last four or five episodes to hurriedly close everything out. In doing so, many things never made sense. Merlin became nothing more than a passenger on the ride to Camlann. Certainly, if it had been produced and written correctly, knowing Merlin of previous seasons, he would have sought out the Disir to correct his mistake or stopped Mordred from turning to Morgana. The producers were determined to make Camlann happen, even though they weren't true to most other aspects of the Arthurian legend. The last season was a failure on the part of the producers. Only the actors may it bearable.