User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/Morgana's Future/@comment-5102537-20120901104853/@comment-4135736-20120901122513

This is why, in my opinion, Uther had the best character development among all the characters in Merlin, he was truly a flawed and tragic person, he had layers (he had reason to hating magic, whether good or not, and he showed deep love for both Arthur and Morgana) and he wasn't an insane cartoonish character like Morgana became in Series 3 (and Agravaine throughout most of Series 4). I just loved his slow progression from a bitter person in Series 1, to a more flawed and desperate character in Series 2 and 3, and finally into a broken man in Series 4.

Uther was a character we loved to hate, even though there were times he really irritated us, he was ultimately a very entertaining character to watch. However, his final episode The Wicked Day completely ruined his character development because it focused too much on his love for Arthur and didn't focus on other aspects e.g. his hurt and pain on Morgana's betrayal, did her hate her? or did he blame himself for how she became etc?. That was the only problem I had with Uther, overall he was a great character.