User blog comment:Fimber/What exactly was "The Golden Age"? (Spoilers)/@comment-5674726-20121222000908/@comment-5102537-20121222232231

I completely agree with you, Regan. I think it's a shame that we never ever even got a glimpse of the so-called golden age and that actually there was none. It's all so annoying that the show manipulates the viewers to such an extend. They're talking about such a happy time when actually nothing has changed, except for the Round Table and Gwen, and when they realise that there wasn't any change, they subsequently turn the one who brought peace and prosperity in the first place into an evil badass. It's quite astonishing that so many viewers are willing to take the bait and picture a golden age that simply has never happened because it could never happen until there isn't peace between the Old Religion, Camelot and the other kingdoms that forbid magic, plus until Albion is finally united. They simply rewrite the entire story they had shown us in the previous seasons, hoping that the audience swallows it and is satisfied. Unfortunately, a huge amount of fans is indeed. They really think that Camelot was a terrible place for everyone before Arthur became king, totally ignoring that the show has demonstrated us the opposite. In my opinion, the show runners think very little of the audience. How else could such plotholes and changed storylines be explained?

There was NO golden age during the three years between season four and five, they just claimed that there was without being able to explain what exactly was so golden and happy and fluffy. It was the same like it was before. Period.