User blog comment:AgnesFlether/"The kindness of strangers" episode review/@comment-4135736-20121210103218

This episode was certainly enjoyable to watch but still not perfect, I think they ruined Alator's character in this episode (I was looking foreward for his return at first but now I think it shouldn't have happened) - it would have been so much better if he defended himself against Morgana with his magic (hence another magical duel which is so lacking at the moment in this show) and in the process got knocked out from behind by one of the Saxon's but he ran like a coward and did nothing (so much for him being a powerful sorcerer). It would have also been better if he got to face Merlin before he died, thus maybe fulfilling his promise to Merlin in The Secret Sharer ("And we would gladly give our lives to help you do it").

Another disappointing thing was the lack-of-magic reveal for Merlin, it provided a good opportunity for Morgana to learn who Merlin is but that had to be wasted (the revelation of Morgana wanting war was just too obvious). You know, I was really not impressed when I saw Morgana's vision in The Darkest Hour: Part 1, after watching it many times I knew that the producers are either not intending for Morgana to learn of Merlin's magic at all or wanting her to learn f Merlin at the very end, absolutely disappointing.

Also when Merlin spoke to Kilgharrah, why didn't he question him about Aithusa, because Kilgharrah was maybe supposed to be watching over the Dragon, and Aithusa with Morgana does contradict what Kilgharrah said about her being the "light of the sun". I do think that if the Dragon battle is being shown, Kilgharrah will kill Aithusa (good riddance) but since he said that he is getting old, Kilgharrah may get wounded and die in the process.

The nest episode looks interesting, I think Kara will get excecuted by Arthur because in the final episodes, Mordred will want revenge for that, but I do think they should have focussed more on Mordred and perhaps Aithusa instead of doing the whole pointless "Gwen/Morgana scheme" in the first place.