Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Five/@comment-5102537-20140420094458/@comment-5772693-20140423015740

Do you guys consider it stupidity or a random act of mercy when Morgana let Daegal live?

I mean he was the only one other than Gwen who knew anything about whatever complicated scheme she was planning, he had been traveling with Merlin for like a day, and didn't seem to have any reason to be on her side. So why not tie up lose ends? She is pretty much a complete monster at this point who hasn't shown any qualms about killing innocents in years, so what happened here? Did it just not occur to her?

It reminds me of something I read somewhere (I think it was TvTropes, but I'm not sure) where someone pointed out that Morgana has pretty bad instincts when it comes to knowing when to go for the kill and when it's better to take a minute to think about things. She kills when she should be thinking and hesitates when she should just go for the kill.

So what do you guys think? Was it just a dumb mistake or was it one of those random things she does?

It really bothered me that Morgana never tried to take revenge against the Sarrum. They sort of slightly addressed it in the Dark Tower when Morgana was talking with Gwen by saying that she somehow thought it was Arthur's fault or done with Arthur's approval, but that is it. Now she knows that the people in Camelot weren't involved yet still doesn't seem to consider the Sarrum much of a concern. I don't get it.

As for the random peace treaty thing, it reminds me of the poisoned chalice episode in season one. All of the sudden we find out that apparently a war has been going on that nobody had ever mentioned.

I guess the peace treaty was supposed to be part of the Golden Age thing that Arthur was supposed to bring about, but I thought that the Golden Age was part of the timeskip between seasons 4 and 5. Also what did happen with the peace treaty after the Sarrum died?

I agree with Issy5209 on pretty much everything you said. And what you said, 'Listen boys, you can't trust girls' well yeah, that is what the show seemed to be saying most of the time. A lot of the women were either villains or just mean. There were a couple exceptions, but for the most part it did seem like even the nice ones contributed nothing. Katie Mcgrath mentioned in one of the episode commentaries that she just thinks the creators like having pretty bad guys. She was joking, but that actually does seems like what happened. Honestly, I don't think that explanation really makes it any better.

Part of what annoyed me about Merlin is that while he had a goal, bring back magic, he never seemed interested in furthering that goal. He just sat around and waited for things to get better, and saved Arthur a lot in the meantime.