User blog comment:EmrysOfAlbion/Gauis/@comment-4623180-20120505031100

I think Gaius will die like Uther did- no one really expected it. Not even in the promo. We thought "Oh, Emrys is just going to save the day again!" But no. Series 5 will just amp it up from here, so I think the producers will finally be bold enough to kill off Gaius. I want an independent Merlin. With Gaius dead, what will die with him is Merlin's dependency on him, and a lot of Merlin's clumliness I think- he'll have to learn to cope with all the nitty gritty things himself without Gaius' nursing.