Talk:The Gates of Avalon/@comment-4047575-20131117214218/@comment-5674726-20131118142710

I think that the writers wanted the joke without thinking of how awful it made Arthur look that he was willing to leave Merlin to be punished because of him. The last time, he could have said that he went hunting without telling Merlin. Uther would hardly be surprised that Arthur didn't keep his servant up to date on his every move, and he'd be so relieved that he didn't have a new daughter-in-law that Arthur wouldn't be in the line of fire.