User blog comment:TheLastLastDragonlord/Spoilers- Finale or Failure/@comment-4683199-20121225183655

This is exactly what I've been thinking after seeing the last episode. I bet anyone HERE, on the Merlin Wiki, could think of a better ending. It's also true that the ending wasn't THAT bad, but it was WAY too rushed..... It's as if all of Series 5 was useless filler, and then there's the last 3 episodes.... The End.

The first 3-4 episodes should have focused on uniting Albion, and Arthur has encounters with Magic that actually make him see it's good. I think Aithusa joining Morgana should have been explained at ep. 5, Morgana should have found out about Emrys by (at MOST) ep. 6,  Mordred should have become evil from ep.7-10 (NOT just one episode), Battle of Camlann from ep.11 to the beginning of 13, Arthur should have found out in 11, Dragon fight in 12, and 13 is Albion, Magic returning and so on. And, some (or at least 1) of the knights should have found out about his magic before ep. 7. Meanwhile, Arthur was making up his mind about magic THROUGHOUT all episodes, and Gwen didn't need to become evil. They didn't need to bring Uther back if they were going to make him seem insane. Also, the relationships between characters was crazy, for example, one minute Merlin is (apparently) friendly to Mordred, then he gets all angry with him, ALL OF A SUDDEN.

Also, there should have been more Mordred/Merlin scenes, more Morgana/Mordred scenes, more Merlin/Morgana scenes, more Knights (maybe an ep. about a quest with Gwaine? Leon? With Merlin?), Gwen should have been more useful, Gauis should have been more useful. And, important character returns should have happened, like Freya, Lancelot, Uther (as a GOOD GUY), Gilli, Alvarr, Tristan, Sefa, and more I can't think of now. Less characters that just DIE IN THE SAME EPISODE AS THEY APPEAR IN!! (almost every guest star in series 5?)

Wow, this has inspired me to re-write all of Series 5....