User blog comment:Knightofthecart/A lesson in writing or how to recycle old schemes/@comment-5519601-20121118001505/@comment-4879894-20121119195653

This is what I meant :

First, it was quite incredible that Gwen rushed into conclusion without nobody to stand up for Merlin. Did we get back under Uther's reign ? At least, to accuse someone we need proof : was Arthur poisoned by food ? If the answer is yes, was the poison in the food ? In the end of the episode, Arthur said that the food was free of poison. Before Arthur, nobody thought about that ? Is everybody completly stupid, even Sherlock-Gaius, in this fair and just kingdom ? Are they all out of mind ? Does Jake Mitchie expect the audience to buy all these nonsenses ? Btw, the motive of the murder's attempt was completly out of question. My conclusion is : Merlin was accused with no reason, and no one had something to say about an absurd allegation.

Second, Arthur freed Merlin as easily as he was locked up. He did not ask anything Gwen, as if what she did was normal. He said to Merlin : "Once I heard, I told them it couldn't have been you who poisoned me." Everybody, even Gwen, knows that for a very long time now.

I have to add that Arthur acted lightly with Tyr Seward as well.