User blog comment:Waterwecna/Diamond of the Day Part Two: Review/@comment-5465618-20121225005720

First let me preface by saying Waterwena this is a great review. You brought out some very good points. Although I don't agree with you about Morgana not dying – she definitely needed to die and as for Mordred’s character he was destined to die. Also in the limited amount of time they had to do this finale -- the time for him to fight Arthur and be killed I think was quite appropriate.

Moreover, time after time Merlin has toyed around with Morgana by using his magic to thrash her around and not to mention the times he could have killed her. This time by using Excalibur to put her out of her misery I think was again appropriate, because it was instant and successful. Plus she never even thought or anticipated that there was a sword made for Arthur. As for Morgana showing she had a heart because she buried Mordred and pledged to avenge his death. Well, she has always had a soft spot for him this was demonstrated in their first encounter and the most recent episode “With All My Heart”.

But the scene with Gwaine and Percival going after Morgana was just stupid and useless. Gwaine being killed off -- I totally agree that his death was a waste and meaningless. He was too good of a character to be kill off like that, and the scene itself was just pointless and a complete waste of screen time. Also showing Eira being executed another waste of screen time for a meaningless character. The last scene with showing Merlin in modern times was another waste of screen time. This I think was also a bit cheesy.

Kiligarrah showing up at the last minute to carry Arthur and Merlin to Avalon was ridiculous. Why did he not summon the dragon a lot sooner? I will never understand what happened in the minds of the writers of this show. Overall it was a nice finale, not as great as I would have liked it to be. I still think they should have made this series into a movie. On a big screen they could of probably given us more story and screen time for the meaningful characters of this show.

