Board Thread:Series 5 Discussion/@comment-82.156.4.128-20121224212052/@comment-96.22.49.43-20160804070328

What was that ending?Hello !? I've been watching 65 episodes to see albion unified and magic allowed and you just give a crappy ending. Arthur dies, Gwayne dies, Merlin spent thousand of years waiting for Arthur to come back and nothing ever came from this whole adventure. I mean sure, I can easily assume Gwen allowed magic and was a good ruler but we didn't get to see the benefits of the story. And since season 4 I've been waiting for Merlin powers to be "public" or at least known to Arthur. Why did it have to wait til we are in the middle of the very last episode? They barely touched one of the most important aspect of the tv show. How would Arthur have reacted? Because of that we have to see Arthur get over it in a day or two and thank Merlin like it was not a big deal. There were tons of plot holes in Merlin but I got over it because it was a decent lighthearted show. It's not usually my cup of tea but Merlin made it work til the finale. Now I don't know if I should have watched it at all. I knew Arthur would die, I knew Mortred would betray them, but I also expected to get a closure. I didn't get it all, never have i ever been this wrong before. It feels like this show had easily 1 more season in the the pipe and when there was a couple episodes left to film the bbc execs came by and said guys sorry but you have 2 episodes to wrap up the story. Don't worry it doesn't have to makes sense or be a fulfilling ending. Anyway, I'll be pretending season 5 never happened and just have my own version of Merlin from the end of season 4 til it's natural ending in my head.