Talk:The Disir (episode)/@comment-5995315-20130129233031/@comment-5995315-20130201171845

''No matter how much we speculate - and I'm sure we would even agree on most things here - we will never get an answer. But an answer to this would have been important because of the very fact that it was Merlin's fate (not only destiny but fate) to bring back magic and to help Arthur uniting the lands of Albion. ''

Yes, I agree with d) above, and the question is well put.  There are many possibilities.

We have differing opinions about whether Arthur and Merlin united Albion and restored magic, and those issues are  bound to come up in other posts and blogs, too. So there will be no shortage of things to talk about then. That should prove interesting and enjoyable.

As to the Disir episode, the question is how much explanation is necessary. You're right: we'll never get a precise answer, not to this and not to a lot of other stuff. But to me that's what makes the show strong. It engages the viewer with the plot.

For me, a good story doesn't have to give answers that are too exact; otherwise the story would be boring. On the other hand, a story isn't open to every imaginable interpretation, so its "truth" (or even "truths") must lie somewhere in between. The problem for this episode is whether the clues we have to work with are enough or whether too much has been left out or is simply misleading.

I've learned a lot about the show from the different perspectives people give. I'm almost through watching season one and seeing it again, plus some of the things you pointed out, have actually somewhat changed my opinions  about Uther.