Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130504114838/@comment-5102537-20130520095820

I do think that they referred to it in the later seasons. Uther grew indeed softer towards Morgana. I meant that they ignored it on Morgana's side (she never showed any sign that she noticed it) and when they turned Uther suddenly into some sort of an evil monster in the last season.

He never punished her again after "To Kill the King" and she even grabbed his arm and challenged and him in front of the court when Gwen was kidnapped, yet he didn't even get angry about it. Plus, he at least listened to her when Gwen went missing and agreed to send a searchparty when Morgana and Arthur begged him to help finding her. In season one he probably would have reacted more aggressively/determined and denied any kind of help.

Then, when Alvarr escaped, he seemed to know that Morgana was behind it but he didn't do anything about it. And before Alvarr's escape, Morgana told Uther that he would go to hell and that she disowned him. Had she told him something like this before their conversation at Gorlois' grave, she surely would have ended up in the dungeons again.

So he kept his promise and got more permissive but he didn't listen listen to her  when it came to sorcery - except when she told him a lie. However, his change of attitude towards her was a huge step for someone like Uther who didn't tolerate disobedience and dissent. Actually, Morgana had every freedom to do whatever she wanted in Camelot and was lectured only once by Uther: when she disowned him and he demanded her to go to her chambers (he grounded her... not an evil thing to do for a king of the dark ages...).

I would have liked a more consistent character description in season four and five instead of this rubbish they made of Uther when they ignored his entire character progress. I also would have liked Morgana to realise that he indeed became kinder and more tolerant towards her and that he meant what he had said at Gorlois' grave. But maybe she did and this was the reason why she later called him a "snivelling dog".