User blog comment:Morganaforever/Thoughts on Merlin's finale/@comment-86.139.180.171-20121227010935

Something that hugely disappointed me was the fact there was no battle between Arthur and Mordred. Since Mordred's first appearance in Series 1, (series 1 where everyone was good and nothing bad lasted), Mordred's part in Arthur's death had been played as one of the most important things in the show, the episode was called "The Beginning of the End" for gods-sake! Throughout Series 5 it was about Mordred so it was deeply disappointing their "battle" happened so quickly. I also felt Kara should have been in in for the whole series, as to me personally, I don't feel she was well enough established  and important enough to basically be the cause for Arthur's downfall. To me, a better ending would be Merlin died protecting Arthur, then Arthur would of brought back to magic to the land to honour him, then both Merlin and Arthur's destinies would of been achieved, even Morgana's in a way, as magic was brought back. As for the last scene; ruined the whole episode for me, it made me feel deeply sorry for Merlin, I don't think he would ever have gotten over Arthur's death:/.