User blog comment:Morganaforever/Thoughts on Merlin's finale/@comment-5922209-20121228183808

I think that the decision to cancel season 6 was taken at the end or near the filming of season 5 so the writers must do an end. The last episode is 5 minute longer than the others! I think that to do an end they add 4 scenes:

1) Gwaine and Percival - was added to justify how Morgana find Merlin and Arthur (by the way, I do not understand the scene where Percival follows the trail of Morgana) 2) The death of Morgana happens during a stop added (they had just stopped so this stop is not justified)) 3) Merlin throwing the sword and 4) Merlin as a modern postman - to deny any continuation

I think that original idea was that never Merlin, Morgana and Gwaine died

I think that the season ended with two scenes (I do not know the right order) 1) Gwen became Queen (because all think that Arthur is died) 2) Merlin saves Arthur and they prepare to go back to Camelot together The End - Merlin - Will return

by the way I think that the scene of Artur in the boat was in the original text because if not this would be the unique funeral without flames This is may opinion to justify this end, if not the only one is that writers are completely unqualified... by pg