User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/Series 4 review/@comment-4650675-20120207124854

Then I guess my review would be: 1) A servant of two masters (intense interaction between Morgana and Merlin for the first time after her overthrowal, some nice funny bits and of course Morgana meeting Emrys). 2) Lancelot Du Lac (I hated that Lancelot died but I was really curious to see how the love story between him and Gwen would turn out. Although I prefer the original version, it was a great episode whatsoever). 3) The Sword In The Stone pt.2 (The part that Merlin told Arthur his made-up fairytale as well as him wielding Excalibur and taking Camelot back was the most epic moment of series 4. I also liked the ending, most epic cliffhanger ever! I only wanted Agravaine to confront Arthur, but I guess we can't have everything ours). 4) The Hunter's Heart (interaction between Morgana and Gwen, Arthur realising who his true love is and a nice setup for the finale.) 5) His Father's Son (it was nice seeing Arthur's true test as a king. It had a few dull scenes but it was overall above average). 6) The Wicked Day (it was high time for Uther to die, and I believe it happened the best way possible. Saving his son. It also shows that Merlin still has a long way to go in order to have magic return and that Morgana still has some good in her). 7) The Darkest Hour Pt.1 (This one did have some dull moments as well. I loved the first half which was epic but it only got duller as time went on). 8) The Secret Sharer (I liked the whole idea of Morgana kidnapping Gaius to learn who Emrys is. However the fact that she didn't made it a pointless episode, except the fact that Merlin got some new allies. I also wanted to see the Morgause deleted scene which I probably never will). 9) The Sword In The Stone Pt.1 (This one was a bit of a disappointment for me. I expected it far more epic and maybe less funny. It was ok though). 10) The Darkest Hour Pt.2 ( It didn't live up to my expectations. Lancelot's death was too sudden, Merlin did almost nothing and Agravaine telling Morgana about Gwen was pointless, since Morgana simply knocked her out and she was later saved, so no harm done. They could at least have met each other). 11) Aithusa (It was about average, if not lower. I thought it was a filler episode up until the end, when another dragon came to life. The finale was the only good to the episode, since it was linked was 4x13. I don't have anything else to comment on it). 12) A Herald of A New Age (One of my least favorite episode, I don't know even why it was filmed. Arthur could have chosen to respect the druids in many more dramatic and epic ways. Some people loved it, but it's just not the kind of episodes I expect to find in "Merlin". He did almost nothing in it either, and Morgana didn't even show up to make things trickier). 13) Lamia (I'm sure there isn't a single Merlin fan who loved this episode. It set up a nice atmosphere in order for Merlin's magic to be exposed to Gwen or one of the knights, but it ended up being pointless. All you could see was Merlin being bullied by the knights, Gwen crying for Elyan and Arthur following their tracks. Merlin's magic also had very few to do with it. He looked so powerless againist her. Definitely one of the worst episodes in Merlin history).