User blog comment:123Action/The Last couple of episodes were not a waste./@comment-4190137-20121203084426

I agree that The Dark Tower, The Hollow Queen, and With All My Heart weren't wastes, but Gwen being the villain for four episodes was. I think they could have just not made A Lesson of Vengeance or just made The Hollow Queen differently (with a different title too). It should have just went The Dark Tower and then With All My Heart. Then they could have done a modified The Hollow Queen and then done a progressive episode instead of A Lesson of Vengeance. They didn't need Gwen as the fourth traitor within the walls for over a quarter of the season, but I still think they could have done it in just a 2 episode arc.

Secondly, I'm assuming that when you spoke about people hating Gaius you meant people thinking his time is up? If that's the case then I think it's just a matter of people hating the fact that he's alive, not the character itself. I can't speak for others but that's an interpretation of my empathy. And the show is fantasy based on history, not just solely fantasy.