Board Thread:Series 5 Discussion/@comment-3239341-20121230112149/@comment-5621713-20130110100604

I know what you mean. I personally enjoyed the Merlin Arthur relationship, which most of the time was fun well meaning banter, and of course the love story between Arthur and Gwen who despite all sorts of odds against it, flourished anyway...This season overall has been much darker, had less of the comedic tone. In the first few seasons there was a typical formula, some bad guy or creature threatened Camelot, or Arthur, or Uther, and it was usually up to Merlin to figure out how to thwart them and protect his friends. Creatures were killed, bad guys(male and female) were either killed or gotten rid of in some other way. Good triumphed over evil, and unless it was a two part story, there was usually a happy ending, This year there were many episodes that did not happen with all te episodes.