User blog comment:Alethia II/Why I have not particularly enjoyed what I have seen so far in series 5/@comment-5465618-20121113023748

You have some excellent points -- you did not miss a beat. It's like the writers of the show have gotten lazy or forgot about what they've written before or they think the audience is stupid. I don't know -- I guess that's why you can't expect too much even from a TV show. I don't even watch TV -- I came across this show because I subscribe to this service we have in the States called Netflix. I watched all three series and I've recently purchased four on ITunes. I love watching those and I've watched them more than once. But this series I've found it hard to watch them again. I miss the lightness and the niceness of the magic that was used. If you noticed it seems like Merlin use less magic than before.