User blog comment:Fimber/Things that went wrong in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon"/@comment-4650675-20121022000101/@comment-5102537-20121022004135

I have already left the show and I won't watch another epsiode of this farce, that is for sure.

Refering to your points, if Uther just went softer because of depression, then why did he want to give his life for Arthur and told him that he means more to him than his entire kingdom and his own life in season one already? Why did he say that saving Merlin was the right thing to do in season one? That's the point, they are using the characters to serve the plotline, disregarding what happened befor. That is what they did when he didn't consider to use magic in season one to save Arthur, probably to describe him as someone who stands to his principles and who isn't a hypocrite whereas changing it in The Crystal Cave to make Morgana overhear him and to point out how much he cares for her. They made the viewer realise that he REALLY would do anything for Morgana in order to prove that he REALLY loved her. They continued it when he went broken by her betrayal to point out that he was the victim and Morgana the offender (showing the contrast between Uther and Morgana and showing that he wasn't evil but that Morgana has become evil - which I didn't like either because I loved Morgana in the beginning), ONLY to change Uther's character completely after his death.

That is why I said this show has become just a farce and a stupid try to attract more viewers. There is NO logical explanation for the change of Uther's character, it was only done to make Arthur shine in comparison to him, that's all. They are ignoring everything and they are insulting the viewer by making them believe that this was the Uther we have always seen.

Yes, they did it with Morgana too, and as you know, Chris, I have criticised this so often that I really got tired of it. Morgana and Uther, what a great duo they once were. Then... all went downhill. Merlin and Arthur bantering around, no matter what horrific situations they encounter, is more important than any logic and character development.

No, this wasn't Uther's original self as we could see throughout the seasons. If he were, everything we have seen before would be a flat out lie. Nothing, nothing, nothing made sense at all in this epsiode. And why should Uther see everything in Arthur's life (by the way if was him, I would feel being observed in every single intimate situation...) but not that Merlin has magic?????

NO sense and logic at all. This epsiode did not only seem to have been made for twelve years old viewers, it also seems as if it was written by kids. Shame, shame, shame.