Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Five/@comment-5102537-20140223115227/@comment-5772693-20140226030640

I'm not entirely sure how I felt about this episode. I think I liked it, but there were a few things that bothered me. Merlin, the key, and Mordred.

I know that Merlin had become rather jaded by this point, but it still kind of surprised me that he was so quick to abandon the knights. Then his constantly advising Arthur to kill Mordred got to me as well. I mean the dude hadn't actually done anything yet, sure he was a bit creepy as a kid, but come on.

I thought that the Diamer was really weird.

Mordred...What do I say about this guy? I thought he looked kind of like Asa Butterfield, so that put him in my good books before he even spoke, however I was surprised by the changes they made to his character from the last time we saw him. I mean didn't he seem pretty different to anyone else? I guess people change, but I still thought it was odd. I hate to say it, but I hated when he stabbed Morgana. I mean I totally understand why he did it, he had good reason, but it still hurt to watch. Morgana looked freaking heartbroken.

Did I miss something, or did the Knights leave Merlin at the end of the episode?

Sefa. I liked her. Her interactions with her father, Gwen, and Merlin were all fascinating to watch. Question, was Gwen really going to kill her if her father failed to arrive? I mean I guess I would have understood, I mean the girl did commit treason, I still don't think I would have liked it though. She might have been a nice character to have around.

The Aithusa and Morgana scenes were touching and shockingly sad. I would have liked to see more of them together. I wonder where Merlin thought Aithusa was for the last three years?

I liked the scenes between Gwaine and Morgana. Also, the wolves/dogs (not sure which they were) were cool. I guess Morgana is an animal lover.

I liked Arthur in this episode, but I always do think it's pretty careless of him to keep going on those dangerous missions. Oh, well. Gwen would have been there to deal with the running of the kingdom, and it kind of looked like she would be the better ruler anyway. It would have taken Arthur all season to figure out it was Sefa, and then he may not have known even then if she decided not to reveal herself as the traitor.

It makes me wonder what would have happened if Morgana had actually succeeded in killing her brother. Would Merlin have still defended Camelot, and become just as obsessive over Gwen as he was over Arthur, or would he have walked away. What would have happened with Morgana? Would she keep attacking Camelot and Gwen or do you guys think that she would have finally stopped? By season 5 it seemed to me like she didn't really even care about the throne anymore, it was all about revenge. Would she have been satisfied with Arthurs' death or maybe be broken by it?

Mordred being knighted was kind of cool. I feel really guilty that the whole time I was watching it, I was sort of wishing that he had stayed and been Morgana's pal. I feel bad that I wanted them to be evil together. It was nice that he got to be one of the good guys for a while though.

Wow, this got longer than expected.