User blog comment:Dryuuu/AITHUSA expectations in Series 5/@comment-5102537-20120901094851

Why Borden came to Gaius at that point of time... I think he wanted to boast with what he had already in order to convince Gaius to help him. It's easier to talk somebody into doing something when it's only the last step or piece of a puzzle that is needed instead of still having to finish too much. Less waiting and work to do, only that one last piece and the mission can be completed, so to speak.

I found this episode tremendously misplaced and also boring. It happened right one episode after Uther's death and Camelot went on with the happy life as if nothing had happened. It was Uther's death and Arthur being the new king - and we found ourselves dealing with a complete new and unknown one-time-character that was a thief and wanted to steal a dragon egg. Boring and incomprehensible. What you said about Merlin and Kilgharrah behaving as if there had never ever been a new dragon, it's one of the many, many times when the show doesn't refer to previous stories and happenings and keeps forgetting about what happened or simply ignores it. That's why especially season four was so very unsatisfying and annyoing. Absolutely no continuity. Kilgharrah and Merlin ignored Aithusa as much as Kilgharrah completely ignored the fact that his arch-enemy he wanted dead for more than twenty years was finally dead now. Or that Merlin knew where Morgana lived but didn't bother to tell Arthur. Or that Morgana suddenly didn't even waste a thought on Uther anymore although she wanted him dead for years and had built his entire life and personality on this one thing, which was taking revenge and killing her father. It was all gone just so in the next episodes, as if we were watching a new show every week.

I liked baby Aithusa but I'm actually not interested in the dragon-stories that are supposed to come up in season five. Too many new things like Mordred, the Saxons, the unification of Albion and also Aithusa and Kilgharrah. How will they put it all into just thirteen episodes without huge holes and ignored storylines again?

And Borden not being too affected by the sleeping gas, well... it's the opposite of Arthur always being unconscious when it's convinient for the plot ;-)