Talk:The Death Song of Uther Pendragon/@comment-123.211.169.220-20150912005207/@comment-5102537-20150916124849

The thing that absolutely didn't work for me when Uther spoke to Arthur was that as a ghost, a dead person, away from the world of the living, dead, finished, freed from all physical restrains, he still only seemed to care for the kingdom and power. That was just plain rubbish to me. As a ghost, one would expect that - especially after what Uther went through - he would have a more dispassionate perspective, a wiser point of view. If the episode intentionally served the cliche of a ghost that still clings to unfinished business, his first concern should have been Arthur and what he accomplished (according to the show... it's open for debate, of course), how he is doing, if he is happy or unhappy. Hell, meeting his son again, a chance that nobody actually has after death, should have been of interest for him, not the fact that commoners were knights (those knights who saved him, Arthur and the entire kingdom, by the way) and a serving girl being queen.

Not to mention that Uther didn't care for power and reputation anymore during the year before he died. Why would he make this his first priority when being dead? Warning his son, being concerned, yes. Scolding him, disappointing him, giving him the feeling of being a stupid little boy, no. That wasn't like Uther. He always loved his son, even wanted to sacrifice himself for him several times. Always told him that he was proud of him.

And what about Morgana? If Uther somehow knows what's going on in the world of the living, and if he is concerned about Arthur and Camelot, why didn't he warn Arthur about Morgana? If he didn't want to worsen things between the two of them and still loved Morgana, why didn't he try to convince Arthur to make peace with her? Why didn't he even ask about Morgana and never mentioned her? She was the one who destroyed him after all. His love for her brought him down and broke him.

Imagine, you are dead (sounds funny) and you get the chance to see your loved ones again. Would you try to cause chaos, disappoint your loved ones and belittle them - or would you be happy to talk to them one more time and  tell them how much you love them?

Uther saw what Arthur had accomplished and that the new knights were some of the best, always saving the entire kingdom. He had no reason whatsoever to cling to the first code, especially when regarding his comment towards Arthur in season one, that the first code be damned. He also saw that Gwen did a pretty good job and that Arthur was happy. No need to be against her.

The rest of the episode was even worse. Uther was just a common poltergeist.