User blog comment:Auroradawn 89/Favourite spell/@comment-69.110.235.121-20121123154019

For spells, probably Morgause's column of fire and Merlin's earthquake. ? Nimueh's fireballs were pretty cool, too. ? But I don't think anyone beats the spell cast by Mary Collins in the very first episode.

In general I find magic incredibly disappointing in Merlin. ? It's pretty much all just flinging people with magic. ? It's lazy and boring.

As far as scenes go, it's hard to beat the power of the scene with the final confrontation with the Callieach and Lancelot walking into the veil. ? Those 2 episodes were about as close to perfect as Merlin has achieved. ? Eye of the Phoenix too, and Lamia was pretty close, although the monster was so ridiculous, and why Arthur could kill it from 30 feet away (I know it was just an FX fail, but seriously, how could one stab with a non-Excalibur sword kill it? ? Merlin impaled her in human form and it didn't seem to faze her much) kind of detracted from the story.

None of S5 even comes close. ? But it does have one of the best Merlin/Arthur scenes of all time, which I can watch over and over - the spoon scene.