Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130214143847/@comment-5995315-20130219173403

''Tho the "theres something about you..." comment had me mentally strangling the producers because of how the did the reveal at the very last episode. We never got to see their friendship as it would have been if Arthur knew. We got only the reaction, not the aftermath.''

I forgot to add "There's something about you, Merlin" as one of the most important lines of the episode. What I see (now) is that there's not just something about Merlin, but about Arthur too.

We never got to see how Merlin and Arthur's relationship would have developed after the Reveal because no matter when it happened, the Reveal was bound to end the existing relationship.

The relationship is based on Arthur being dominant over Merlin. A season six would have had two choices: Either Arthur and Merlin go their separate ways or they had to take the relationship to a new level, run off in the woods and get married.

Neither outcome would have been as acceptable or satisfying as ending the show where they actually did. Merlin saved the relationship with his second Reveal, Arthur was happy with that and the story had an end.