User blog comment:Fimber/Things that went wrong in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon"/@comment-7285162-20130415005522

Oh no, after a month's absence can I find strength to read all this? :D However, I was looking for this blog post in particular and I don't intend to turn back, so I apologise in advance if I repeat someone's thoughts. If not, all the better. I'll try to make it as brief as possible, although I seldom succeed when writing here (Fimber, I guess we are kindred spirits in that sense :D).

I suppose there is a difference between an episode where something went terribly WRONG (like "The Wicked Day") and a BAD episode in terms of how it's made. I don't think that pertains to the former example (if it moves you so much, it might not be too bad), but let's stick closer to the topic.

I undertsand that the main problem with the episode is Uther's character allegedly ruined for obvious reasons. However, I realise that it might not be rubbish, it may actually be brilliant!

You see, Uther in the Spirit World is *the* Uther we know, and his first concern is for Arthur whom he loves forevemore. But apparently being in the world of the living makes someone lose his composure and behave like crazy, and that's just it.

Anyone remember the Dorocha? They are voices of the dead and effectively violent killers. Are all the dead so malevolent? I don't think so, it's just being out of their proper place. The same goes for Uther's spirit.

Is the whole episode pointless then? Yes, I suppose. The only aesop seems to be is that playing with dark magics and necromantic stuff in particular yield danger. As if we hadn't realised that already, but I guess for Arthur it might have been a valuable lesson learnt the hard way. His another failed attempt to contact his deceased parent presumably doesn't count.