Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Four/@comment-5102537-20131130132300/@comment-5102537-20131214202045

ReganX wrote:

We could be looking at a situation where Morgana spent a year without making a move against Camelot, coming to care so much for another living being that she would go on to suffer for their sake rather than saving herself. In The Dark Tower, Morgana is surprised to learn that Guinevere wasn't aware of her captivity so I think that it would be safe to say that she believed that Arthur knew what had happened to her, and likely concluded that he approved, which would have put an end to any thought that she might have had of walking away from Camelot and maybe trying to make a life for herself elsewhere, ie. rebuilding the Isle of the Blessed.

When Morgana realised that Gwen didn't know about her captivity, she should have known at the latest that Arthur probably wasn't involved in Sarrum's sadistic game. Instead of going after Arthur it would have made more sense for Morgana to go after Sarrum, especilly in order to prevent an alliance between the two kingdoms.

The year she didn't make a move against Camelot was probably the year she had to recover from the torture and also to prepare for her next move.

On another note, when Sarrum told Arthur about Morgana and that he had tortured her and Aithusa, Arthur didn't seem to be disturbed about it much. Even after what Morgana had done, two years of torture should definitely have bothered Arthur. Morgana was his half-sister after all and he used to love her. Even for a stranger, two years of torture is something of which Arthur actually should have dispproved of.

I also wonder why Arthur never suspected Merlin of having lied to him about the dragon egg when Sarrum told him about Aithusa.

OngardOdin, according to the show, the time gap between seasons four and five was three years.