User blog comment:Fimber/Things that went wrong in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon"/@comment-4135736-20121027131838/@comment-4135736-20121027165248

I agree Fimber, none of that made any sense at all but I think it would be nessesary for Merlin to have said all those things but also telling Uther how much he pitied him as well as disliking him, that way, Merlin would have been in character. I can see your point about Morgana, Morgause was the main person responsible for Morgana's corruption but Uther still played a part himself in Morgana's corruption by most of his crimes against magic because Morgana almost turned her back on him at the end of Series 2.

There is another point I havn't mentioned above, I also wanted Arthur to learn the truth of his birth again (that magic was involved) for the final time from Uther himself, that way, Arthur would have had more reason to send Uther back to the spirit world, however, it would have put strain on his friendship with Merlin in the process and perhaps also destroyed his relationship with Uther.