User blog comment:Morganaforever/Episode Review: Another's Sorrow/@comment-5674726-20121028230004

"Why didn't anyone recognize Morgana?"

I was expecting Gaius to recognise her eyes when he examined her.

"Why did Morgana not kill Merlin when she had the chance? Merlin was not far from dying in this episode. Morgana was about to kill him, but heard that Arthur is nearby and stopped. But isn't Arthur a lot more weaker than Morgana is? She really has no reason to fear him, or his knights (since she easily defeated 4 knights in the Darkest Hour), so why did she stop?"

That's a very good question.

Killing Merlin once he was unconscious could have worked to her advantage if their party split up to find the culprit, allowing Morgana to pick off Arthur when he had less protection. He could just as easily die en route to the trap as at the trap, and she'd hardly have lost any sleep over depriving Odin of the opportunity to finish Arthur off himself. If it came to a face to face, she could kill Arthur with magic.

Morgana's powers are formidable; Morgause was trained from birth and, when she used an aging spell, her hands stayed young and her true form was also revealed in the mirror, neither of which was true of Morgana, who has had comparatively little training.