Talk:The Disir (episode)/@comment-4190137-20121103212822/@comment-5644179-20121103230616

Here is my slant...

 Episode 5 The Disir was penetratingly heartbreaking. Decisions and tension were heightened by the conflicting choice, magic or a life. For Arthur his decision was tested; his debt to Mordred for saving his life or allowing his kingdom to submit to sorcery. As for Merlin my heart broke to see how he struggled in assisting Arthur in making a choice with the end means of keeping his King safe and the unity of Albion. Merlin’s selflessness could not have been better portrayed by Colin Morgan as he choked back the words he longed to say, “I am a sorcerer, I have cared for you, loved you, served you my King, it has been my duty to use magic for good and not for evil”, and yet he knew he could not allow Mordred to accomplish his destiny of killing Arthur. A twist of fate from the Disir, they allowed Mordred to live to be their pawn in the fulfilling of Arthur’s fate. The one who lost in this was Merlin who gave up his identity to preserve Arthur’s reign. I was completely overwhelmed in this emotional episode. “Greater love have no man than to lay down his life for a friend,” I believe Merlin in giving up his own identity proved just that.



 Italics are my interpretation, not included in script.