Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130512091538/@comment-28430223-20160517172445

When I watched this episode I was surprised Gaius survived. I mean, that part about Merlin killing Nimueh and having Gaius back in return seemed like a  forced Deus Ex Machina to me. It was very confusing how the person who would die in the life and death bargain was selected, and even less clear how Merlin killing Nimueh out of rage could change the matters about what seemed to be very complex magic issues. I mean, if Nimueh's death was always an option to solve the problem, why didn't the dragon tell Merlin to kill her from the very beginning? I know nobody knew this would happen, but that's exactly the problem here, what happens when he kills Nimueh and Gaius is brought back to life goes completely against the logic of the story. So it feels forced.