Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130330123307/@comment-5674726-20130331231345

Considering howmany times merlin lied for Arthur,and saved his life, Arthur could have atleast tried to take the blame and say something random.

I'd say that was a case of the writer wanting the joke of having Merlin in the stocks, yet again, without thinking of how it made Arthur look when he claimed that Merlin knew that he was going out hunting and was supposed to tell Uther, rather than saying that he went out hunting to blow off some steam and hadn't told Merlin. I can't imagine that Uther would have been too upset, given that he was bound to be so relieved that Arthur had not run off with Sophia than he'd understand if he needed to blow off some steam. He'd hardly be surprised if Arthur didn't report his every move to his servant.