Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130706091742/@comment-5102537-20130708134447

Edrea wrote: Love this episode alot! One of my favourite.

It didn't center only on relationship between Arthur and Merlin, but we can see other side of Merlin. He got to have other life beside serving Arthur. I too liked that at least once we got to see another part of Merlin's life, aside from being Arthur's servant who behaved like a secret sidekick.

What baffles me a bit is the fact that Freya was cursed by a sorceress. Not the fact that the sorceress wanted revenge but the fact that Freya was cursed to turn into the beast, which resultet in the killing of many innocents. What's more, a magical beast killing people only contributed to the hatred toward magic by numerous people and several kingdoms, including Camelot. This curse actually backfired at the sorceress by proving to those who feared magic that they had every reason to fear and to hate it.

And once again, both Uther and Arthur were being proven "right" about magic and its dangers and evil nature. Talking about what they knew about the beast here, not talking about Freya, of course. This was yet just another example for Uther having no reason to believe that magic was alright and controllable. Almost every terrible thing that happened at the hands of magic ended in death for both sides since it was impossible to control such a strong power (like the beast, for example).

I was a little surprised that Gaius went to Uther to tell him about Freya. Whilst I understand why he did that - the beast was extremely dangerous and Freya couldn't control the curse after all - I had expected him to try to find another way.

I felt very sorry for Merlin. He shared the fate with Uther to always lose his loved ones, even Arthur at the end of the show.