User blog comment:OneofthePendragon94/The Disir-my view on it./@comment-5659316-20121104175625

There did seem to be something lackluster about the episode. Though, I mostly blamed that on the fact that the site I watched it on kept pausing to buffer and play poltical commerials every two minutes (seriously, that's not even an exaggeration; I literally timed it, it was two to three minutes, and buffering was like every five seconds) so I was having a hard time following the complicated plotline/getting into it.

But I don't think it's the great dragon's fault. AT ALL. I wish people would stop blaming him (and Merlin) for what happened to Morgana. Everyone's entitled to their own opinon, but I honestly don't think it's their fault. Because now everyone seems to be saying Merlin and his dragon are going to mess up Mordred and turn him evil just like they did Morgana; which I think is nonsense, but to each their own.

I do think, though, that Merlin is a bit to blame for what happened in this episode. He had a chance to bring magic back to Camelot. The dragon NEVER ONCE told him not to take that chance; all he said was that if he had a chance to kill Mordred again, he shouldn't miss it. I think, weighed over the fact that Merlin could have revealed who/what he really was to Arthur almost SAFELY for once, and possibly returned the old ways to Camelot, Mordred's death could have waited; even the dragon would have sense enough to see that. But Merlin took it too literally, which is understandable, because he feels he botched up the dragon's instructions before and everything blew up in his face.

I guess my major beef with the episode is the title characters themselves: the Disir. I kind of hated their guts. They just annoyed me and had zero devolopment. Even the Cailleach was more interesting/deep than they were. I wanted Arthur to give in and petion their triple Goddess just to make them GO AWAY! All I liked about them was their servant (the one who died giving Arthur the judgement coin; I dunno why, I just thought he was neat). Also the knights were kind of stupid. Did they learn NOTHING from Harold of the New Age? Did they want one of them cursed or possessed again? Morons. And you would think Mordred would warn them a little bit more, having grown up with the Druids. Seriously.

Weirdly enough, though, this episode did make me like Mordred -well, almost. He was likable (though mostly I blame the fact that Merlin seemed to be so sullen for the whole episode, instead of his funny/amusing wise-cracking self, and Mordred at least had a couple of jokey scenes, like when he had to ride the horse backwards...); I just don't think they're making him enough like his younger self from seasons 1 and 2, to make his growing up to be as he is believable. How did he go from this scared little kid to the guy who stabbed Morgana in Arthur's Bane to the laughing/playful teenager at the end of this episode?

I may have to do my own blog post about it, if I have time later. But, to get to the point, I agree with almost everything you said. Except, I DID sort of like the episode, though it could have been MUCH better, I just think I missed the point of it and need to see it again in a year (Jan 2014) when they put it out on dvd and I can watch it without it stopping every five seconds.