Board Thread:Series 5 Discussion/@comment-3239341-20121230112149/@comment-25969487-20150107145728

188.102.198.192 wrote: The ending Is so .. stupid.

They change the whole legend and stick to it at the one time when NOBODY likes the Legend?

And even then they change it?

You can´t just let one of the main charecters die! If he (or she) is bad .. let´s kill her! But the good people don´t die!

In my opinion the 5 series should have  been revolving aubout Arthur somehow finding out about Marlins magik  ... IN THE BEGINNING!!!! Hello ... reviling it at the end was stupid It kinda destroyed this whole thing I had imagend ... with Arthur finding out and NOT telling Merlin but allways watching and notecing that he still trusts Merlin even If he has Magik  ... and the whole part with them still together might be right in thew settings ... but still ... I´d rather have Arthur find out in the beginning and somehow tell in Merlin to leave .. and he does but still keeps saving Arthur and Camelot

Well I had a LOT of ideas about the whole magik revieal thing ... I do not i repeat DO NOT like this ending!

I miss Arthur!

Bring him Back.

I WANT a 6 Season! There's no way that they're going to bring it back for a Season 6. While you're right in that they stuck to the legend at the one time it was bad to, they did it in a way that left the viewers wanting more (like you said)--that way it doesn't just leave them like other shows do when they're done. Other shows have happy endings, so the viewers feel: okay, the characters I've been in love with forever are happy. I might not know what necessarily happens to them in the next twenty years, but I know they're happy and they're together (or whatever).

With Merlin, it's always haunting you. Will Arthur come back? Yes, Arthur finally accepted Merlin for who he is, and at the last moment, he still saw him as the same person he's trusted for years (and his best friend), but we're still left wondering what happened to the rest of the characters. What happens to the rest of the sorcerers? We know that Gwen was kinda cool with magic when she realized that Merlin was a sorcerer all along. It was kind of cool how she didn't even care that Merlin lied to them since they met. She just knew how close he was with Arthur and that was enough. She trusted him. But will she keep magic outlawed to follow her late husband's wishes (as far as she knows)? Does Merlin ever go back to Camelot to help Gwen out? What was with that weird shot of Leon and Gwen? I know that that's not part of the original legend, but they killed Lancelot off, so who knows?

But most importantly, what happens to Merlin? We know that he's left alone, waiting for Arthur to come back... so what does he do in those 1000 years? Nothing? It's really tragic. Just like Hamlet--arguably the greatest tragedy in the world--will stay with us because of what could have happened, it's the same with Merlin. It haunts us. Forever.