User blog comment:Fimber/When family is what destroys you/@comment-4650675-20121120191906/@comment-5102537-20121120204249

Thanks Chris. I would have liked to add the part about Gwen being "evil" now but I haven't seen the epsiode. In case you would like to add this to my blog post, you are free to edit it at any time :-) Would be a great contribution.

True, the Arthurian legends are not exactly a fluffy holiday-story. I think that "Merlin" was indeed a family show in the previous seasons until it slightly started to change in season three and then ended completely in season four and five. They should have done it for adults from the start or should have continued retelling the legends for the family. I think that both is not compatible.

And yes, I agree, Merlin as a character has changed too, which is why I think it's questionable to peresent him as the hero and the good guy when he actually has started to do cruel things. Standing by and watching others die only to reach his own goal or even killing them himself isn't quite a desirable virtue. I doubt that the younger viewers question it but they rather see it as the right thing to do. There are even adults who think that what Morgana does is right.