User blog comment:Arthurlover7/The Disappointing End/@comment-5995315-20130125151242

I thought the finale was superb.

Yes, I was shocked at Arthur's death, even though I had pieced together that it was coming. My greatest fear had been that it would be Merlin who killed him, so in a way I was relieved with how it came about. I don't know if you've seen the finale yet, but I thought that if Arthur had to die, he had the best possible demise anyone could dream of.

About Gwen I'm more puzzled. As an American I notice a certain reserve in the way British marriages are depicted. But something was unusually reserved about Gwen. It wasn't animosity towards Arthur, either. Even for a British production I would have expected much more kissing, or at least one kiss.

On the other hand, they dragged the marital bed all the way up to Camlann and that tent Arthur and Gwen were in was so decked out the only thing missing was Wedgewood china. We were shown a true sexual encounter between the two, one of two times in season 5 in which they became sexual with each other. It amazes me that they couldn't kiss even then, though.

I think the night in the tent was meant to be Arthur and Gwen's goodbye. Immediately after it, the battle started, and the spectacle of Gwen dragging her dying husband off a blood-soaked battlefield may have been too much for viewers. That is what I'm guessing the producers were thinking. The tent scene may have been a blessing in disguise.