User blog:Knightofthecart/A lesson in writing or how to recycle old schemes

Honestly, what was this ?

The whole plot was absolutely pointless and unbelievable :

- Gwaine pursuing Gwen and not recognizing her.

- Of course, with all her dark magic, Morgana was not able to make a suitable poison to kill Arthur. Then she got to an apothecary to buy a strong one.

- She gave the poison to Gwen who poured it in Arthur's wine. And of course, who was to blame ? Merlin. Gwen accusing Merlin for poisoning. That was really pathetic. Nobody had nothing to say, even Gaius. That was the bad remake of The Witchfinder.

- Merlin locked in a cell was not able to free himself ? Of course, it's impossible for the most powerful sorcerer that ever existed. Then Gaius fetched him a potion and M transformed himself in Dragoon. Once again, the remake of The Queen of Heart.

- Impossible to understand why, once he was out the jail, he got back in his Merlin's form, entered Arthur's chamber where Gaius was waiting for him and healed his king with nothing else but a few words.

- Of Course, once Arthur was awake, Merlin was released. Then we didn't know why he was locked, and we didn't understand why he was released.

- Fortunately, Gwen found the poison (we don't understand how) and the man who sold it to Morgana. We get to see the same scene of the Witchfinder : Arthur's interrogating the apothecary.

- Of course, we get to appreciate the same scheme we did in The Tears of Uther Pendragon : Arthur admiring the cleverness of Gwen, as Uther admired the brilliant insight of his daughter.

I was really pissed off. The writers are really getting very very short on ideas. I would like to know how they expect us to believe that the characters are making progress.

It"s the first time I'm thinking of give up on the show. Even Colin Morgan, who I admire above all can't retain me.

Hey guys, this very bad episode made me think that it is perhaps the time where Merlin has to become Merlin. I'm quite tired of this servant boy, tired of the reused schemes, tired of the lack of imagination of the writers, tired of the stupidity of Arthur, tired of all these twisted twists.

I give a 2/10, just for the tears of Colin Morgan, when he saved Arthur.