Thread:Rod12/@comment-4190137-20121105101244/@comment-180964-20121105213610

Hi Alfons good to hear from you it has been a while since you and me have lasted talked besides the general Series 5 3.0 tread. Everything is fine from my end overall.

Now as for Series 5 I'm enjoying it overall and like you I do think its been fantastic. I think the show has done a great job so far we Mordred an Alexander Vlahos has done a great job with the character. However I don't understand why he needed to miss an Episode or only have a small cameo in Episode 3 that didn't make any sense from my view. An I also don't like there doing it with Morgana as well. I do think Arthur's Bane Part One and Two have been there best Episodes so far this Season then followed by Another Sorrow. An I have liked that show is having more Episodes outside of Camelot and we get to see more of the Kingdom and the overall general land because Arthur's Bane felt like we were watching Lord of Rings an real when your watching Merlin you do want a Lord of The Rings feel to the story. Two thing I have noticed with Merlin so far this Series is I get the feeling that there holding back with Merlin a lot so far during this Series. An the reason I say this is after the Series 4 Finally I was kind of hoping to see more badass warrior sorcerer Merlin and we haven't real seen any of that yet. I mean after we saw him kill Agravaine and in a lot of Series 5 interviews Colin Morgan he stated always Merlin is going to be more dark and ruthless this Series but I haven't real seen any of that type of story elements to Merlin's character so far. I mean he has shown some dark and ruthless towards Mordred but nothing real of a big significance overall. An also it seems the show is still stuck in a lot of old habits with a lot important areas of the show like there characters, story ideas and a few other small things. I mean just with Merlin for example he is old enough to not have to rely on Gaius and The Great Dragon for advice but yet he still goes to The Great Dragon for advice of what to do and he still makes the same mistake all over again. An the same thing goes for all the characters as well some times I just feel they don't learn from the mistakes of the past.

An just on a brief note about the Uther Episode I've come to sort of accept that the show in general does not know how to properly resurrect or properly use a character that has died in the past history of the in a good story episode. I mean Uther and Tristan/Black Knight were your basic vengeful spirits and Lancelot was just soulless in the end. The only one who they have done decently is Igraine who has only appeared in 2-Episodes of the entire show. So could they have done a better job with wanting to bring back Uther for an Episode yes but real I think it might of been best if they just didn't bring him back in the end. An the reason I say this I think the show is at a point were the stories and the characters need to move forward and stop reliving the past they should always learn from the past like the mistakes they made. However in the end its simple time to move on from what has happen in the past.

One hope/request I have for Series 5 is with Merlin's Secret I don't want it to be waited to the two part finally or just the finally in general to have everyone learn the secret because that would be just wrong to do overall. I mean if you want Arthur to be the last one to learn it fine I'll give a pass to that idea. However for the Episodes have other characters slowly learn his secret like Gwaine for example or Morgana because having someone else learn the secret will only help the stories get better and better.

But overall Series 5 has been awesome and I have enjoyed it. An hopefully news of a possible Series 6 will come soon as well.