User blog comment:MerlinNimueh/Series 6/@comment-82.145.210.8-20120613112034/@comment-5102537-20120613115831

Wow, was it a bug or didn't you see that you've already posted that?

anyway, I'm not so sure about the planned death from the beginning of the show. If ever, it was planned that Uther dies in the very last epsiode since it had always been said that when Arthur is king, the show will be over. So I take it that they had planned to kill him off in the last epsiode(s) of the final season. Uther's death was actually much too early, and the show was supposed to be about the years before they were all famous and before the Arthurian/Merlinian legend starts. It's possible that they killed Uther because maybe Anthony Head didn't have the time for Merlin anymore, but I don't know. But originally, Arthur was supposed to become king at the very end of the entire show. Moreover, it was said that Uther probably won't have to die at all in order to make Arthur king. All those statements and "spoilers" were very misleading and therefore very annoying, no matter if they had planned to mislead the viewer or if the decision was a last minute-one. To me, the Arthurian legend is boring anyway because there is nothing new to tell about it, even if it is changed a bit like it is in this retelling. I had hoped for a "before the legend"-story instead of what we have seen so many times before. One of the reasons is that if Arthur had become king in one of the last epsiodes, it would have been left to the viewer's imagination how it all continues. Now, this way, we see what we already know, only a little bit changed here and there.

We should not forget that this series wouldn't have been possible the way we have seen it without Uther. If it hadn't been for him, none of the things would have happened and Merlin wouldn't have had the destiny he has and wouldn't have become Arthur's teenage-friend and whatnot. It was all based on Uther's presence alone, so it was exteremly disappointing when they decided to drop it and to continue with the common Arthurian legend.

I think a 6th season is entirely possible, depending on the ratings, I guess. Personally, if things doen't change and if season five continues the weird and boring style of season four, I don't need a 6th season. But I will be happy for everyone who still loves the show the way it has become.