User blog comment:MordredH/Merlin Officially Axed/@comment-4892425-20121125235458

I saw this on tumblr two hours ago.? ? Fanpop ran it this morning but it said the post was deleted.? ? There were some posts on IMDB about the cancellation.? ?

So the creators decided to pull the plug and not BBC One?? I wonder why?? For this being the last season the creators would have announced at the very beginning.? I think there was a conference call between the show's producers and the execs at BBC One and showed the numbers - a? big dip in viewership, complaints about the quality of the show may have reached the Executive Suites at BBC Once, loss in revenue.? BBC One may have given the makers of Merlin the option to bow out gracefully.

Wish list for the end of the series:

FINALLY A MAGICAL REVEAL.? No excuse now to continue to hide it.

Morgana.goes.down.? FOR GOOD.

Arthur unites the kingdoms and begin his rule as High King of Albion.?

Merlin finally gets out of the servants' quarters and become Arthur's advisor.

Magic returns to Camelot.

Arthur and Gwen talk about? the future, while Gwen cradles the next Pendragon king...or queen.

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But....since the season 5 episodes were in the can before the announcement, they are going to stick with what they got.? During the normal course the season would end Dec. 29 with episode 13.? ? The two-hour finale is set to air on Christmas Day, which to me means ep 12 & 13 will run back-to-back.? ? And the tragic end of old will be told.