User blog comment:Knightofthecart/A lesson in writing or how to recycle old schemes/@comment-212.118.232.148-20121118115145

I'm beginning to dislike this show. Every ever so small sign for progression is being destroyed by repetitive stories the next week, by traitors in their midst and by lack of explanation. It's like a virus or a spirit that possesses the caracters each week and throws them back to a former state of their personality in a cycle that never ends.

I didn't understand why Camelot thought that the mystery was solved when finding out that Morgana bought a potion from the man. Who do they think was the traitor then who sabotaged the saddle, who killed the stable guy and who poisoned Arthur? If they thought that Morgana sneaked in to do all this stuff they could have mentioned it at least. Nevertheless, it would have been very unlikely if Morgana had the possibility to come and go even to the most private sections of the castle whenever she wants.

It was unbelievable that none of the knights spoke their minds and doubts about Merlin being the assassin. One of them, if not all, should have said something? I can't believe that they really thought Merlin would ever do such a thing without a motive at all. Was it too much to ask for a scene in which Gwaine and Percival come to visit Merlin and ask him about the situation?

It was also weird that Arthur didn't ask Gwen why she suspected Merlin in the first place. Merlin had no reason at all to harm Arthur and they all have experienced so many times that people were set up and that abnormal things are happening regularly. In Arthur's in the knight's eyes, Gwen had no reason to suspect Merlin. When Gwaine was magically pulled off his horse he knew and told Arthur that magic was involved, so Morgana's involvement would have been the logical conclusion but not Merlin being a traitor.

Another thing is that the attempts to kill Arthur are always so complicated. Gwen stabbed the stable guy and she could have done the same with Arthur. Nobody would ever suspect her.

Everything in this episode was a collection of previous ones. The Tears of Uther Pendragon, Love in the times of Dragons, Queen of Hearts. I don't understand either why the guards didn't check the cells when Dragoon left them.

Gwen has no reason to hate Arthur and everyone else and it's obvious to me that Morgana went through the same thing with Morgause that Gwen went through. When Morgana came back in season 3, she suddenly hated everyone without a reason and the same is happening with Gwen. There is no doubt that Gwen has been enchanted and brainwashed, nevertheless, a reason for her hatred would be nice. What grudge exactly is she holding against Arthur and the others?

I don't know why the producers seem to be so eager to ruin every character on Merlin. They changed Morgana and Uther into extremes, and now they are doing the same with Gwen by not giving explanations as to why she thinks she has to hate her husband and her friends after Morgana's torture. I can't understand the characters anymore, not even Merlin und Arthur. Arthur seems to be incapable of leading the kingdom with his childlike naivity and Merlin gave Gwen an almost hateful glance in the final scene. He knows that something happened to her and I would have expected a different look, maybe compassion or sadness. Gaius meanwhile doesn't seem to care much when Merlin thinks that something is going wrong. He always excuses every strange thing with vague explanations until the evidence is much too obvious. What happened to the curious and wise old man who always supported Merlin and used to be the Sherlock of Camelot?

In the beginning of the show I always thought how great it would be if it was possible to visit their unreal world for just one day. Meanwhile I wouldn't want to set a foot into it anymore because I don't understand the character's behaviour anymore and obviously, most of them don't bother to think much.