Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Five/@comment-5102537-20140322115119/@comment-28430223-20160517005501

Gleek:D wrote: Interesting posts above- I do agree with quite a few of your points :)

Anyway, this episode on the whole, I did like, but yeah- I definitely agree that Odin's truce (although I don't think he'd have held up to it, you could see the hate in his eyes even when he agreed) wasn't realistic- Morgana, yeah, I did hate her cruelty to Mithian in this episode, though I have to admit, her pain at the spell did make me pity her (I pity her very easily, don't I ;) )- Mithian, well, yes, I do prefer her strength in Series 4, but it's not really surprising she'd be different here

As for Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Gaius and the knights- well, Gwaine was probably the only interesting knight, with his care for Merlin and everything, Gaius- well, he was brilliant, obviously, with his care for Merlin, and "Hilda" (aw, if only that could have brought her back to the person she once was) Arthur was great with his sense, as was Gwen- and Merlin- well, for most of the episode, I find him to be strong and brave too :) but I do find his spell on Morgana questionable in that cave- yes, I know she'd done her fair share of cruel spell in this episode, but we're not supposed to sympathise with her in this episode, so that was more acceptable, also, I do wonder about him saying they'd never be at peace while she lived- I just wish they could have made her good again- maybe one day, a show like this will be made again, and again, they will make Morgana a positive character to start off with, and they will make her turn bad, like she did here, but she will eventually go back to the good side... About Morgana, I think the main problem is that her transition into evilness is pretty much abrupt with little information about her POV and many unexplained developments that actually happen off-screen. I wish they had make her a more three-dimensional character, especially because her original goals are so similar to those of Merlin. Also, if they wanted to follow the legends, Morgana has a redemption of sorts in many versions, being her the one who leads Arthur to Avalon to heal after his final fight with Mordred.