Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Four/@comment-5102537-20140111151000/@comment-10341849-20160510044224

Hi, I'm back at Merlin Wikia!!

Fimber, please don't stop discussing threads. The activity in this wikia might slowing down, but surely seeing that it still alive proves that although the series has been over for so long, there are many who still interested in discussing it.

Anyway, about this episode.

I hate this episode. From the story, how they made it, and how it ended.

If  Merlin and Gaius did find out about Lancelot being a shade, why they didn't do anything about it? I mean surely there is a way to stop him and who will stop Merlin? Morgana wasn't there, Lancelot will not know anything that comes to him. Agravaine didn't watch Lancelot 24/7. Surely Merlin or Gaius know some way to stop him? Why they have to wait and see? Gaius said himself whatever the reason Lancelot was there, surely it was not for good thing.

SO, was it purely for the drama's sake, that they have to wait and see? Wait and see until everything's too late. Merlin had to try to stop Lancelot until the last minute and surely he failed. Why not try to stop him from the first time he knew Lancelot was a shade? Even at the joust tournament, why have to wait until Merlin thought Lancelot was going to kill Arthur? So he can use his magic?

Merlin could not keeping watch 24/7, he got tasks to do. So why let Lancelot roamed around the kingdom without knowing what was his bad intention?

For Arthur, at that time banishing her at that time might be because that was the only solution he came up with beside death. Surely, he couldn't think straight and emotionally he didn't want to see her ever. I can understand that.

About how dangerous or how she should live outside Camelot I think it is far to troublesome to tell that detail in the movie. But I agree with Merlin didn't even help her push her cart. He just stood there with teary eyes.

I also agree about why Merlin didn't even try to ask Gwen about it, is it because Merlin stayed in the chamber when Gwen explained herself to Arthur?

(In the movie, Arthur asked everybody to leave the chamber. And he said "including you, Uncle". But he didn't ask Merlin to leave, and we know that Merlin would not leave until he was told so. So I asssumed he was inside the chamber when Gwen explained herself).

Maybe Merlin believed that Gwen really did that kiss all because she was so overwhelmed by the returned of Lancelot. Merlin knew that Lancelot has evil intention after he gave Gwen the bracelet, and he was keeping close watch at him and didn't see any move to approach or to seduce Gwen. Gwen was the one he saw entering Lancelot's tend after the match. And he was emotionally shocked too, so he probably didn't suspect that she was enchanted.

I was glad that Lancelot did get his peaceful rest thanks to Merlin.

Almost all drama I watched everywhere around the world, the nicest, noblest, kindest character must experience not only one but many tragic, sad, sad, sad, and bad, bad things. Even though that character was not the main character.