User blog comment:Dryuuu/Your reaction to the finale?/@comment-4135736-20111225151550/@comment-4135736-20111226161906

I know what you're saying Dryuuu but that still doesn't help. The things which made me like the finale was Arthur wielding Excalibur, Gwen becoming Queen and the confrontation between Arthur and Morgana which I have been waiting for since Series 3. I know that Merlin should have a darker side but there was an opportunity in Part 1 to show a confrontation between Arthur and Agravaine. They could have shown Arthur encountering Agravaine directly while fighting with the soldiers, then Agravaine revealing why he was loyal to Morgana and then a sword fight with Agravaine with Agravaine wounding Arthur instead of that soldier, Arthur overpowering him but being forced to flee with Merlin when more soldiers arrive. That opportunity was wasted when Elyan faced Agravaine which was also pointless in my opinion. As for the cliffhanger, I think it would have been better if it showed an unseen person (who appeared in the earlier series) healing Morgana instead of bringing Aithusa into the story because that ruined what Kilgharrah told Merlin about the baby dragon when he said that Aithusa would be one of the good things to Albion. That unseen person would then have been revealed in Series 5, that in my opinion would have been a greater cliffhanger.