User blog comment:SquarePoint/Theory about *The Death Song of Uther Pendragon*/@comment-5102537-20121025151245/@comment-5653470-20121026183332

Thank you very much, Fimber.

As a matter of fact, I'm afraid that you are right. I was hoping that there was more to the epsiode. Both therories would have satisfied me because both would have added so much to think about and would have contributed to the protagonist's development as well. I think that if this was not the real Uther or if it was a part of him that arised due to torture in the world of the spirits, Arthur, Merlin and Gaius would have been given the opportunity to demonstrate their compassion instead their ignorance. I was quite annoyed by Merlin's callousness. Arthur's ignorance was disturbing even more so because he is Uther's son after all. Gaius is the one who has known Uther for the longest time of all people and he should have questioned this sudden new sadism that Uther showed.

I feel as if nothing was right in *The Death Song of Uther Pendragon* because it did no good to the main protagonists. It is obvious that they wanted to make this epsiode spooky and creepy but with a better end and a logical explanation for Uther's sudden change they could have achieved both, including a much better development of the characters.

Still, I'm not so sure. If this was the real Uther he would have killed Gwen and Percival easily. Missing such a big guy like Percival and then leaving him instead of throwing another weapon seems to be too easy. He should have been able to hit him, I think, given that he blew the spears precisely where he wanted them to be when fixating Merlin on the door. It was also weird when he attacked Gwen and didn't manage to kill her. It seemed more like scaring her than really trying to kill her because the fire he started when she was unconscious was a really small one. If I wanted to burn someone I would start a fire that really does the job instead of small flames that take ages until a room is filled with fire and smoke. All the things he threw at her could also have the job much faster.

But then, maybe TPTB just did it to make it all a little more creepy and, of course, to have Gwen being saved in time.