User blog comment:Morganaforever/Episode Review: With All My Heart/@comment-4892425-20121201234500

Curses....foiled again!! I can't believe this. Morgana, who is suppose to be so powerful and clever, cooks up an elaborate scheme to destroy the royal house of Camelot using heavy duty dark magic from the old religion. In the end she gets taken down not by magic, but by something basic and low grade...getting hit with a rock!!! And her powers were not disabled!

Design flaws in the plan -

Dragging the enchantment out. Instead of using  evil Gwen to kill Arthur immediately with a dagger, she comes up with these drive-by assassination attempts that end up failing. Which leads to...

Underestimating her opponent (again) - Morgana was worried about eliminating Merlin because he always foils her plans. Did it ever occur to her that Gaius is a thorn in her side too? Gaius use to practice magic so he would recognize the signs of one being enchanted. Why didn't Morgana think to get rid of Gaius so Arthur wouldn't have an ally who can openly help, to a degree, come up with a countermeasure against Morgana's sorcery? Besides, Gaius survived Uther's court all these years (even when the Witchfinder almost burned him at the stake), I would think he would know a trick or two by now.

Underestimating her opponent, part 2 -  Mordred. Morgana thinks she's clever by playing to an enemy's weakness. It doesn't occur to her that Jedi mind tricks can work on her. Mordred learned her weakness, apparently a need to be loved, got her to a vunerable spot, and played David to her Goliath. Down goes Morgana.

I hope this means this is the end of the cartoon villiany that the writers have saddled Morgana with over the years. No more trips to ACME. Episode 10 indicates Morgana needs to eliminate Arthur's protection before she can eliminate Arthur. The hunt for Emyrs is on.