User blog comment:It's Good to be the Queen/The Thrill is Gone/@comment-5933518-20130105123355

You are right. From the beginning of the first series, Merlin was told that he was destined to protect Arthur and help him unite the Albion and allow magic to the kingdom. In the end, -regardless of what Kilgarrah says- Arthur dies without having allowed magic (which was the whole point) and with Albion still in its beginning. O_o

On the other hand, I acknowledge I love Arthur/Merlin bromance. It was something that no movie (or else) had ever shown/focused on before. But I agree with you it's a pity that we didn't get to see more from others characters' stories, like Uther for example or Aithusa. It could have made the whole series even more interesting. They were able to allow more episodes, weren't they?

I think the last series was rushed. It felt like the writers wanted to get on with it cause it was the last one and they wanted to end it according to the legend. Yes, that's it.