Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Five/@comment-5102537-20140517082836/@comment-24.216.192.224-20161221100622

Issy5209 wrote:

Why they felt they had to end it by sticking with tradition  by having Arthur killed (or the more common re-telling - being mortally wounded and taken of to Avalon in a barge by priestess's) at Camlann, I will never know. Well for one they had to end it that way or it would not have made for such a great plot because in this episode Arthur finds out Merlin has magic and if Arthur were to be saved that would mean the story continues with him knowing Merlin has magic and that wouldn't be as fun as Merlin going around hiding the fact that he has magic from Arthur so that he can protect him.