User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/Arthur to die? or not to die? at the VERY end?/@comment-5465618-20120912004945

I agree that Arthur should die at the end since his demise is part of the story. However, if they were to kill him and continue the series after his death. I don't think it would be as interesting for Merlin's character. You see there cannot be one without the other because their lives intertwined with each other. Arthur gives Merlin's character purpose and if they kill Arthur after bringing them together s1 thru s5 I think there would be a void. I think the writers might want to extend Arthur's life by going back in time to when Merlin and Arthur were boys. They should show the lives of Arthur and Merlin father before and during the purge. If they're in fact planning to extend the series.