User blog comment:Fimber/Things that went wrong in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon"/@comment-216.177.129.59-20130927140949/@comment-5102537-20130928084250

What you wrote: "

''Another thing  found strange was that Arthur readily accepted the horn that the old witch gave him without wondering why she happen to have such a thing in her pocket just when Arthur comes to her rescue. Why did she give it to him and why didn't he wonder about it? Was he supposed to call Uther's ghost and was it indeed a plan?''

''I would also like to know why Arthur didn't even tell Gwen about summoning his father's spirit. She was his wife and he trusted her but he didn't tell her about such an important thing."''

I was wondering about the coincidence with the horn of the old sorceress too. Was she even trying to bring it to Arthur but was caught by the villagers before she could reach the city? If she wanted to bring it to Arthur, why? And if she just had it with her and then suddenly decided while she was dying to give it to the one who was still persecuting magic-users, she must have had a reason for it. She must have known that Arthur would use it to see his father (because, for some reason, Igraine was being completely ignored ever since "The Wicked Day"), and if so she must have known that the meeting wouldn't be a pleasant one. The question is how she could have known unless it wasn't all a set up again. The sorceress would have had no other reason at all to give Arthur the chance to visit the dead, than hoping/knowing/expecting Arthur to change his mind about Uther one way or another. It almost seems that she had a plan, which was to turn Arthur against his father in order to change his opinion about magic.

The pointless outcome was that Arthur cast a stone at Uther, telling him that his hatred was based on fear, yet Arthur didn't change just the slightest thing. So what was it all for? Nothing.

As for Gwen, yes, it's quite ridiculous how often Arthur kept Gwen being in the dark about his plans and feelings. I understand that he brought Merlin into the loop but I don't see why he left Gwen out of it when she was his wife and the love of his life. I would say that it was even a little cowardly because I think he feared that using magic would make him a hypocrite. And it did indeed. Aside from the fact that I think that this episode was just utter nonsense in regard to pretty much everything (except the acting), it should have been the one that changes Arthur's mind once and for all when considering that he himself used magic and blamed his father for acting out of fear. Instead it all continued the same way in the following episodes and magic was still banned and sorcerers were still persecuted.

The bromance and banter of Merlin and Arthur eliminated many important and interesting storylines. Characters like Gwen and Gaius were reduced to supporting characters most of the time, others were suddenly changed and twisted until you couldn't recognise them anymore.