Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130713192800/@comment-37001937-20181030200205

ReganX wrote: Does anybody else think that Kilgharrah might have been lying about there being only one way to undo the love spell?

Trickler is a petty sorcerer who isn't powerful enough to keep his master from abusing him yet we are to believe that he is capable of casting a spell so powerful that Merlin, aka. the most powerful warlock ever, can't put a dent in it. That seems implausible, at best.

Maybe a kiss from anybody who wasn't Vivian would have broken the spell but it amused Kilgharrah to nudge Uther's son in the direction of marriage with a servant, and he could guess that, if Merlin believed that he had proof that Guinevere was Arthur's true love, he would be determined to see to it that they were able to be together.

The Dragon doesn't even mention Gwen as the one who break the spell. Merlin knows and has seen enough to know that Arthur loves Gwen because Arthur confessed his feelings in Lancelot and Guinevere. The relationship was sidetracked by Lancelot's return and departure, but Merlin did know that Gwen and Arthur were had feelings for each other.