Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Five/@comment-5102537-20140308144416/@comment-24691863-20140323114939

A lot of interesting points made here! In reply to Areanna123, yes, you're right. Merlin shows authority much earlier than, and several times, before "The Death Song of UP". The first time I made a note of it was Season 2 Episode 12 "The Fires of Idirsholas".

I agree too with the rest of you about all the holes in the story and the rushed episodes. It was interesting about the bracelet. I never understood why somebody - Merlin for example - didn't find the bracelet so Gwen's enchantment was explained. There are a lot of snags like that. And yes the last two episodes - seasons maybe! - rushed through things but like Ozymandias writes this gave us all so much room for our own interpretations not to mention strong feelings. I'm actually deeply impressed over how the authors tied everything together in the end - even though it left us all gasping with the shock of it.

Anyway, for me, all of this is part of the reason I couldn't help writing Merlin - After. I'm sure there are a lot of holes there too and my logic is far from stable at all times but this is after all a saga and some of the truths of sagas are not in how the story holds together. I hope we can get a discussion going on Merlin - After as well! Hope to see you all there too :-)

All the best from

Rhuddem Gwelin

author of Merlin - After on http://merlin-after.blogspot.se/ ''