Talk:The Tears of Uther Pendragon/@comment-173.168.115.243-20171127005725/@comment-37017073-20190501205142

and that Morgana never got redemption

Redemption comes from within. It's not something that other people give you, it's something that you seek because you're sorry and you want to be a better person. The question isn't "Why wasn't this person redeemed?" it's "Why didn't this person want to redeem themself?"

Morgana didn't because as far as she was concerned nothing was ever her fault and she never did anything wrong. She refused to admit or accept responsibility for her own mistakes. This is one of many parallel traits she shares with Uther and one of the biggest reasons they both end up where they do.

'However I do agree Merlin's partly to blame. he did poison her.'

Which was the result of Morgana's own choices. She blindly agreed to Morgause's plan without asking what it entailed, did nothing to help the people who fell under the sleeping spell until Merlin and Arthur's arrival forced her to (which Arthur called her out on), and repeatedly lied to Merlin when he asked her in confidence what was going on.

And I don't believe for a moment that Morgana had no idea what was happening. One minute she was agreeing to help Morgause and the next she was waking up back in Camelot and people were dropping like flies. She'd have to be braindead not to at least suspect a connection. She also wasn't a bit surprised to hear that Morgause had arrived (which Merlin noticed and called her on), and responded to Arthur's questions about why she hadn't been effected by the spell with all the defensiveness of a child who's been caught standing next to an empty cookie jar with crumbs on their lips but not actually holding a cookie.

So it's really no surprise that Merlin concluded that she was in league with Morgause and reacted accordingly. Especially since he'd seen her betray Camelot as recently as the previous episode, where she allied herself with Mordred and Alvarr in a plot to kill Uther; remained allied with them even after finding out they were after more than just the king; not only rode out ahead of Arthur, Merlin, and the Knights to warn Alvarr - thus deliberately endangering their lives by giving the renegades time to set a trap - but offered to stay and help him; and drugged the guards to allow Alvarr to escape, which resulted in the death of at least one knight.

Morgana was acting against Camelot before Merlin ever poisoned her. Which is not to say that poisoning her wasn't wrong; it was a betrayal on his part and she had a right to be angry about it. But it doesn't make Merlin responsible for everything she did before and after.