I couldn't help laughing

1. when Uther burst out laughing at Arthur for his "poor" choice in serving girls.

2. when Dragoon went on a rampage and shouted at both Uther and Arthur.

3. when Merlin nearly spoke with Dragoon's voice after shifting back to his normal self.

I agree with you, Raphael.. lol

Yes, those were quite funny scenes.

I forgot to add that I think it was interesting to see that Arthur was willing to renounce the throne and to leave Camelot together with Gwen. It showed that Arthur's love for Gwen was strong and deep and that he was noble to willingly leave everything behind in order to follow his heart and to be with her, regardless her status. At the same time it showed that Arthur put his personal feelings and happiness over his duty as a prince and future king, hence abandoning the kingdom and leaving it without an heir.

It was selfish on the one hand but totally understandable on the other.

Arthur's duty and his status must have been a burden to him, considering that he either abandoned the kingdom and its people (and his father) or to deny hisself personal happiness. A similar situation occured later when he broke up with Gwen after Agravaine had told him to end his relationship with her due to his status.

Funny episode. The part where Arthur is looking at himself in the plate is hilarious.

And... I know it's kind of cheesy how Arthur and Gwen just go and accept that Dragoon saved Gwen... but still. This was hilarious.

Morgause and Morgana needed to get their priorities straight. Guinevere should have been the least of their worries; for her to become Arthur's Queen, Arthur would have to live to take the throne which meant that they were currently on a path to failure and needed to revise their strategies. That is what they should have focused on. Kill Arthur and it doesn't matter how he feels about Guinevere. A corpse can't marry her. They let themselves get distracted by something that didn't truly matter to them in the long run.

I think Morgana was furious when she had that dream because she was so jealous of Gwen. In her mind, a simple servant can be queen but she, the daughter of the King, kept hidden from the entire kingdom. Even though I agree that she should get her priorities straight, but that was understandable (esp if thinking bout it from woman's point of view, woman can be real crazy and stupid if she is jealous and angry :))..Morgana just wanted to see Gwen suffered and Morgause helped her probably because she understood how her sister felt.

I agree with Fimber when so many inconsistent happened here (again!)...throughout the series about Arthur and Gwen and so many more counting days until Arthur became King was very cold and cruel..but something just popped in my mind, is it possible that a King when he is very old, retired and give his position to his son even though he is still alive?

If the King can, maybe the writers had that in mind when they repeatedly making almost everybody said "counting the days until Arthur become King", although even if that is possible and Uther still alive when Arthur do all the things Uther despised, he would get serious heart attack :)

About Dragoon, I don't like him at all...I don't know exactly why. Maybe because he was so rude. Dragoon irritates me ALOT. Almost all his actions and words irritated and made me angry...I just wish Dragoon would appeared more sophisticated and elegant (like when he searched for Dochraid in episode "With All My Hearts). For me he looked like some 80-years-old-uneducated-barbarian-who-practiced-powerful-magic most of the time...pitiful..but this was just me...

But yes, I liked the part when Merlin nearly spoke with Dragoon's voice after shifting back to his normal self. It was real funny...

Yes, a king could resign. However, knowing Uther, Gwen surely doubted that he would ever do unless he's seriously ill or otherwise too weak - which would also be a quite indelicate wish. Arthur would have to act against tradition while his father is alive, which would cause a lot of trouble. Uther wasn't the only one who honoured this tradition but a lot of nobles/royals/kings most certainly shared this point of view. I doubt that a resignation ever came to anyone's mind. Uther told Arthur in season one "One day I will be dead and you will be King".  There was no sign of Uther ever retiring up until circumstances would have forced it on him in season four, had he survived and not regained his full strength.

Counting the days until Arthur is king meant counting the days until Uther is dead.

I agree. There was no hint that Uther was considering that he would retire at some point in the future and let Arthur take the throne. If he was incapacitated, Arthur would be Regent but I would say that he would hold that position on the understanding that, should Uther recover, he would rule.

Guinevere was counting the days until Uther died. Arthur was okay with that.

Absolutely true-- and, unfortunately, the bane of many television series. Since they tell stories every week, some of them are bound to straggle. :'-(

Hm, very interesting- this episode, well, I love the love between Arthur and Gwen in this episode- Uther, well, I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy for anything that happens to him in this episode- he was too vicious and aggressive, regardless of his motivations

Merlin's plan for Dragoon was pretty great, yes :) sad that he almost died, yeah, and you're right, you lot, Arthur and Gwen knew it wasn't a result of enchantment, but they said nothing- heck, Morgana, who this episode on the whole portrayed as dangerously jealous, showed more emotion over Dragoon than they did :O

Anyway, I like Dragoon, and yeah, quite a good episode :)