HOLY SHIT MERLIN IS BADASS AND SOMEWHAT TERRIFYING.
... I APPROVE. :D
Although, I will be very very upset if that really is the last we see of Nimueh - surely she's in the too pretty to die category? Too awesome and interesting to die, certainly.
Okay, Merlin's goodbye scenes with Arthur and his mum nearly made me cry, wtf. Well played, Colin Morgan, well played. And oh god, that scene with Arthur. I mean, every single one of Merlin's lines was pretty much "I love you to a ridiculous extent", wasn't it? Gah. *heartclutch* Written IN THE STARS. I don't even feel like I'm actively shipping them at this point, just enjoying the canon and whatnot. :D
Having said that... I got such a kick out of the Arthur and Gwen scenes, especially him calling her Guinevere. My screw it I'll just ship everyone philosophy kicks in once again! (OT4, y/y?)
One final and terribly important shipping note: Gwen and Morgana are girlfriends FOREVER AND EVER THE END. ♥ ♥ ♥
Morgana. Right. I am a big fan of prophetic Morgana, but um, not so much with the histrionic dragged away by guards shtick? What was that? Especially straight after last week. o.O I am confused as to why she didn't actually get anything to do, just appear randomly and pronounce doom.
I really, really want to write an episode coda -- you know how I love those -- but won't have time for a while, so you should all get on that for me.
And once more for good measure: HOLY SHIT MERLIN. He killed Nimueh with a bolt of lightning and blasted back dragon fire and skewered that awful CGI'd monster and omfg.