I have a feeling that this show's going to end with the implication that Dragoon's the Merlin of legend, while our Merlin's still just a servant in hiding.
Oh man, that would be awful. I can't even cope with the thought that we'll never get a reveal/reconciliation.
Yes. The Greek tragedy element was the most agonizing part. Especially the scene where Arthur stops Dragoon and doubts his choice and they talk over Uther's body. Knowing it wasn't going to end well is what made that scene so painful to watch.
I can't explain why (really haven't analyzed it yet), but I actually got the feeling, for the first time, that this was the beginning of the reveal.
I have a feeling that this show's going to end with the implication that Dragoon's the Merlin of legend, while our Merlin's still just a servant in hiding.
It really was hard to watch; terrible things happening unexpectedly are their own sort of traumatic, but seeing all that hope and potential and knowing it would all go wrong anyway just hurt.
There were moments in this when I could kind of believe that Arthur knew or at least suspected about Merlin and was just waiting for Merlin to admit it, but I don't know, the end was just so damn bleak in that regard. I really want them to fix it but they just seem to keep piling on the reasons for Merlin to hide forever... :(
there will never be a reveal, Arthur & Merlin will never be on the same page I can't believe they centered a whole episode just around that basically. And um, am I really supposed to feel sorry that Uther's dead? I'm sorry, but I don't really.
It's... sort of ironic that I was never really bothered by anything on the show, but s4 is kind of leaving me 'meh' so far.
It's this fixation on adding more and more reasons for Merlin to keep it all secret, rather than slowly taking those reasons away, that makes me fear we'll never actually get a reveal.
Yeeeeah, I very much felt for Arthur losing his father, but I'm really not sad about the loss of Uther himself. I just wish it hadn't happened in a way that's likely to push Arthur into making the same sorts of mistakes.
I'm pretty sure you are right about the reveal, which makes it unlikely I'm going to pick up the show again, even though they've finally killed off Uther. Having Merlin help Uther kill magic-users being replaced by Merlin helping Arthur kill magic-users is not an improvement.
It's really not. I've been incredibly pleased with Arthur's portrayal this series, but not so much the general thrust of the plot. This episode in particular was really tough because they dangled the prospect of turning it all around in terms of the kingdom's stance on magic, and then snatched it all away.
there will never be a reveal, Arthur & Merlin will never be on the same page
Ugh, I was really hopeful (being unspoiled) that this would actually be a reveal episode, or at least lead up to it, and then it all went wrong. D: And if they never do one, I will be crushed.
I'm honestly glad I was spoiled; as hard as it was to watch knowing it would all go wrong, I think it would have been even worse if I'd genuinely got my hopes up that Merlin would succeed with Uther and reveal himself and everything would be great. I just feel like all they're doing is adding more and more reasons for the reveal to never happen. :(
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Oh man, that would be awful. I can't even cope with the thought that we'll never get a reveal/reconciliation.
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I can't explain why (really haven't analyzed it yet), but I actually got the feeling, for the first time, that this was the beginning of the reveal.
I have a feeling that this show's going to end with the implication that Dragoon's the Merlin of legend, while our Merlin's still just a servant in hiding.
I'll cut a bitch.
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There were moments in this when I could kind of believe that Arthur knew or at least suspected about Merlin and was just waiting for Merlin to admit it, but I don't know, the end was just so damn bleak in that regard. I really want them to fix it but they just seem to keep piling on the reasons for Merlin to hide forever... :(
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I can't believe they centered a whole episode just around that basically.
And um, am I really supposed to feel sorry that Uther's dead? I'm sorry, but I don't really.
It's... sort of ironic that I was never really bothered by anything on the show, but s4 is kind of leaving me 'meh' so far.
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Yeeeeah, I very much felt for Arthur losing his father, but I'm really not sad about the loss of Uther himself. I just wish it hadn't happened in a way that's likely to push Arthur into making the same sorts of mistakes.
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Ugh, I was really hopeful (being unspoiled) that this would actually be a reveal episode, or at least lead up to it, and then it all went wrong. D: And if they never do one, I will be crushed.
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