This episode is really dumb in so many ways. The only one I will point out without spoiling the episode is - it's never been mentioned that Gwen has a brother before. Why not??
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Contrived
invisibleunicornninja13 October 2019
Why keep Merlin alive?
davidnagy-448404 December 2021
Okay seriously, what stops Morgana from just killing Merlin? She knows he does everything in his power to stop him and he has stopped her before so why does she keep him alive?
Also, those scenes between them are just really awkward.
Also, those scenes between them are just really awkward.
Suffering
scramblewithme12 March 2021
How much longer must we suffer, not only the very poor acting of Morgana, but also her stupid little "I'm so evil" smirks?? Yes, we know Morgana has turned and is now evil-we don't need her stupid smirks in every single scene, sometimes more than once.
And morgause needs to die, I'm so sick of her.
Bad writing.
Suffering was right
hailey-456719 August 2022
To be fair I legitimately started watching this show as a sleep aid lol It's safe from serious violence, relatively quiet and well balanced sound, imagery is coverful and something for my subconscious to work with. But boy howdy are my dreams infinitely better than this show writing and nearly every character is omitted because only the guy who plays Uther can even remotely actually act. He's even in my dreams, devious and dark and actually cruel instead of doting and foolish. This show has all the ingredients but without a cook to make it into something edible.
So knowing that, I'd still give the overall show maybe a 6 because I've grown fond of it. THIS episode however... my god, I'm writing this episode letting it run just to get it over with so I know vaguely how the plot progresses. This episode is simply awful and beyond implausible. The whole thing is lacking any cohesion, I couldn't care less about any of this. I know the stakes are zero and nothing will happen, this is just throwaway adventure nonsense but it's not fun, it's torture through being obnoxious.
Completely agree with the other poster that said both Morgana's and Morgause are just the absolute worst. They're just the silliest villains ever written and it's almost hard not to take it as a personal affront to everyone of the feminine persuasion that the writers did this to them. They're clearly hitting cues, reacting as directed, and the priorities on the cutting room floor are just absolutely stupid. They always look fawning, fake mad, confused, or like they have to take a poop real bad because that's as far as they're allowed to look distressed. It'll ruin the Cosmo cover look if they let a genuine feeling through, it's all plastic.
The show is now ending... via magic miraculous escape. And I know this is a show about magic but magic can't fix stupid. And I was right, absolutely zero stakes or plot progress, almost an hour amounting not only to nothing for the further plot it was laborious and brutal to suffer through.
At this point I'm committing to watching this whole series simply bc I am the worst type of masochist and I'm enjoying the dreams I conjure while falling asleep enjoying the setting.
So knowing that, I'd still give the overall show maybe a 6 because I've grown fond of it. THIS episode however... my god, I'm writing this episode letting it run just to get it over with so I know vaguely how the plot progresses. This episode is simply awful and beyond implausible. The whole thing is lacking any cohesion, I couldn't care less about any of this. I know the stakes are zero and nothing will happen, this is just throwaway adventure nonsense but it's not fun, it's torture through being obnoxious.
Completely agree with the other poster that said both Morgana's and Morgause are just the absolute worst. They're just the silliest villains ever written and it's almost hard not to take it as a personal affront to everyone of the feminine persuasion that the writers did this to them. They're clearly hitting cues, reacting as directed, and the priorities on the cutting room floor are just absolutely stupid. They always look fawning, fake mad, confused, or like they have to take a poop real bad because that's as far as they're allowed to look distressed. It'll ruin the Cosmo cover look if they let a genuine feeling through, it's all plastic.
The show is now ending... via magic miraculous escape. And I know this is a show about magic but magic can't fix stupid. And I was right, absolutely zero stakes or plot progress, almost an hour amounting not only to nothing for the further plot it was laborious and brutal to suffer through.
At this point I'm committing to watching this whole series simply bc I am the worst type of masochist and I'm enjoying the dreams I conjure while falling asleep enjoying the setting.
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