Hrm. It appears Merlin will air its last episode with the series 5 finale. It's too bad, as while it's always remained cheesy, the actual story has become more interesting with the will they or won't they surrounding Merlin, Morgana, and Mordred (though still remains very ham-fisted; Merlin's attitude towards Mordred in season 5 has been painfully poorly written and acted out).
It appears to be doing well, and for a nice change of pace, it wasn't the suits who cancelled it, but the producers who wanted to end it instead (according to several UK outlets, at least). Which is strange, since the pacing made it seem like it was being ended by the suits, far earlier than intended.
I honestly thought, with this past season, that we were looking at least another year or two to deconstruct the Mordred, Morgana, Merlin relationship, and was caught quite surprised that it looks to instead be ending just when the story seemed to be getting started. I wouldn't have realized it was ending for good if I hadn't read the news while looking for a trailer for the season finale.
Anyways, it appears Morgana now knows who Merlin is, Mordred will likely be leading her Saxon army, and Arthur should meet his end in this battle that literally came out of nowhere. It's been mildly entertaining to see no good people in this show, with even Merlin himself being shown to be a rather unsavory guy, this past season.
If anything, Mordred was the one person in Season 5 who seemed truly good, and with the show's enthusiasm for taking aspects of the Arthurian legend very...liberally, I wonder what the odds are that Mordred kills Arthur, then ends up becoming the king Arthur failed to be, bringing actual peace to the kingdom and the druid community. I suppose there's a small chance, considering all the other liberties they've taken, that they end this take on the Arthurian legends by having Arthur survive (and win), but I really hope that, at least, they remain steadfast with tradition on.
Morgana, at least if the previews are anything to go by, is likely not going to have a nice fate in store for her, which is too bad. I remember when the actress who played her was asked early on when the show was still getting off the ground, what she wanted to see in her character's future, and her response was really great, and would have made for a far more interesting Morgana than the one we got in this show.
Though, if Katie McGraw is right, Arthur should end up dead, as she's always said everyone knows the fate of the major characters. It's the how that the show is concerned about.
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Originally Posted by milan kyuubi
I don't remember past episodes so well, but on Merlin wiki for Morgana and Merlin says '' They shared a beautiful kiss once.'' Now because anyone can edit wiki I was wandering if someone here can confirm this and if it did when did it happen (which episode). Thank you |
I've watched every single episode, and while I'm hardly a die-hard fan of the series, I can't recall Merlin ever kissing (or being kissed by), Morgana. In fact, the unresolved sexual tension between Merlin and Morgana seems to be one of the more popular things fans of this series are dying to see resolved (and I very much doubt it is resolved in any way with only one more episode left). Morgana-Merlin "shipping" seems to be one of-if not the most-popular topics among this show's fans.