Merlin, aka I came, I saw, I flailed.

[lonelybrit]

I had no expectations of this ep whatsoever and while bits of it did drag a little, overall I was left a happy happy flailing ball of squee.

Also: "You know how the King loves his training" has become the new euphemism of the week. Excellent!

I have to admit that if series 4 hadn't in general just floored me thus far I would be disappointed with the writing of the knights, Gawaine in particular. Series 3 made me love them, and whilst they are in Series 4 in body, on the whole the writers never seem to really give them much depth beyond a laddish background for Arthur.

Fortunately this series has, frankly, with one ep exception, floored me and left me able to accept this loss as an acceptable sacrifice for all that's been going on elsewhere.

Unexpectedly, this ep wound up being all about Arthur and yet again there was a lovely moment at the end where all of a sudden I could almost begin to see where the legendary King Arthur would be coming from.

He is starting to stand up to his Uncle which is always intensely satisfying to see. What looked like initial hesitation on his part turned-out to be not his mind being swayed but him realising and starting to own up to his own past actions.

That final scene with him and possessed!Elyan... *sigh*

I'll admit, I flailed when he promised to treat the druids with respect. I'm with Merlin; those weren't words just said for the moment, Arthur meant them and hopefully it's an indicator of more changes to come in his attitude to magic users.

So to end on a happy note:



So we're starting to get scarily close to the finale *twitch* Yet again I have no idea what is coming next but I'm anxious and excited about finding out :)

Comments

[ruric.livejournal.com]

*Fnar*

I like that gif *G*

Have you been reading Eoin's twitter and now his blog? He's made of sparkles and raibows and unicorns and has all the words!

[lonelybrit]

Hehe, the gif did indeed leave me with a smile :)

And oh yes, the twitter has been a revelation, I stand in awe of those in charge of casting on Merlin that they keep on finding more sparkly, wonderful people to add to our already splendid collection!

[complicat]

Heheh, love that gif! He made 'training' sound deliciously dirty!

[lonelybrit]

He really did! Just shows you can make anything mean anything so long as you get the tone and delivery just right :)

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

I thought this week's episode was a bit better than the previous two weeks but I was so bored by 'Lamia' and 'Lancelot Du Lac' that I was in a mild tedium coma during this episode too. I expect next week to be just as dull from the look of the trailer so they're really going to have to pull it out of the bag in the finale to retain my interest for next year.

[lonelybrit]

*raspberry* Dude you be harshing my squee ;P

If you're going to be in a coma it might as well be a tequila induced one, I suggest bringing back the Merlin drinking game to liven things up! Next week it could be a double shot for every time Arthur and Gwen's dialogue is ambushed by the Epic Violins.

[vic-amy-z.livejournal.com]

I loved this week's ep. The scene with Elian was beautiful, but Merlin asking for a hug just made me squee and flail like a flailing thing! Awesome...!

[lonelybrit]

Arthur and Elyan's scene was brilliant, kudos all round to all concerned, they brought a tear to my eye *dabs*

And that final 'hug' scene *snort* We now have a canon Fade To Black moment for those two lads, they knew what we would be thinking if they ended it like they did :)