s01e12 — To Kill the King

Nice try, Uther, but you still piss me off.

And the Dragon is still

I hoped to the last that Uther would be killed.

I've always liked the dragon's way of avoiding continuing serious conversations by just getting out of the way.

I like Morgana.

Oh, and the title of the series was so encouraging....but Uther is like an Immortal Koschei, it seems... grrr.

But it seems to me that Uther is not so bad. Yes, his methods are so-so and he certainly does not know how to listen to advice because of his ceiling-piercing pride and terrible character. But he acts with the best of intentions - he seeks to protect the kingdom and those who are dear to him.

It's amazing how multifaceted and changeable a character can be, one minute Uther is endlessly infuriating to me and I want to attach him with something heavier, and the next minute he is a very kind and attentive parent. Still, as a person, he's pretty good, when he talked to Arthur in episode 9 and in this episode with Morgana, it shows that he's not bad. It's just that you always need to distinguish between duty and feelings.

Morgana is a damn beautiful woman

A great series. Gorgeous. I can't stand Uther in some places, I agree with him in some places and understand him in some ways, but one thing is true - the actor plays perfectly. Charismatic enough to take over most of the attention for himself.

And I really liked Morgana in this series, because I see how she develops, understand the motives of her actions and empathize with her. The scene with Uther at the end is just 110 out of 100, two so different (but equally stubborn and sometimes tough) people found their way to each other. It was worth it.

In general, I liked the questions that were raised. In particular, about the acceptability (or rather, unacceptability) of murder. And it would be interesting to speculate how Arthur would have started his reign if Uther had died in this series, but something tells me that it is not very. Arthur still loves his father. If Uther had been killed by a magician, thus making a coup, Arthur would hardly have made concessions to the wizards. After all, it's a personal injury, and in certain cases they leave a huge imprint on people.

I also remember one of Gaius's phrases: "the king should not be liked by everyone, he should protect." I agree, and not so much. If no one likes the king, then he will not be king for long. We need to approach this issue in a more rational way and like at least the right people. And if we talk about magicians, then everything that Uther does in relation to them is complete moronism, because magicians have powerful power, and evil magicians have a thirst for blood. If it wasn't for Merlin, the entire royal court would already be in the first episode of Khan. In short, it is necessary to connect the mind to the force.

Gwen's father was somehow so incompetently leaked. And on the one hand, I blame Morgan a little bit for giving him the key, but on the other hand, he made the choice himself and used it. It's still a pity that he died.

The dragon is generally super, like, "that's it, I don't want to talk, I flew, and what are you going to do to me?"

I really love the twist in TV series, when the hero asks an important question to someone who is not in the subject, this someone answers and the hero is so "sooooo" and runs to fix / save, etc.

P.S. Morgana with green is amazing!

It's so strange that Merlin can calmly scatter all the "villains" who were going to kill Uther, and Morgana easily kills the most important one there, but killing Uther is, of course, something terrible and abnormal for them! Like, how will we continue to live, killing people, we will become murderers, like Uther 🤗🤗🤗

I'm glad Uther didn't die. Of course, he is unpleasant to me as a character, but without such, the series will not be interesting. In addition, there is a conflict of personality here, in the end we see not a king, but a simple man.
And by the way, who else noticed that Arthur doesn't have the main role in this series?

Well, damn it, Uther, by his actions at the beginning of the series, literally forces you to really go against him and unite with the magicians. Well, just no interrogation for you: what, who, why, when - no, immediately execute! Morgana said very correctly about him that soon he would see only enemies in everyone. But in the end, of course, he appeared again as a different person, I love such ambiguous characters.

The main negative character in this series is not the monsters and sorcerers who are defeated in each episode, but the king. A terribly unpleasant guy, stubborn and stubborn. Ugh, to be like that.

How beautifully Uther is giving Morgan noodles. He clearly feels a strong rival in her and tries to win her over (keep your friends close and your enemies even closer). Some people write that he acts with the best of intentions – a tyrant almost always acts with the best of intentions) He wants to purify the world, protect the people from evil, etc. We have to exterminate the innocent without a fair trial. For such a king, a happy and prosperous kingdom is one in which there are no people left and no one else to suspect.