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Monday, December 24, 2012

Merlin Season 5 Episode 12: The Diamond of the Day Part 1


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Morgana prepares to wage war on Arthur and Camelot. But before doing so, she wanted to eliminate her biggest threat, Emyrs. Morgana acquired a creature called Gean Canach. It is said that the creature was created from the tear of Earth Mother Nemaine. It has the power to strip a sorcerer or sorceress of their power. Morgana tested it with one of her allies named Ari. When it worked and all of Ari’s magic was gone, Morgana ordered one of Saxons to sneak in to Camelot and bring near Merlin. The creature was waiting for Merlin in his room and was able to successfully drain him of his magic. Good thing Gauis was there to save the Merlin and killed the creature with a shovel. Merlin realizes that his magic was gone. Gauis and Merlin learned that there is a chance to retrieve his magic by going to the Crystal Cave located in the Valley of the Kings .
 
Later on Morgana started the siege on Stawell Garrison north of Camelot. Morgana and Mordred teamed up and use a spell that created something that looks like a burning meteorite falling from the sky. The Lone survivor from the Garrison is Eira. Later it is revealed that Gwaine’s lover, Eira, is as a spy for Morgana and has got vital information on Camelot’s plans against Morgana’s Hordes. She also informed Gwaine taking Merlin to the Valley of the Kings . Mordred then informs Morgana about the Crystal Cave being the origin of Magic. Morgana then went to the Crystal Cave and trapped Merlin inside. Arthur and the other Knights were in Camlann and were waiting for Morgana’s troops. Mordred has found a secret route to enable them to flank Arthur.
 
Merlin was awakened by the spirit of his father, Balinor. He informed him that he could regain his magic by Believing in himself. Merlin eventually regained his Magic. He saw visions inside the cave and using magic he informs Arthur of Morgana’s plan to flank them.
 
Back in Camlann Arthur and his men are outnumbered by five to one. Arthur ordered Gwaine and Percival to meet the group who plans to flank them. Arthur is with Leon and they faced the rest of Morgana’s troops. Mordred is the battlefield as well with the sword forged by Aithusa while Morgana was just watching on top of a Cliff. The entrance of Crystal Cave is blewn apart by Magic and Dragoon the Great appears.
 
I enjoyed watching this episode. Although there are some parts that I didn’t like. The Tavern scene at the beginning of the episode is unnecessary. The way Merlin got back his magic was way too easy. He just slept in the cave and then he regains it. It should have been a full episode and should have put in the series instead for the Gwen Arc. Remember the part when she was under Morgana’s spell? Morgana could have killed Merlin but instead she took the chance of trapping him and keeping him alive. So it is expected that Morgana and Merlin would face off with Merlin disguised as Dragoon the great. I think it might have been better if Merlin fights without disguise. I would expect that the Kilgarrah - Aithusa will be in next episode? Will it even happen?
 
With only one episode left, I hope they fill everything in. The answers the fans are waiting for and I really hope they end the series well.  
 
 

Merlin Season 5 Episode 11: The Drawing of the Dark


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Arthur and his Knights stumbles upon a wreckage of supply cart bound to Camelot. Arthur assumed that it was the work of Saxons. Mordred sees a cloaked figure leaving the scene. Mordred was able to catch the person and it was revealed that it was Kara, Mordred’s friend and love interest. He ordered her to escape but Merlin saw him doing so. Mordred told Arthur and the others that it was just a deer.
Mordred then sneaks into Gauis and Merlin’s house and stole some healing potions. Later in the night, Mordred went back to the woods and found Kara. Using he potions that he stole, he healed her. Merlin caught Mordred sneaking back into the castle. When he confronted him, he confessed that he knew Kara since they were young and that she is a druid. He made Merlin promise not to tell Arthur.

The next day, Arthur and Merlin found the trail left by Mordred. Eventually they found Kara. When Arthur’s guard was down, Kara attempted to kill him but Merlin used his magic to foil Kara’s plan. She was then taken to Camelot to stand trial. Kara confessed in killing the people in the Camelot Patrol. Bound by Camelot’s law, Arthur had no choice but to sentence her to death. Mordred confronted Merlin and told him that he has gone too far and he will pay for his acts.

Mordred pleaded for Kara’s life but Arthur had refuses to rescind his decision. During their conversation Mordred realize that Merlin did not betray him. Knowing Modred, Merlin followed him to talk him out of it. Mordred refused to let her die and told Merlin that he knows that he never betrayed him but warned not to betray him then.

Mordred freed Kara and was about to escape Camelot. Arthur and the knights cornered them eventually. Mordred pleaded with Arthur and promised him that they will never come back to Camelot if they promise to let them go. Arthur refuses bound by his duties to Camelot. With sword drawn, Mordred was prepared to fight his friends for Kara’s sake. Kara told him to used magic to kill them. When he was just about to use magic, Percival knocked him out.

Back in Camelot, Arthur was having difficulty in making a decision on what to do with Mordred. He gave Kara a final chance to repent but she refuses and told Arthur that he deserves what is about to happen to Camelot. Kara was put to death by hanging.

Mordred was angered and escaped using a powerful magic that blew his cell doors apart. He then went to search for Morgana and offered a truce. And in return he offers information on the sorcerer that she is seeking for, Emrys. He told him that he is in Camelot and all along she is looking for Merlin.
In the preview of the next episode, Morgana and Mordred prepare to wage war on Camelot. Merlin is captured and is unable to use his Magic. The Battle of Camlann has started. With two episodes left in the series, it seems that Merlin will reveal his Magic on the last episode. I hope the years of waiting for Merlin to reveal his magic would be all worth it. I just wish that they don’t just cram it in one episode only.

The Diamond of the Day part 1 is scheduled to air on Dec 22, 2012 and the series finale two days after just a day before Christmas

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Merlin Season 5 Episode 10: The Kindness of Strangers


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Morgana captured Alator of Catha to find out the true identity of Emyrs. Despite the torture inflected by Morgana, Alator refuse to talk. Finna, an associate of Alator, goes to Camelot to seek Merlin. Merlin was cautious and eventually promised Gauis not to meet her again. Merlin broke his promised to learn more about the great battle of Camlann.
Gauis decided to tell Arthur about Finna. Arthur then ordered a squad led by Mordred to capture Finna. Back to Morgana, a guard found a paper with the message that Finna sent to Alator. Realizing that Alator would not reveal Emyrs identity, she killed Alator and decided to capture Finna instead.
Finna is now being hunted by Arthur’s knights and Morgana’s men. Merlin was able to locate her first but was injured by one of Morgana’s men. They fled to an abandoned tower to escape their pursuers. In order to escape Finna decided to give up her life to save Merlin. But before doing so, he gave a small chest with details regarding the great battle. Morgana was able to corner Finna but before she was able to question her, Finna stab herself keeping her promises to protect Merlin and keeping Morgana from learning the truth.
Before the episode ended, Morgana use a curse use by the High Priestess when they are declaring war on their enemies. An unknown knight was killed by a Morgana’s spell that has caused his skin to covering his face leading to suffocation.
The preview of the next episode, The Drawing of the dark, shows us that Merlin has angered Mordred which might lead to his betrayal of Camelot. Mordred is imprisoned and later escapes. Kara, presumably Mordred’s love interest and a druid, would be captured. Her fate would lie in Arthur’s hand. This might be the episode that will push Mordred to Morgana’s side.
The plot of the episode is pretty simple. Morgana is desperate to find out Emyrs’ true identity but failed in the end. I have to say that there are a lot of unnecessary plots in this season. One plot in particular is the Gwen under Morgana’s spell plot. With only a few episodes left the series, I think a lot of fans would agree with me that there are too much stories which are left untold. Instead of the Gwen arc, they should have reveal Merlin’s magic instead. Arthur should have learned about the truth and the rebuilding of Arthur’s trust could have been a better plot. But instead I think the writers are looking at the idea of revealing Merlin’s secret on the last episode. That something, on my opinion, is a mistake that Smallville, a tv series about Clark Kent before he became Superman, has made. If that will be the case, I don’t think it will be enough to show the aftermath when the truth comes out. Merlin and Arthur’s friendship would definitely take a toll and would overwhelm with trust issues.
Kilgarrah is yet to face Aithusa. In the legend, the Auithusa prevails over Kilgarrah. In this episode, Kilgarrah has said that he growing old and that his end might be near. It would cool if one whole episode would be dedicated on their fight.
Despite everything, I will still watch the show until the end. I hope the ending would be disappointing though.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Merlin Season 5 episode 8: The Hollow Queen


Queen Guinevere Pendragon continues to be under Morgana’s control. Arthur opens his door to King Sarrum of Amata, a ruthless king known to have killed men, women and children during his reign. A mysterious boy Daegal appears in Camelot to seek Merlin’s help to save his sister. He told Merlin that he was a druid and showed a tattoo to convince him. Merlin eventually agrees to help the boy and left Camelot secretly. Later it is revealed that Daegal is in league with Camelot’s worst enemy Morgana. Morgana was able to get the upper hand, poisoned Merlin and left him to die.


 
Back in Camelot Arthur spars with one of King Sarrum’s men Albin. Albin got the upper hand during the sparring and had Arthur in his mercy. But Sarrum did not have the intention of killing Arthur then. Sarrum admitted that they had Morgana captured and put her and her Dragon in a well. But eventually Morgana escaped.
 
Gwen talks to Sarrum about assassinating the Arthur and in return she will surrender a portion of Camelot’s lands. Sarrum thought of a better way of gaining control and ordered Albin to kill Arthur and then Gwen after.



 
During all of this Daegal was guilt driven and decided to save Merlin. Later it was revealed that he was not a druid at all but her mother was like Merlin and possessed Magic. He help Merlin reached Camelot and found Albin about to shoot an arrow to Arthur. Using Magic, Merlin was able to distract Albin but the later retaliated and start throwing knives. Merlin was able to evade the knives and magically threw a spear to Albin and causing an arrow to hit Sarrum instead. Merlin then realized that Daegal was not unscathed and was dying from a knife wound.  He died eventually and was given a proper burial as Arthur has commanded.
 
In the next episode, Arthur will finally learn that his wife Gwen is under Morgana’s spell. Merlin would try to lift the spell but Morgana would not give up the fight. In the preview, Merlin told Arthur that Modred gave them a chance to escape and advised the later to leave. We have to wait for the next episode what will Arthur do. We all know that eventually Modred will fight Arthur in the battle of Camlann. Is this the episode where Mordred will eventually decide to turn his back against Camelot?
 
 
With only a few more episode left in the show, will Merlin gives us proper ending to the show? It is hard to tell what the writers have up their sleeves. Based on the preview, the white dragon Aithusa would appear. I have been reading that the Aithusa and Kilgharrah will have a face off. Aithusa is supposed to be a good omen to Merlin so why are they going to fight if that will really happen. Let’s wait and see how the TV series would end.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Merlin season 5 episode 7: A Lesson in Vengeance


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In this episode, Gwen attempted to have Arthur killed twice. First during a picnic, Arthur almost got killed when he was thrown off his horse while two assassins waited for him, Gwen and Merlin. Got thing Merlin was there using his magic. Off course Arthur was unaware that magic was involve.



Camelot made an investigation and found out that Arthur's saddle was tampered. John Bradley (Samwell Tarly of Game of thrones) guest stars as stable hand Tyr Seward . He is responsible for keeping Arthur's saddle in order. It is revealed that Tyr saw Gwen enter the stables. Afraid that her mother will be put in danger, he choose to keep silent. Merlin learned that Tyr was in duress and told Arthur. Before Arthur was able to talk to him, Gwen visited the prison in the middle of the night and stabbed him.



The second attempt involves Gwen poisoning Arthur's cup. Afraid that Gwen will be discovered, she blamed Merlin and had him arrested. Merlin had to change to Dragoon the Great, an older version of Merlin, to escape the guards. Using his healing magic he was able to save Arthur.



When Arthur recovered, he had Merlin released immediately. Gwen again planned ahead and had someone to take the blame by giving out information of who created the poison. Gwen was able to prevent people from learning the truth and is free again to make an attempt on Arthur's life. Merlin and Gauis now knows that Gwen is under Morgana's spell.

This episode shows us more of how talented Angel Coulby is. They way she portray a grieving wife and a villain in the same episode just show how much a good actress she is. Off course a lot of people would disagree specially the Gwen haters out there. Although they end Gwen's spell soon. Unfortunately, I find her performance in this episode more memorable than any of the episode in the TV series.

Colin Morgan (Merlin) also did a splendid acting job. The part where he thought that Arthur is dead was well acted. Actually he has gone a long way in terms of his acting in the last few years. It is evident in the last episode, Disir, that his acting has very much improve. The part where Merlin had the chance to bring magic back to Camelot was really great. It showed how much Merlin was torned between telling Arthur the truth or having Modred die.

Next episode we will see Gwen another attempt to kill Arthur. I just hope that spell will be lifted soon rather than later because it is pretty hard to watch Gwen a villian.

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Merlin season 5 episode 5: The Disir


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A sorcerer by the name of Osgar killed a knight of Camelot to lure Arthur. The fallen knight, Sir Ranulph, is supposedly  one of Arthur's friend. Weird thing about is that Sir Ranulph was never mentioned before in the show. Moving forward. Arthur seeks out Osgar and not long after Gwayne stab him and was almost dead when he encountered Arthur. Right before dying, he told Arthur of the judgement of the Disir.



Arthur then decided the look for the Disir and confront his Accusers. An argument between Arthur And the Disir broke out. Being offended by Arthur's arrogance, one of Disir, magically threw a stick which was aim at Arthur. Mordred being new and was desperately trying to prove himself. Threw himself in front of Arthur and saved. Merlin told Arthur that he is not capable of healing wounds inflicted by Magic and only Gauis could help.

Gauis unable to heal Mordred as well forced Arthur to seek the Disir's forgiveness. The Disir agreed to help if Arthur would lift the ban against magic in Camelot. If he does agree, Mordred lives and Magic returns to Camelot. If he doesn't allow magic to return, Mordred would die.



Now here is the interesting part. When Arthur asked Merlin wether he should allow magic and maybe that magic is not as evil as they believe, Merlin replied that thereis no place for Magic in Camelot. Merlin had the chance to return magic to Camelot. Instead he listened to Kilgarrah's advice to kill Mordred. When they returned to Camelot, they were surprised that Mordred is alive.

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