Sorry for the delay on reviewing-I had a paper due along with two questions and it consumed all my time yesterday.
Oh, I found out this morning that Merlin got an early renewal and we're getting a Series 4, but it's going to be 10 episodes and we won't see it till 2012. Less episodes and four extra months of waiting? Total bummer. But we're getting Doctor Who where it SHOULD be so I'm not complaining much.
SPOILER LINE!
So, the Castle of Fyrien was a damn good episode compared with some of the drivel we've been hit with as of late. Thanks to Merlin's increasing heap of secrets, Arthur couldn't be told that they were walking neatly into a trap and that Morgana was feeding the bad guys information. Gwen stood out here and was actually quite wonderful with Arthur and Merlin both-we haven't seen her do anything but smile all year so it was nice to see her actually do something.
Merlin and Morgana basically snarled at each other all episode and if Arthur and Gwen hadn't been so bloody busy making goo-goo eyes at each other they might have noticed the other two trying to kill each other with looks alone (and a snake. Don't forget the snake.)
We found out Morgana is completely flippin' evil and hates everyone, really. And she doesn't get along with Cenred so well, even when they're not pretending to hate each other.
I want to say it again, if Morgana keeps it up she is not going to be able to maintain her place at Camelot. She pushed it to its breaking point this week; Arthur did question where she'd been and Merlin showed a complete lack of trust when it came to her. It should be obvious to Arthur that something is going on between Merlin and Morgana; it won't take much to get Arthur to question it.
I said while this little head to head was going on that they're on a knife edge as far as trust goes, and if Morgana makes ONE mistake and shows her colors Merlin will get the opportunity to erode the trust everyone else has for her (and don't doubt he will exploit it to its utmost because it'd be to his advantage if Morgana was out of favor. She's a major nuisance to him and having to watch her all the time to make sure she doesn't kill anyone must be EXHAUSTING.)
I do want to say, though, that Merlin's really got a knack for hitting Morgana with convenient ceilings. And doors. And accidental staircases. In fact, Merlin seems to have a knack for hitting Morgana with various and sundry parts of buildings and at some point they're going to be outside trying to kill each other and all they'll have is sticks to hit each other with. (Or tree branches. He's done those a thousand times for Arthur when he was outnumbered...)
But really, how many ceilings can you knock people over with before they notice that YOU are the one causing the roof(s) to cave in?
And Gwen's brother is hot. Let's hope we see him again.
Next week, Arthur goes to see the Fisher King and get a golden trident. Morgana and Morgause try to kill him and probably will not succeed.
The week after is the Gaius in love episode. Then there's only three episodes left to go for a YEAR.
Ta,
Bec
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