Again, I was happy that my turn brought me to a favorite episode. In fact, I’d say for me this ranks way up at the top with a selected few from the five year run. It has a little adventure, but most of all I remember it for its poignancy. I see all the characters developing and showing their true colors, except perhaps for Morgana, who had more of a back seat in this one. But she did get more settled in regarding her future with yet another dream. Merlin was front and center in this one. Even though the plot line was the salvation of Arthur, it is Merlin through whose life and eyes it all unfolded for us. We were with him, and felt for him, like we have never before, even including episode 10, IMO.
So once again following Millie’s format, here goes. Use the following two headings when you comment:
What I liked about this episode:
What I didn’t like about this episode:
Feel free to discuss anything you want under each heading. You can talk about any plot holes or things that could have been added to improve the episode.
Some questions to ask yourself to help you answer the headings...
+What was the main “dilemma” or plot in this story? How did the “villain” fit into this and the outcome?
+Do you have a favorite moment that brought you into the story in a particular way? A moment that grabbed you somehow and made you identify with the happenings of the story and/or warmed your heart to the character(s).
+Even though Arthur spent a huge part of this episode in a comatose state and in some ways, out of our focus, what did he do that set the whole plot in motion, but once again gave us a glimpse of his courage, loyalty, and selflessness? It happened in the cave when the beast appeared and it’s the reason for the whole story.
+I was involved in a long discussion once about this on the TVdotcom A/G thread and there was a lot of disagreement: How do you read the Arwen scene where Gwen was talking to the “unconscious” Arthur? How do you read her actions? Was there romance involved here or not? In what way do you think her actions had anything to do with his survival? Note her words that she didn’t say “please don’t die so that you can be king” but “you are NOT going to die, Arthur...because I know that one day you will be king” said positively.
+Do you think there’s any significance to the fact that immediately after Uther and Arthur’s conversation about him having a guardian angel that Gwen walked in? Or should we only think of Merlin here? Any thoughts on the Arwen scene after his recovery?
+Colin’s performance when Merlin’s mother became ill was top notch. Any thoughts about what Merlin intended to do?
+Any thoughts about Gaius and what he did? What did you think of the battle of the “witches” in the end? Weird. Wonder why Merlin wasn’t shown to be consistent with that kind of power. I wasn’t crazy about it because them were made to be like gods. So I’m not sorry we didn’t see a lot of that.
As always, talk about anything else your little heart desires. So many memorable scenes here, such as the one where Uther was walking holding the lifeless Arthur. What a performance by Anthony! Also, the music then and throughout was done exceptionally well. Loved the music in the Arwen bedside scene. So lovely and so well done; beautiful backdrop to Angel’s wonderful touching performance there.
So once again following Millie’s format, here goes. Use the following two headings when you comment:
What I liked about this episode:
What I didn’t like about this episode:
Feel free to discuss anything you want under each heading. You can talk about any plot holes or things that could have been added to improve the episode.
Some questions to ask yourself to help you answer the headings...
+What was the main “dilemma” or plot in this story? How did the “villain” fit into this and the outcome?
+Do you have a favorite moment that brought you into the story in a particular way? A moment that grabbed you somehow and made you identify with the happenings of the story and/or warmed your heart to the character(s).
+Even though Arthur spent a huge part of this episode in a comatose state and in some ways, out of our focus, what did he do that set the whole plot in motion, but once again gave us a glimpse of his courage, loyalty, and selflessness? It happened in the cave when the beast appeared and it’s the reason for the whole story.
+I was involved in a long discussion once about this on the TVdotcom A/G thread and there was a lot of disagreement: How do you read the Arwen scene where Gwen was talking to the “unconscious” Arthur? How do you read her actions? Was there romance involved here or not? In what way do you think her actions had anything to do with his survival? Note her words that she didn’t say “please don’t die so that you can be king” but “you are NOT going to die, Arthur...because I know that one day you will be king” said positively.
+Do you think there’s any significance to the fact that immediately after Uther and Arthur’s conversation about him having a guardian angel that Gwen walked in? Or should we only think of Merlin here? Any thoughts on the Arwen scene after his recovery?
+Colin’s performance when Merlin’s mother became ill was top notch. Any thoughts about what Merlin intended to do?
+Any thoughts about Gaius and what he did? What did you think of the battle of the “witches” in the end? Weird. Wonder why Merlin wasn’t shown to be consistent with that kind of power. I wasn’t crazy about it because them were made to be like gods. So I’m not sorry we didn’t see a lot of that.
As always, talk about anything else your little heart desires. So many memorable scenes here, such as the one where Uther was walking holding the lifeless Arthur. What a performance by Anthony! Also, the music then and throughout was done exceptionally well. Loved the music in the Arwen bedside scene. So lovely and so well done; beautiful backdrop to Angel’s wonderful touching performance there.
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ellarose88
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God I have so many episodes to catch up on re-watching! And I keep saying every week I will. But I will this week catch up because you have really excellent questions here about this episode. So well done!
over a year ago
HumbleQueen
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Believe me, Millie, I know. You'll get to it. Just jump back in like I'm trying to do.
over a year ago
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sportyshuie
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Nanna, I'm so sorry I missed two episode. Need to catch up. Great episode. But above all, I like to congratulate all involved for making this rewatch a success. I would call it a success because we did it and I loved every bit of it. Now, for season two.
over a year ago
ellarose88
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LOL I have so many episodes to catch up on its crazy! But I want to do it before we start series two. Which brings me to some questions. But I'll pm you and Shu...
over a year ago