Like the fact that, despite being the most powerful wizard in the history of the kingdom, Merlin's powers are essentially limited to making people fall backwards against walls in slow motion. After five years, it has developed a set of quirks that I have grown increasingly fond of. There are plenty of things that I'm going to miss about Merlin. We've only got five episodes left to fit all of that in, and then it'll be over. The weirdly simultaneous decision, possibly reached at the end of a long night of drinking, that both Arthur and Merlin should see what they looked like with beards. I assumed that there was so much more to look forward to. It has moved on from its shaky start and transformed into a brilliant kind of Poundland Game of Thrones. And at this precise moment in time, Merlin is better than it has ever been. Arthur became king.Īrthur married Guinevere. Morgana, the previously insipid peripheral character, turned into Robert Smith from the Cure and kept trying to murder everyone. Someone would fart, there would be a sad trombone noise and that would be that.īut gradually, as it found its feet, Merlin stopped this listless wheel-spinning and started moving things on. Then Merlin would save Arthur at the last minute with some furtive magic and go home to Richard Wilson, who would inevitably feed him some bad food. When it began, for all its flashy production values, Merlin basically told the same story every week.Ī disgruntled sorcerer would sneak into Camelot, angered by King Uther's hawkish anti-magic stance, and try to kill Prince Arthur.
The biggest joy of Merlin came from watching it improve year on year. Merlin as we know it won't be coming back, and I for one am quite upset. There may be films or spinoffs after that, which could either continue the story or reboot it completely, but that's beside the point.
#MERLIN SEASON 6 PICTURES SERIES#
Despite hopes that the series would be renewed for a sixth year, it has been announced that the show will wrap up with a two-part story at Christmas. A fter five years, Merlin is about to bite the dust.
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