Well I liked the summary because the thoughts that went along with them made more sense.
This episode was one of my favorites because of all the Nimueh/Uther backstory. It certainly gave more angst/punch/characterization to the whole Uther story and made him a little bit more sympathetic.
Comments: throwing the sword into the Dragon's cave meant that there was a remote possibility that someone could find it whereas throwing it into the lake is more in line with legend. It didn't look like the Avalon lake, though. Weren't there more mountains in this lake? Or maybe I'm not remembering it very well.
Loved that Uther and Arthur had that heart to heart near the end. Gave more punch to their relationship.
I'm confused, though, about what you said about the other episodes and Arthur's bond with Merlin. In Episode 5, he listens to Merlin about giving Lance a chance. They don't intereact much in Ep. 6. In Ep. 7, I'll give you that he treated Merlin badly with asking him for favors but I figured that was typical bad boy spoilt prince friend behavour (not servant and master behavior). In Ep. 8, again there wasn't much interaction.
But I can see the slow buildup of their friendship over these several episodes. I didn't really want it to be fast anyway. That wouldn't make sense. Of course by Ep. 10, it's pretty clear how Arthur feels about Merlin and vice versa. I give the producers and the writers kudos for making the relationship grow slowly over the first season like they have.
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Date: 2009-02-20 01:07 pm (UTC)This episode was one of my favorites because of all the Nimueh/Uther backstory. It certainly gave more angst/punch/characterization to the whole Uther story and made him a little bit more sympathetic.
Comments: throwing the sword into the Dragon's cave meant that there was a remote possibility that someone could find it whereas throwing it into the lake is more in line with legend. It didn't look like the Avalon lake, though. Weren't there more mountains in this lake? Or maybe I'm not remembering it very well.
Loved that Uther and Arthur had that heart to heart near the end. Gave more punch to their relationship.
I'm confused, though, about what you said about the other episodes and Arthur's bond with Merlin. In Episode 5, he listens to Merlin about giving Lance a chance. They don't intereact much in Ep. 6. In Ep. 7, I'll give you that he treated Merlin badly with asking him for favors but I figured that was typical bad boy spoilt prince friend behavour (not servant and master behavior). In Ep. 8, again there wasn't much interaction.
But I can see the slow buildup of their friendship over these several episodes. I didn't really want it to be fast anyway. That wouldn't make sense. Of course by Ep. 10, it's pretty clear how Arthur feels about Merlin and vice versa. I give the producers and the writers kudos for making the relationship grow slowly over the first season like they have.