Oh Merlin! I just wanted to cuddle him this ep. It'd be so cool if he could actually confide in Morgana, but she hasn't exactly proven herself trustworthy in a capacity of making sure Arthur lives, lol! She's all about violent, point-making change, and Merlin is quietly tweaking cogs as best he can so things run their course and nooooobody suspects a thing, bless him. But oh Mordred getting all up in Merlin's head. I wish Merlin was better respected instead of Arthur yelling at him all the time! I like that he can shut Arthur out tho =D

Surely all these disparate magical factions that want to take Uther/Camelot down must realise there is a force working against them. They have to compare notes sometime to figure out why their evil plans keep failing, because it's definitely not through Uther's wit and cunning. If he were left to it, he'd have been dead dozens of times over by now.

I loved that "Go to your room!" Poor Uther, floundering at parenting the rebellious child! Why can't they all be as good and trusty as Arthur, eh?