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If you thought that the greatness that kicked off the fourth season of Merlin was going to last forever, it’s probably best if you skip this episode, which was easily the absolute worst episode this series has ever produced.
‘Merlin’ ends its unprecedented good streak of episodes with a hamfisted clunker of an episode that’s all showing and no telling.
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Get your notebooks and pencils ready, it’s time for a lesson in major plot arcs and how to close them (or not) – ‘Merlin’ style.
Weak writing is something ‘Merlin’ fans have had to make peace with for a long, long time. So when an episode is finally well-written, is it too cliched to describe it as “pure magic”?
While Bros versus Hos may be a fight as old as time, hasn’t Merlin reached the point where choosing between the two shouldn’t even be necessary?
After three heavy-hitting episodes, Merlin goes back to fluff, filler, and campy shenanigans. And I, for one, have no complaints about that.
