Merlin - S4, E11: 'The Hunter's Heart' - BBC One/HD, 8:15pm, 10/12/2011
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No teasers or picture previews to link to today, so we'll get straight to it! Really looking forward to this episode as it's the foundation of the remaining 3 but also a bit sad that in just 2 weeks time this series will come to an end 
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It does....:(:(
Hi kutox
Hey Mr. B
Next week's episode looks good
Doesn't it just
Next week's episode looks like it will be another action packed one leading to the cliff hanger for the last episode on Christmas Eve. Wonder if the cliff hanger will be them being forced out of Camelot or we'll see them win it back and Gwen's return before they break for Series Five.
They are brilliant young actors and deserve a massive career.... fingers crossed... If actors from Home and Away can crack Hollywood, surely they can...
He's still very immature it seems - particularly emotionally. It was uncomfortable to see him romancing the princess, giving her goo-goo eyes and cute speeches only to change his mind later.
Nice to see so much of Gwen and Morgana. Didn't like the way Gwen was all 'oh I deserved having my entire life ruined and being put out here in mortal danger for kissing another man!' It was rather sickening tbh. But I liked how she used her wits and bravery. I liked too that little moment of hesitation that Katie put in when Morgana realised she was on Gwen's trail and could hunt her down. She brings more depth to the character than the script does.
Agreed! Bradley James has been brilliant this series and Colin Morgan too. So waiting for Agravaine to finally get his comeuppance though!
I think yet another excellent for me..how tiresome
Another top quality episode ... can't believe the series is drawing to a close... =[
But then, having just been threatened with banishment just for speaking out, he then acuses Agravaine of plotting against Arthur, Arthur thinks he finds proof that Agravaine is innocent, and what does he do to Merlin? Absolutely nothing! Eh?
Tbh, Arthur has been a complete arse for big sections of this series so I didn't find it out of character at all. I still think he comes across as immature in how he reacts and deals with people at times. He's meant to be what? About 25 by now and he's king. He needs to grow up emotionally.
But he's supposed to be immature, that's what make it so good....
Oh I don't mind immature if he realises it, admits it (even to himself!) and tries to grow. But so far, very little on that front!
He's a man now, not a boy and yet he's still acting like the latter. I could understand it in series 1/2 when he's turning 21. He's now supposed to be 25/26. Frankly, he'd probably only live until his 50s so he's not got long left to sort himself out
I know he's working for Morgana but it's Agravaine that I find frightening; the power he has over Arthur means he can get away with anything
Very excited for the next two eps but sad that it'll be the end (what on earth will sat night tv look like
I don't know if it's been mentioned already but regarding the episode Morgause was supposed to be in "what's on tv" Q&A section reports that the BBC cut the scenes during editing due to time constraints (rather than an error on behalf of the tv guides)
I don't expect anyone from Arthur's background to "mature" or view the world like other people because he is older. Arthur is spoilt, entitled and powerful. He does have some awareness about what it takes to be a good king and is a better king than Uther. Arthur does try to be fair and watch out for his people, but he is not going to get it right all the time, only sometimes. Besides that would be boring and would mean there is barely any use for Merlin outside of magic.
You can't figure it out like that. He's had a sheltered life - even today that's valid...
Believe it or not, he has matured quite a bit since series 1&2. I have been watching those series lately on dvd, and the character is quite different (more mature) now. But I agree with you in a way that he needs to sort himself out. I thought we saw signs of the maturing Arthur in previous eps, eg last week when he owned up to the errors of his youth, but he still seems capable of relapses. Threatening Merlin in that way was particularly unpleasant in my opinion, and I am normally Arthur's biggest fan.
But, to have him threaten Merlin is one thing - you could say, as others have, that he was a spoilt prince, now a king with absolute authority - but to threaten banishment in one scene and then say nothing in the next scene when Merlin's accusations appear unfounded, well, that is just sloppy writing imo.
He has and he hasn't. I still think he's emotionally very immature. Lashing out at Merlin how he does shows it. I didn't like how he was so very involved in his own feelings tonight - would it have hurt to have wonder if Gwen was okay out there rather than bang on constantly about his man pain again and how he felt?
Threatening to banish Merlin too felt like a very low blow.
But he didn't just "change his mind later". He found the ring he gave Gwen in the woods and it reminded him that, no matter what happened, he loves her.
I thought it was very cleverly done exactly because the Princess was lovely. The audience were being given an alternative Queen to Gwen who they could like because she was not only pretty but was a genuinely nice woman as well. That made him giving her up for Gwen even more important imho.