Life offers us many challenges. And that's why I'm gonna hide behind the couch.

The Sword in the Stone - Part 1

well, that sucked. i was expecting (hah! why do i bother?) the penultimate ep to be much better than this.

have merlin enchant arthur into an idiot and then have merlin be an ass and treat him like shit. yeah, so fucking hilarious. seriously? aren't they done with this shit yet? god, so frustrating. arthur almost made me cry and i can't believe merlin didn't feel bad :(

morgana was a bitch as always, but her sudden love of cock-fighting (ha ha) was strange.

agravaine was pathetic as always.

gwen was brought back into play with epic violins of epicness in an attempt to hide her shit acting and their complete lack of chemistry. *yawn*

yeah, i don't know why i was expecting anything better than this either.

at least we got gwaine acting like the character they first introduced in season 3.

oh, and also. what the fuck happened to percival?

A Herald of the New Age

the first bit of this ep was really boring. but the last bit was awesome.

i really liked how merlin was essentially disagreeing with agravaine right in front of arthur.

i loved how arthur hid what he was going to do from agravaine and isn't automatically taking his advice anymore.

arthur's confession re: the druid camp was a complete surprise and his speech made me cry. that scene was amazing and bradley james was just stellar. and also gorgeous! LOVE that long brown coat. unf.

the scenes for next week's episode made a lol (gwen screaming and flying into a tree) and cringe (a morgana and gwen ep). not appealing :(

again, i just realized i forget to comment on last week's episode. (omg, what the fuck is up with this shitty font lj???)


the secret sharer

i didn't particularly enjoy this episode. i don't like the honest people being set up thing, and torture isn't my bag, either.

i also still don't understand why everybody keeps lying to arthur about morgana and agravaine. it makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever.

things i did like...

the scene with merlin and the other magic dude. it seriously made me tear up. how beautiful was that??

the scene with arthur and gauis at the end. gauis' speech was wonderful and i'm so glad he FINALLY explained the issue re: dragoon and uther. i hope arthur remembers this speech when the reveals happens.


lamia

lame is right. seriously, this episode was horrible as fuck. SO boring. i have absolutely NOthing positive to say about it.

His Father's Son

just realized i never commented about this ep.

i enjoyed it, but i don't know if i'd call it a good episode. there was a lot of rolling my eyes throughout.

i liked the "enemy" king and queen. she was great. why the fuck can't we have regular female characters like this? we get stuck with two shit ones instead. hopefully we'll see queen annis again sometime. oh, and i LOVED how she told morgana she was more like uther than gorlois. hah.

the gwen bits were stupid. i'm still not buying this "relationship".

the main redeeming factor of this episode was the absolutely UNDENIABLE LOVE between merlin and arthur. seriously. and there was some MAJOR eye-fucking going on in this ep. it's so beautiful :)

it's possible i had more thoughts, but i've forgotten them if i did.

The Wicked Day

so. apparently i am one of the few who didn't think this episode was OMG, BEST EP EVER! WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE SEASON ONE!! as it seems most of the rest of fandom is. i guess i'm just missing something.

anyhow. while it was a very good episode and it ended on a hopeful note, it still made me SO angry! WHY are they going to SUCH an extent to make arthur hate magic so? why?? what is the point of that? everybody seems to suddenly be okay with the lack of reveal. i am not. it just frustrates me and makes me unhappy. poor merlin :(

and FINALLY! uther is fucking dead thank god. while it makes me sad that arthur is losing his father, and i do love ash, i am so fucking glad that uther is finally GONE. it's about time. he was such a bastard and i don't feel bad for feeling this way.

while some of the moments with dragoon were lovely, he still made me mostly cringe. i just don't care for this way of telling the story. and (again) in the end it was all for naught. which brings me to...

why the FUCK didn't gauis show that necklace to arthur? what kind of bullshit was that? he could have proven that dragoon was a GOOD sorceror and that he WAS healing uther and that (again) it was morgana being evil. what the fuck you stupid ass old man??? that made NO sense at all. fucking lame.

we saw very little of gwen (thank god) but she continues being cruel and heartless. every ep so far this season she's proven herself to be careless and unthoughtful and cruel with her words. ep 1 with lancelot (couldn't ask your brother or friend?), ep 2 with arthur (lancelot didn't die for camelot, he did it for ME), and ep 3 with arthur. he was trying to THANK her for caring for his father (which, yes, it utter bullshit. where the hell are his previous servants? why/how is gwen suddenly taking care of him?) while he's hurting and sad and watching him die, and instead of just saying "you're welcome" or something, she has to tell him that she's only doing it for him. wow, way to be callous about the man you've just been thanked for "helping". bet that makes arthur feel real good.

most of the merlin and arthur scenes were absolutely lovely, and for that i am thankful because that is why i watch this show. but many were just painful due to either 1. dragoon 2. lying/truth about magic. altho, the scene at the end when merlin is waiting outside the hall by the staircase was just utterly gorgeous! their closeness and friendship was beautiful to see. they really are best friends!

also, arthur says that both his parents died because of magic. since when did he find out that his mother died of magic? maybe i'm remembering incorrectly, but i thought he believed she died giving birth to him? and the whole thing with morgause in "sins of the father" was explained away by her being a lying evil sorceress. again, am i missing something?

so tired and bored of morgana. dear god i hope she's still not hanging around continuing to be the evil baddie next season. altho, by then i may have finally decided to stop watching.

so yeah. i get WAY too invested in tv shows.


EDIT:

a post i appreciated re: this episode... http://dreamdustmama.livejournal.com/170103.html

The Darkest Hour - Part 1

finally! merlin is no longer a boy, but a man :)

lancelot. yay!

love the knights.

hmm. me thinks merlin is going to sacrifice himself for arthur, but then lancelot is going to sacrifice himself for merlin. or something like that. stupid lancelot!

i loved a lot about this ep, and i'm just pretending the other stuff doesn't even exist.

oh, how i love and hate you, you stupid crap show.

haven't felt like writing about the eps, but i just finished the last one and loved it so much i had to.


Queen of Hearts (ep 10)

absolutely hated this episode. the arthur/gwen was ridiulous and cheesy and horrible. that slow mo scene and THE most awkward kiss ever. yeah, no thanks. still not buying it.

and merlin turning into an old man was such a cool concept, but so poorly used. him standing up to uther could have been SO awesome and yet it was just used for humor and to show merlin looking like a fucking idiot.

such a fucking waste. merlin, i am disappoint.


The Sorceror's Shadow (ep 11)

oh, hey, look. another tournament *shakes head*

i actually really enjoyed this episode for the most part. i liked that they FINALLY had another magic person that merlin could relate to and be friends with. imagine that.

i loved that gilli stood up to merlin and told him some hard truths about himself. hiding behind being a servant and protecting uther and kinda forgetting his own. i was like "yeah!"

also, dudley dursley, what would your parents say!


The Coming of Arthur - part 1 (ep 12)

i started bawling at the beginning of this thinking that leon was dead. i love leon! thank fuck he survived :)

gauis saying "uther is no fool." hah! seriously? both uther and gauis are fools.

totally bummed that morgause killed cenred :( even tho you knew it was gonna happen eventually.


The Coming of Arthur - part 2 (ep 13)

take out the horrible arthur/gwen bullshit and i fucking LOVED this episode!!!

freaked out at the beginning AGAIN because of leon. don't kill him!

and freya... yay! oh my god that so made me cry. although, admittedly, pretty much everything in this ep made me cry.

lancelot! (and percival the giant, heh) fuck yes!!! oh, how i have missed lancelot. and i LOVE the merlin and lancelot friendship and him knowing about his magic. yay!

the scene at the round table was so beautiful and lovely! and lancelot stands first of course :) i don't know much about the legend of the round table, but i was bummed that they just kinda happen upon it without much actual story behind it. oh hey, a table, let's use it. oh well.

and oh my god arthur made them knights! yet more tears. so cool!!!

and the sword in the stone!

so yeah. i LOVED this episode (mostly). still can't believe that uther is STILL not dead, but oh well. they left the ending pretty open, so hopefully by the time the next season starts, a couple of years will have passed and the bastard will be dead.

i love the merlin/arthur friendship, i love the merlin/lancelot friendship, i love leon, i think i'll love percival, i think gwaine is a goober but i do like him. unfortunately, that's only boys. if morgause is dead (which i'm assuming she is *pouts*) and morgana gone (good riddance) there aren't any more women besides gwen (god help me *pouts*). let's fix that next season, yeah?

The Castle of Fyrien

the episode wasn't as horrible as i expected, but i still didn't care too much for it.

i already like morgause (for some reason) and since cenred was tom milligan from doctor who (who i loved), i found myself kind of rooting for them. altho i still loathe morgana.

gwen's brother was boring and the gwen/arthur was still lame.

and i just don't know about merlin. i love him dearly but some times he just annoys the hell out of me.

edit: also, what the fuck was gwen wearing?

edit 2: also also, i love that red dress morgause wears. and her fucking gorgeous hair. lovely.

i really disliked episode 3. it was lame.

i liked episode 4 alright, but wasn't a huge fan of gwaine. i mean, he was fine, but the immediate friendship with him and merlin and him losing his father and blah blah blah. it just feels forced and way too similar to what we've seen before. i do want to know who's ring he was wearing around his neck tho (not that we'll ever find out).

just finished watching episode 5. it was REALLY good in a lot of spots (first part in the forest... holy hell!), but really fucking ANNOYING in others (anything with uther and morgana and gwen). i'm confused as to why merlin is so desperate to have uther not die. seriously? this is what you want, dude. arthur becomes king and you can use your magic. merlin hates the king so why does he care? listen to the fucking dragon.

the uther/morgana bits creeped me the fuck out. the arthur/gwen bit was extremely awkward. i still really like morgause even tho i don't think i'm supposed to. i love merlin, but why so stupid dude? grr argh.

so, again. so much i love and yet so much i hate.

last night i watched episode 8 "sins of the father". what a good ep! until the end of course when they all start lying to each other again. that's really pissing me off more than i can take right now. so fucking stupid.

and then tonight i watched episode 9 "lady of the lake". omg how wonderful and sweet merlin was! and what a beautiful kiss. he liked freya so much and that was so very sad :(

i am obviously feeling extra emotional at the moment, heh.