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As for the writing, Merlin is kind of my ultimate guilty pleasure show and I'm pretty consistently two drinks in when I start an episode so I'm going to do what I always do and not thing real deep about the plot. And then maybe later I can watch the one where Merlin, Arthur, Gwen and Morgana are all BFFs and save a village togther. Yes.
I don't believe in guilty pleasures and I was always charmed by the ridiculous dorkiness of the show. I haven't ever expected too much from the plot. More than what we've ever been given, sure, but not award-winning cohesion and twists and turns. These last two episodes were terribly handled and wrong, wrongy, wrong. The one where they all save a village together is a prime example of this show getting stuff right (even with a couple of plotholes!) So, yes, I am frustrated. And that's without adding in the problematic ism threads that are making my eyebrow twitch.