Skip to content

Merlin Club S0505, “The Disir” or “Nah, you probably shouldn’t worry about prophecies and shit, Merlin, I’m sure it will all work out just fine.”

Posted in Uncategorized

merlinbanner2

Merlin club is a weekly feature in which Jessica Jarman, Bronwyn Green, and myself gather at 8pm EST to watch an episode of the amazing BBC series Merlin, starring Colin Morgan and literally nobody else I care about except Colin Morgan.

Okay, I lie. A lot of other really cool people are in it, too.

Anyway, we watch the show, we tweet to the hashtag #MerlinClub, and on Fridays we share our thoughts about the episode we watched earlier in the week.

So, here’s a quick rundown of episode five: Some weirdos in a cave decide to pass judgement on Arthur, which is apparently something they do (although we didn’t see it happen to Uther, but whatever). Merlin is all worried that Mordred is going to kill Arthur, and he probably he is. Gaius is as useless as ever.

If I had written this episode, I would have changed: Can we please, ever, even just one time, get some idea of what the fuck the new religion is? Because Arthur is in trouble for disrespecting the old religion, and somebody calls the messenger dude a heretic, but we’ve yet to find out what the new religion is and why old religion stuff is somehow heretical.

The thing I loved most about this episode: When Gaius says “mystic pool,” it sounds like he’s saying “mystic poo.” It’s my favorite thing in the whole episode.

The thing I hated most about this episode: What is Gaius’s problem with acting on stuff Merlin sees in visions? So far, everything he’s seen has happened. Sometimes he just doesn’t understand what the outcome of those actions are (like when he saw Morgana pull her knife in Uther’s bedroom, and he assumed she killed the king, when instead an explosion stopped her from carrying the murder out). Even though we’ve already established that Mordred is a danger to Arthur, Gaius is like, “Well, you can’t be sure he’s a danger.” But like, yes. We can. We totally can, because it’s been brought up like a billion times.

Something I never noticed before: Gaius is willing to forgive Merlin of all sorts of stuff. Like, Merlin could show up with blood on his hands and say, “I murdered the fuck out of someone on total purpose and I don’t feel bad about it,” and Gaius would be like, “You can’t be so hard on yourself, Merlin.”

Favorite Costume: lovely dress

What object would Bronwyn steal from this episode? These candlesticks were super distracting, because I kept thinking, “I HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE FOR THE WHAT CHRIS WOULD STEAL THING!”

candlestick

What Merthur moment did Jess have the naughtiest thoughts about? Merlin’s worry over Mordred seems to translate a little into jealousy that he’s taking some of Arthur’s attention away from Merlin.

Check out Jessica Jarman’s take on the episode here

Check out Bronwyn Green’s take on the episode here

merlinclub

 

Did you enjoy this post?

Trout Nation content is always free, but you can help keep things going by making a small donation via Ko-fi!

Or, consider becoming a Patreon patron!

Here for the first time because you’re in quarantine and someone on Reddit recommended my Fifty Shades of Grey recaps? Welcome! Consider checking out my own take on the Billionaire BDSM genre, The Boss. Find it on AmazonB&NSmashwords, iBooks, and Radish!

6 Comments

  1. How the hell did I not notice those candlesticks!?!?!?

    “Mystic poo” *snortle*

    Also, it seems like Gaius is always on the “You shouldn’t be so hard on yourself” train when he earlier advice he gave Merlin turns out to be so terribly stupid.

    February 20, 2015
    |Reply
  2. Oh there’s some jealousy there, my friend. Definitely.

    And Gaius…urgh. Just shut up, Gaius.

    February 20, 2015
    |Reply
  3. I think Uther wasn’t judged because, as Merlin said, Arthur was worthy to be judged, since he had the possibility of change. From what we saw of Uther, there was no way he’d ever change his mind, so there wasn’t even a point of judging him.

    February 22, 2015
    |Reply

Leave a Reply to Jess Jarman Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *