I enjoyed ‘The Kindness of Strangers’, the writing was very good and it deviated from the standard formulaic approach. if the rest of S5 are like this, we will be in for a great finale.

It is slightly disapointing that Morgana didn’t find out about Merlin’s magic, though I suspect it will happen in the next few episodes as Mordred allies with Morgana. I think the writer’s need to explore the Saxons a bit more, suddenly Morgana has got a whole army at her disposal and there is no explanation for it.

It comes to the detriment of this story arc that Morgana has raised an army twice before and tried to seize power with no success. It’s one of reasons why I think the producers should have stuck to the coming of age tale with Camlann happening in the distant future off screen. Never mind, third time lucky Morgana!