Merlin: Following on from Part 1 …

Yes, I know, I’ll admit it, I’m watching last nights first episode of series three of Merlin, again.

And putting up another post.

But, be fair, I did warn you … …

And being equally as fair, I don’t know that I can add much to what I told you last night.

Possibly …

Apart from maybe a few things …

Hmmm …

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Possibly …

One thing I know I wanted to do was put up some screen grabs from last night episode, and tell you that not only is it on the BBC’s iPlayer Service, but also gets repeated at 7pm, tomorrow night, on BBC 3.

Hopefully, the impression I managed to give you last night is that this is worth watching.

Especially as I feel that this series may — may — be a touch more … hmm … story-arc’ed than the previous two.

Don’t quote me on the, though.

But the whole situation with Morgana and Morgause … ?

Well …

Oh, and something else that occurred to me, towards the end of series 2, was the symmetrical appearance of the matched pairs at the heart of the story so far: strikes me that Morgause and Morgana make for a nice female version parallel to Arthur and Merlin.

Given some of the legends about them all … ?

That doesn’t surprise me.

After all, the producers of the series have already worked Merlin’s supernatural origins into the series, without necessarily descending to some of the odder ends of the stories*.

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But, at any rate …

Needless to say, I was very happy with this opening episode.

Now, granted, some folks aren’t going to be happy with it: I know Kevin D switched off after the second episode of the first series.

And I’m fairly Movie Night Adrian hasn’t really bothered, either … !

Which I personally think is their loss.

Series three of Merlin could well be where it gets seriously dark …

* According to some of the older myths and legends, Merlin is — apparently — a cambion: a creature born of a human mother and a demonic father. In the series, though, this is modified, so that Merlin’s parentage is slightly more conventional: both his parents are human, although Balinor, his father, is the last of the Dragon Lords, a group of magic users who could control dragons. Not that they were actually married, though. Which is probably the bit that’ll annoy some people …