daibhidc | Belated Merlin post

Because I was in Edinburgh last week, I didn't see Merlin until the Friday repeat[1], and because I was at my sister's for Hallowe'en, I still haven't seen this week's. (My neice missed the Friday repeat, so wasn't watching Part Two until she'd seen Part One on iPlayer.)

The reason I still haven't commented on Part One is because it's so utterly preposterous I honestly couldn't think where to begin. Of the two two-part BBC telefantasies last week in which a character has a whirlwind engagement with sinister overtones, this is by far the sillier[2]. The most interesting thing about Part One is that Arthur has chosen the absolute worst time to grow up a bit; deciding the fact he doesn't like Lady Catrina isn't the point as long as his father's happy, while Merlin is trying to persuade him to stop her.

Tregor, incidentally, is a region of Brittany with a tangenital connection to the Arthur legend. Beyond that, this does not appear to be based on Arthurian myth, unless it's the Loathly Lady written backwards...

[1]My sister has Sky Plus, and before we left she set up its record feature to store Merlin, Sarah Jane Adventures, Life, and numerous other things (mostly Disney Channel things my neice wanted). Then she switched the box off at the wall to save power...

[2]Although even if it weren't, the other one would still score higher due to its guest star.