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I'm kind of hoping that Merlin's ambivalent attitudes in the show foreshadow some of the darker aspects of the original legends concerning Merlin. Much fun to be had if they do. I doubt they'd make Merlin all evil and whatnot, but he seems more fun when he's less of a paragon of righteousness - we already have Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere for that.

Freya was responding quite well to her situation and condition in all honesty, considering everything that's happened to her so suddenly. I rather liked her character, and yeah, her actress had great chemistry with Colin.

Yeah, the show's writers have a lot to balance in that they know just how much of their fanbase is made up of slasher-girls, and have to balance that out with the fact that this is a kid's show. For much of the fanbase, the slashy perspective is always going to be the first filter and has been the source of much criticism so far. When it's gone, the show actually is pretty good, if with a little bit of a 'thrown together' feeling at times. I suspect that's largely due to the writers kinda trading off on the episodes they write, rather than writing all of them more collaboratively.