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Submitted by John S. Drew on June 28, 2009 - 11:03pm

Just caught the first two episodes of this show.  It's not great, but it's not awful either.  It's more fun to play Spot the Doctor Who Actor in the episodes.  Besides having Anthony Head and Michelle Ryan, Eve Myles is featured in the first episode as a witch who swears revenge on Uther (Head) after he has her son executed for performing wizard acts.

It's a fun little show and worth a look.

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Season Three

Submitted by John S. Drew on February 4, 2011 - 11:33am.

Is anyone watching this show?  I ask as I continue to mostly because my wife enjoys it.  They are finally getting around to moving the show towards the mythos of Merlin, Arthur, and Morgana in their respective roles in the legend as we know it, but I find despite this that I simply don't care.

The most recent episode I watched featured an small screen version of a battle akin to that in Lord of the Rings.  It was well executed, but I still found myself not paying much attention.  I think they waited too long to ramp things up to the point where I don't care.

Opinions?  Thoughts?

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John
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Submitted by Judith Furnari (not verified) on February 5, 2011 - 7:49am.

I totally forgot about Merlin after the first season.  I guess it didn't leave enough of an impression on me to remember that there was a Season 2.  I think I liked Seaon 1, but I guess I didn't care enough about it.  Does SyFy carry it?

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Season Two

Submitted by John S. Drew on May 4, 2010 - 4:21am.

Finally starting to weed some of the programs off my DVR and that includes the second season of Merlin. Watched the first episode last night and it definitely is trying to be a darker show.  Not only that though, but they are trying to incorporate the magic as something more than just a remedy for ills or for doing cute tricks.  In fact, in watching this first episode, I couldn't help but wonder if they were going more for a Harry Potter feel here.  We shall see.

I have five more episodes to watch in order to catch up.  It's airing on Friday nights on Syfy.

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John
Creator, Producer, All Around God-Like Being
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