THE ONE WHERE Lancelot returns from the dead, dispatched by Morgana to come between Arthur and Guinevere on the eve of their wedding. Betrayal, battle, tears, suicide... this is not your usual ...

I don’t think it’s unfair to say Merlin is rubbish. Yes, I know it’s for kids. I know I am not the demographic any more and that Saturday night TV is not aimed at a mid-30s male who should be in the ...

Please comment if you disagree, but I think a significant part of the problem with Merlin so far has been underlined by the tagline “Keep the magic secret!” That means we’ve seen very little sorcery ...

Merlin’s go-to reflexive magic — the kind he doesn’t need a spellbook and concentration for — is telekenesis. We see it mostly in his interactions with Gaius, starting from their very first meeting in ...

King Arthur, Excalibur, Merlin, Lancelot, and Guinevere are stamped hard into the popular consciousness. As touchstones, they don’t need a lot of explaining when writer’s choose to dump them into ...