Merlin (TV Series) Another's Sorrow (2012) User Reviews

Bottom of the ninth and bases are loaded

[A_Different_Drummer · 9/10 · 7 March 2015]

The episode has a shaky start, using script devices which are far too close to the rudimentary arcs from Season 1.

In fact when Janet Montgomery showed up with her mysterious older companion, my Spidey Sense went off, because that ruse has been used so many times.

However by the third act the gloves come off, Gaius gets to flex his mystic muscles and Merlin gets an all-too-brief cage match with Mograna.

(It is barely 3 seconds long but great fun nonetheless) And a powerful ending is consistent with the writers' ongoing efforts to tie back into the legend of the Once and Future King.

How the turn tables

[Calicodreamin · 7/10 · 18 March 2021]

Fun to see Morgana use Merlins oldest trick against him. Decent storyline and acting. Same plot remix is getting stale.

Powerful and epic storytelling

[marcgreenman · 9/10 · 28 July 2020]

Series Five has been outstanding so far, better than Merlin was at its beginning and that was not bad. We have had epic storytelling, effects battles and magic. I knew something was up from the beginning and was wondering how long it would take for Merlin to work out what was happening; his perceptions soon show him the truth behind Morgana's deception, leading to dramatic confrontation. Morgana has learned dangerous new powers, as Merlin says to Gaius. She can now cast an aging spell to disguise herself, although she has not yet worked out that Merlin can do the same thing. Fortunately they are closely matched in power and a dramatic rescue and climax occur. I can't wait to see how this all ends.