The confrontation with Nimueh was vivid and entertaining and Arthur was quite convincing in his entreaty about Merlin and his ability to swing the country to accept magic. I really thought it was all going to be political finagling from that point on, and it was but in an unexpectedly brilliant move by Merlin and Mordred and Nimueh and the rest.

Arthur's devastation was hard to read and even though I was half expecting it, Merlin's immortality was still a wonderful surprise. Arthur's anger and hurt and exhaustion came off the page in waves and it's no wonder he just gives in when Merlin wakes up. The poor guy has been through the ringer and then some.

Will is wonderful. He's such a good friend to Merlin, Arthur's just going to have to learn to tolerate him.