Change from Series 4 to Series 5

Kieran

A German Knightmare...Now that is an interesting idea!

The end of season 4 was...odd to say the least.

The Xmas theme seemed highly out of place, and it did seem hugely rushed...maybe in the hope Giles could complete the Quest? No idea, but it was highly bizarre.

In my opinion, season 3 still has the very best season ending.

?

I liked the season 7 ending with the troll, just a matter of personal opinion. I still don't know why the producers of such an imaginative show couldn't think of a more interesting end of the season other than its christmas.

JamesA

Maybe they took note in the later series, as that Series 4 was the only one where Christmas was mentioned

Fidjit

Too bad the last team of Series 4 never got a christmas pudding! ;D

Skarkill

I liked the season 7 ending with the troll, just a matter of personal opinion.

We share the same tatstes it would seem Lord_Bob. The S7 Seson End is also my Personal Favirot.

?

Well that ending really was Lovely!

Pooka

I think the series 4 ending was naff too. Giles' team was great, and they almost won. Right, so they didn't win - not quite. But the Christmas thing is just all wrong. There's no real point to it. WHY?

My favourite was series 7. A brilliant ending tied in with the end of the last team - can't beat it. I also liked the frantic urgency at the end of series 6.

But there should've at least been an explanation as to where Merlin and Mogdred had gone - not just the sudden appearance of Lord Fear!

HStorm

Yeah, the Merlin/Mogdred thing is a botched retcon. I wrote my own version of what happened between S4 and S5, to try and explain away/rationalise as many of the discontinuities as I could, particularly where Mogdred went and where Lord Fear came from. But I'd much rather the makers sorted these things out for themselves!

Drassil

Brother Mace's comment during Series 5 - 'Merlin may no longer be with us, but his magic lives on' - leading to a dungeoneer finding 'Merlin's chest' with a PIXEL spell scroll inside, did little to elucidate things.

?

H Storm is there a link to the story you wrote linking S4 and S5 I would be very interested to read it.

HStorm

Click on my ID and follow the link to my webpage. You'll find it in the fanfics section.

WARNING: It's the trilogy called The Chrysalis, and it's as long as a Dave Morris novella, so you'll have to set some time aside for it.

s4t8brett

Possibly the Christmas ending to Series 4 was intended to act as a kind of dramatic foil to the introduction of Lord Fear at the start of Series 5, e.g. Merlin saying "There's nothing to fear".