Merlin (TV series)/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

** Oh, and Lancelot's reaction to it. ''Ouch.''

* Arthur saying goodbye to his despairing father before he leaves for the Isle of the Blessed in 4x01, {{spoiler|when he's secretly planning to sacrifice himself to fix the veil}}.

'''Uther:''' ''Please''. }}

** Also, Merlin saying goodbye to Gaius in the same episode, {{spoiler|when he's secretly planning to sacrifice himself in Arthur's place}}.

** The thought that she had to return to an empty hut, all alone and knowing all that, taking into account all that she has been through already is a [[Tear Jerker]] in itself.

* The ending of 4x03. You ''know'' it will all go to crap but there's still this stupid [[Hope Spot]]... {{spoiler|and then Merlin's healing spell ends up killing Uther.}} The look on Merlin's face and Arthur's reaction...argh. Made all the more worse by the fact that Arthur acknowledges Merlin as a friend at the end of it.

** And Morgana's reaction to {{spoiler|finally succeeding in having Uther killed. No joy or sense of triumph, just a baffled sense of loss and numb despair.}}

* When Gwen enters Gaius' quarters in 4x07 after {{spoiler|he's been kidnapped, Merlin turns to the door with a hopeful look. However, when he sees it's not Gaius, his face heartbreakingly falls.}}

** 4x09 was just one big [[Tear Jerker]], starting from the moment Arthur walks in on Gwen and Lancelot in the throne room, especially {{spoiler|during their duel, Arthur is about to deliver the killing blow to Lancelot and Gwen throws herself between them and begs Arthur to stop. Its bad enough for Arthur having to watch the love of his life in an act of betrayal but then to have her plead on behalf of the man she was cheating on him with...the look on his face is just pure confusion and devastation.}}

** And the entire scene where Arthur is confronting Gwen and she's trying in vain to explain herself and Arthur is just so desperate to know ''why'' she did it. The fact that that they both are in so much pain and that Gwen is a hysterical wreck and still proclaiming her love for Arthur...it is ''heartwrenching''.

'''Arthur''': All you had to do was wait one more day. }}

** Then at the end, where we see Gwen {{spoiler|after Arthur has banished her. She is all alone, packing her stuff and lugging the cart away from her home. None of the knights she has befriended over the years, not even her own brother, has come to help or comfort her; only Merlin is there to see her off. It gives you the feeling that all of Camelot has shunned and abandoned her}}. Poor Gwen, this troper just wanted to give her a hug and cookies.

** The worst part is that Gwen doesn't even ''know'' she was enchanted. As far as she's concerned, she's betrayed not only Arthur and Camelot, but herself as well. She violated her own moral standards and has no way of understanding why.

** Somehow made even worse by ''The Hunter's Heart''. "I have what I deserve." Screw [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]... Morgana is a bitch.

** Morgana's complete defilement of everything Lancelot stood for: his reputation as a man of honour, his unselfish love for Guinevere, his respect for Arthur, and even his role as [[Secret Keeper]] to Merlin...all twisted against him for her own petty vendetta.