I think it's a matter of interpretation. I saw those looks between the knights and Arthur as sort of a "how is he doing this?!" question... and at the time, I was excited because I thought it was another clue for Arthur to figure out that Merlin had magic before (or in time for) Merlin to tell him.
Sadly, it didn't come to that.
But again, I really don't think that Arthur was as dismissive of Merlin's 'senses' or advice in S5 as he was in the past. Some of evidence of which, we don't even get to see... because how was it that Merlin convinced Arthur to follow Gwen out to the woods and witness her meeting with Morgana? At some point, Merlin would have had to say "Gwen has been bewitched and is working for Morgana, and I can prove it if you follow her with me one night"... and Arthur will have had to say "you've just insulted my wife and the queen, but yeah, okay, I trust you enough to follow you out to the woods and see if you're right." Likewise, we see constantly see Arthur taking Merlin's advice - like with Mordred's girl, even though Mordred never saw the amount of chances that Arthur gave her.
Or, even the Dolma episode, when Merlin says they're being followed, and Arthur says "one of your funny feelings?" - you could interpret it as dismissive, I suppose - but Arthur doesn't smile when he says it, instead he looks back at the ridge that Merlin is looking at and then when he finds out later that Mordred was indeed following them, he tells Merlin "you had a funny feeling." Meaning that he a)kept it in his mind, and b)feels that Merlin's 'funny feeling' has been confirmed as accurate... which only means that in the future he'll be paying even more attention to them (though I already feel that he did pay attention to it enough to make note and remember that Merlin's 'senses' had warned him of something.)
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Re: Part 2 II
Date: 2013-03-09 08:17 pm (UTC)Sadly, it didn't come to that.
But again, I really don't think that Arthur was as dismissive of Merlin's 'senses' or advice in S5 as he was in the past. Some of evidence of which, we don't even get to see... because how was it that Merlin convinced Arthur to follow Gwen out to the woods and witness her meeting with Morgana? At some point, Merlin would have had to say "Gwen has been bewitched and is working for Morgana, and I can prove it if you follow her with me one night"... and Arthur will have had to say "you've just insulted my wife and the queen, but yeah, okay, I trust you enough to follow you out to the woods and see if you're right." Likewise, we see constantly see Arthur taking Merlin's advice - like with Mordred's girl, even though Mordred never saw the amount of chances that Arthur gave her.
Or, even the Dolma episode, when Merlin says they're being followed, and Arthur says "one of your funny feelings?" - you could interpret it as dismissive, I suppose - but Arthur doesn't smile when he says it, instead he looks back at the ridge that Merlin is looking at and then when he finds out later that Mordred was indeed following them, he tells Merlin "you had a funny feeling." Meaning that he a)kept it in his mind, and b)feels that Merlin's 'funny feeling' has been confirmed as accurate... which only means that in the future he'll be paying even more attention to them (though I already feel that he did pay attention to it enough to make note and remember that Merlin's 'senses' had warned him of something.)