Merlin
Merlin Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
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About
"An old-fashioned fairy tale played for adults"
Merlin reimagines Arthurian legend as the origin story of its title wizard, born to bridge a dying world of magic and the encroaching age of men. Commissioned by an enchantress to help shape a king who can unite Britain, Merlin's path is shadowed by his own uncertain nature and rivalries among gods and mortals alike. It plays as a lavish, star-stuffed TV movie rather than a serialized drama: brisk, mythic in scope, and unapologetically theatrical, closer to a fairy tale for adults than gritty medieval realism. What carries it is a starry cast committed to big, mythic performances.
the starry ensemble cast throwing themselves into full mythic, larger-than-life performances.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Part 1 | 7.2 | 266 | 91 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Part 2 | 7.2 | 238 | 91 min |