This makes me feel sick. I just...I don't understand what the reason is for keeping it secret anymore. It made sense before, what with Uther's stance on magic. Merlin's magic couldn't be revealed because he might die. Fine, that makes sense.

But now? Arthur is king. There's no way Arthur is going to execute Merlin. And there's no pressing need for it to remain hidden. In fact, nowadays it's doing way more harm than good for Merlin to keep his secret. Not only that, but the show is suffering from it, too.