Merlin: a beginner's course

I am way behind on answering comments, I didn't get around to writing a Thing for this week, and I've been utterly failing to keep up with my f'list. Sorry, all. Life-with-baby is kind of nutty.

I did, though, take an evening off last night to hang out with kassrachel and drink wine and watch the first three episodes of Merlin. And here is what I have learned: ( Cut for possible spoilers, but I don't actually think there are any. )