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Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Eskaver wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Timeline issues irked me so bad.

Hook said last week Merlin was in the tree for 30 years. Then Merlin corrected him, saying 1000. Then this episode established it was 200 years ago, when Nimue was the first Dark One. Despite Rumple and Hook both being 200-300 years old, meaning there's no way there could be all those hooded figures between Nimue and Zoso.

Oh, and didn't season 4 establish Merlin and the Apprentice were 1000's of years old? And yet Merlin's only 700, the Apprentice is somehow 200, and the only two people to have true immortality were Merlin and Nimue.

But the actual plotline was awesome. Zelena was flawless. Arthur must DIE. Emma was amazing. And Merlin was so sexy. I'd also love to know who killed Nimue to become the second Dark One. I think they meant 200 years later, probably a typo and that will get clarified later.

1000 years ago (roughly) Merlin escaped from something and became all powerful

800 years ago He finds an Apprentice and meets Nimue

How Appreny (who still has no name) lived that long beats me.

I would love to see who killed Nimue. Chances are someone grabbed her dagger (XD) and she tripped and fell on it. Can't see it any other way. No, it wasn't a typo if they meant "200 years later". When he told Nimue about the Holy Grail, he said he drank from it 500 years ago. Meaning he was 500 at that point, not 200.

Also, did he say he was a foot soldier in the beginning? What kingdom was he from? What conflict was he fighting in? Why did his clothing look Egyptian? And why did he have rope shackles? I need more about Merlin lol

But yeah, they need to clarify the timeline since in The Apprentice, it's established both the Aprrentice and Merlin are 1000's of years old. Not even 1,000. 1000's, which implies 2000 or more. Well, I'm assuming they retconed the "thousands" to Merlin is just over 1000 years old. But yeah, the math stuff is starting to get annoying. I get they are all English majors, but come on. XD