Fandom-related stuff: Merlin (BBC)

Soooo, I've been watching Merlin (BBC) and...it's okay.  I'm about 3/4 of the way through s3 now and while I do like bits, but I have ISSUES (let me show you them) with a number of others.  And these issues don't even involve anachronisms, because they obviously weren't even trying to pretend to set this in any point in actual history.  (Contains spoilers through what I've watched.)

( Seriously, there are spoilers )