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"Merlin stars Eoin Macken and Alexander Vlahos have responded to news of the show ending. Macken wrote on Twitter that he had &amp;quot;loved&amp;quot; being a part of the BBC fantasy drama, though appeared to imply that he was not entirely satisfied with the most recent episodes.  &amp;quot;For the [people] sad about Merlin, it&amp;#039;s true - this is the end of it,&amp;quot; the Irish actor - who plays Sir Gwaine - wrote. &amp;quot;Sorry about that... if I&amp;#039;d my way the knights would be flying superheroes.&amp;quot; However, when a fan suggested that the fifth and final series had &amp;quot;failed&amp;quot;, Macken replied: &amp;quot;Well, I loved Merlin and everything about it and everybody... BUT I agree with what u just said about this series.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Merlin&amp;#039; Colin Morgan on series end: &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s run its natural course&amp;#039; &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Merlin&amp;#039;: Final episode images released by BBC  Fellow Merlin star Alexander Vlahos - who joined the show this year as Mordred - also used Twitter to comment on the end of the series. &amp;quot;To those mourning the loss of Merlin from our screens, I guarantee the last 5 eps are something special,&amp;quot; Vlahos said. &amp;quot;Proud to have been a part of it.&amp;quot; Merlin continues this Saturday (December 1) at 8pm on BBC One with latest episode &amp;#039;With All My Heart&amp;#039;. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Merlin&amp;#039;: Is it the right time for the BBC fantasy drama to end? &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Merlin&amp;#039;: The five best episodes from five series Watch the stars of Merlin discuss the final series with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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