People, please. This is not a spoiler. One of the best known love stories of all time is that of Arthur and Guinevere. For a show, which features each of them, to have them kiss is, again, not a spoiler, nor is it out of place.

Merlin fandom is so fun, and I hope the shipper wars don’t tear the fandom apart. It’s no secret that in this telling of the legend, I think myself a Lancelot/Gwen fan, but the actors playing Arthur and Gwen looked their very best in “The One and Future Queen” and I can see this working out now. They each gave their best performance of the series, and I was very relieved to see how it played out.

So, yeah, just to recap: Not a spoiler.

In less than two weeks, a show that I very much love returns: Merlin. This seems to be a love it or hate it show in most circles, but as long as it’s returning, I don’t really care what the haters say. I didn’t see what NBC did to it stateside because of my aforementioned difficulty in receiving local channels without altering my viewing habits and the inability to DVR the shows.

The new Series 2 trailer was just released and it did not disappoint. There seemed to be the development of a lot more peril than just the “monster of the week” we largely saw in Series 1. I think it’s not spoilery for me to say there was also a little romance. Oh, if they only knew….

Aside from watching the adorably dorky Merlin becoming more skilled as a sorcerer, I am most importantly awaiting the return of Lancelot (which happens, people, oh yes, it happens–possibly more than once).

Coming Soon.net is reporting that Merlin will finally make it’s stateside debut this summer on NBC. In typical fandom style, it has a crappy (Sunday night) slot. At least we’ll be able to watch, if we remember, starting June 21, 2009.