Colin Morgan on the Ending, Spin Offs, and What Hell Miss. As Merlin fans know, it was recently announced that the TV series is coming to an end after five seasons. The last episode will be airing in a couple weeks in the UK. The final season of Merlin debuts on Syfy on January 4th and the last episode is expected to air on March 2. HR0cHM6Ly9pLnl0aW1nLmNvbS92aS8wMXJ4Z3dWbXh4MC9tYXhyZXNkZWZhdWx0LmpwZw==.jpg' alt='Merlin Full Series 1' title='Merlin Full Series 1' />States. I recently had the opportunity to talk with the shows star, Colin Morgan, and I asked him about the possibility of a sixth season, if hed be interested in taking part in a spin off, if he felt satisfied by the finale, and what hell miss most about the show. There was some information coming out of Comic Con last year that a sixth season and movies were being considered. I/51VV89xB0SL.jpg' alt='Merlin Full Series 1' title='Merlin Full Series 1' />At ComicCon in San Diego, Merlin cocreator and executive producer Johnny Capps shared that a trilogy of movies and a sixth season may be made. He said, Were. Did you know, going into season five, that it was going to be the final season Yeah, you know, if Im honest, from the beginning we knew that it was only going to make five series. We had signed up for five. It was always the plan to do five series. So, we knew at the beginning of series four that five would be final one. With Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer. The legendary wizard tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of. The fourth series of the British drama series Merlin began on 1 October 2011 with the episode The Darkest Hour Part 1. It consists of 13 episodes originally shown. Do you know if there was there any truth to the possibility of a sixth season As actors, we always have to respect the wishes of the producers because they created the show. Its their project and when we do publicity we have to respect what theyd like us to talk about so thats what we did. Sure. Theres been talk of possibly doing spin off projects, and I dont know how real this possibility is with the producers having left the company and moved on to other projects. If the circumstances were right though, would you be open to participating in something like that in some wayWho knows. Never say never, because the shows done so well and it has such an amazing following. The fifth season feels like such a right way to end it though. I think its such a strong ending. Its the strongest the series has ever been. So, to continue it on, from an actors point of view, theres a risk that I might not enjoy doing that. The risk that it might be something I dont believe in like I believe in the rest of it. But I mean, who knows, if the opportunities present themselves. Without giving anything away, do you like where the story ends up Where your character ends upDoes it feel fitting Its all like I expected. You know, I wasnt sure where it was exactly going to go and certainly when I read the final script, I was surprised about the story that they told and the way they told it. But, yeah, I think its 1. I think everyone will be really satisfied with it. Has it sunk in that you know that youre not going back into production this time Do you miss it Theres a lot of things that Ill miss. I think the big part of what were all going to miss is all of the people who work on the show. Its the lot whove been with the show for many years. So, its the friends, its the people that youre not gonna see everyday. Thats the big part of it because, at the end of the day, everyone worked so hard on the show. We work every day on it and there are people that you see and you develop a relationship with. So, I think thats the biggest part of what Ill miss. In part two, I asked Colin about his characters journey, something that he would have liked to have seen, another character he would have liked to have played and more. Click here for that. What do you think What will you miss about the Merlin TV seriesFolders Series Inbox Zero. These are posts from a special 4. Folders series looking at the skills, tools, and attitude needed to empty your email inbox and then keep it that way. You can visit each of the posts by clicking the title. And dont miss the Related Articles for our all time popular posts on productively dealing with email. Looking for the Inbox Zero video The full 1 hour video for Merlins Inbox Zero presentation at Google is available for free down here or check out this post about the video and slideshow. Posts in the Inbox Zero series. F Series Inbox Zero. But I was using a definition of empty that may not square with your current conception of the email world. Watch Empire Of The Sun Streaming. So lets start with a few of my own articles of faith to ensure were on the same page going forward. Inbox Zero Five sneaky email cheats In the words of the great Lucas Jackson. The interest you pay on email youre reluctant to deal with is compounded every day and, in all likelihood, its whats led you to feeling like such a useless slacker today. Inbox Zero Schedule email dashes If you can get away from being driven by emails motor and find a way to deal with your work mindfully and on your own terms, you may be startled to see how much easier it is to keep that inbox at zero. Inbox Zero Whats the action here Give each message as much attention as it needs and not one iota more. 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Quick tips on processing your email inbox The basic idea is to firewall processing as a discrete phase you go through no more than every hour or two at the most. For Gods sake, dont live in your Inbox if theres any way you can avoid it. Writing sensible email messages As weve seen before, getting your inboundemailundercontrol will give you a huge productivity boost, but what about all the emails you send If you want to be a good email citizen and ensure the kind of results youre looking for, youll need to craft messages that are concise and easy to deal with. It makes it much easier to track and organize your mail on the fly, plus Googles search and labeling tools let you confidently shunt items out of your inbox constantly without fear of having stuff disappear. So I decided to try a little experiment. Fresh Start The Email DMZ Think about it how much stuff in your life has gotten unmanageable simply because you decided at some point that you were too behind to ever make a differenceMore than anything you need a way to recover these projects from the brink to find the handle that lets you stop making it worse and start seeing a way back toward daylight. Mail. Seriously, though, suck it up and just check for new mail as seldom as your job and your patience will possibly permit. Really push the envelope on this, even just for half a day, and see if you dont notice a difference. The world actually can spin without you for a while but just a little while. Open Thread The value and quality of email at work If I ran a company and learned that most of my employees were spending that much time touching internal email, Id ask my managers. The latest version of the presentation was delivered on July 2. Google Tech Talk in Mountain View, CA. 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