Watching Merlin's most recent season: hurrying through the plot points.

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Watching BBC's Merlin on Syfy (yes, I'm six months behind the rest of you). Just finished watching "Lancelot du Lac." Is it my imagination, or are we rushing through the Arthurian plot points? In one episode we just got: Arthur marrying a commoner, Lancelot's return, and the world's most rushed Arthur-Gwenevere-Lancelot love triangle. Are the writers on a schedule?