If you haven't caught it, here are the replay dates and times. All times Eastern/Pacific. Friday July 20 8 pm on TNT. Saturday July 21 at 12 pm on TNT. Monday July 30 at 8 pm on TNT.

Spoiler, this is the ending so don't read this if you haven't seen it. From Malory: Therefore, said Arthur unto Sir Bedivere, take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder water side, and when thou comest there I charge thee throw my sword in that water, and come again and tell me what thou there seest. My lord, said Bedivere, your commandment shall be done, and lightly bring you word again. So Sir Bedivere departed, and by the way he beheld that noble sword, that the pommel and the haft was all of precious stones; and then he said to himself: If I throw this rich sword in the water, thereof shall never come good, but harm and loss. And then Sir Bedivere hid Excalibur under a tree. And so, as soon as he might, he came again unto the king, and said he had been at the water, and had thrown the sword in the water. What saw thou there? said the king. Sir, he said, I saw nothing but waves and winds. That is untruly said of thee, said the king, therefore go thou lightly again, and do my commandment; as thou art to me lief and dear, spare not, but throw it in. Then Sir Bedivere returned again, and took the sword in his hand; and then him thought sin and shame to throw away that noble sword, and so eft he hid the sword, and returned again, and told to the king that he had been at the water, and done his commandment. What saw thou there? said the king. Sir, he said, I saw nothing but the waters wap and waves wan. Ah, traitor untrue, said King Arthur, now hast thou betrayed me twice. Who would have weened that, thou that hast been to me so lief and dear? and thou art named a noble knight, and would betray me for the richness of the sword. But now go again lightly, for thy long tarrying putteth me in great jeopardy of my life, for I have taken cold. And but if thou do now as I bid thee, if ever I may see thee, I shall slay thee with mine own hands; for thou wouldst for my rich sword see me dead. Then Sir Bedivere departed, and went to the sword, and lightly took it up, and went to the water side; and there he bound the girdle about the hilts, and then he threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and an hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished away the hand with the sword in the water.

You are right - want to check on Geoffery of Monmouth? I have that, too. I rather enjoyed the show but not as I envisioned Arthur, Lancelot nor Gwenivere

The ending departed substantially from the print version, or most print vresions like the above.

I was discussing the differences between the miniseries and the book (together we must have read it about 10 times). We came to the conclusion that they enlarged some roles and changed others from the way it was originally written. We also agreed that it is such a complex book that 6 part miniseries might do it better justice. That is a book to get lost in. When I first read it, I finished the last page and immediately began again. I was not willing to leave it so quickly. If you liked the series, get the book! I got mine for $1.00 at a garage sale to add to my collection of Arthuriana. Little did I know I would like it quite as much as I do.

I agree. The first part was very satisfying. The first two hours. The second part was kind of compressed and rushed. I thought part two could have been expanded to 4 to 6 hours. I would have like to have seen more character development, especially the character of the son, Mordred (sp?). Wow, ten times! You must know every detail, that's a pretty big book too.

I read fast. I also crawl into a book and only grudgingly emerge when necessary until I am finished. Herman's book on Books 31 is that big and I have it just about memorized. I have a large collection of Arthutiana from archaeology straight stuff to off the wall - Geoffrey of Monmouth to Geoffrey Ashe. I have most of all that has been written including Mark Twain's opus. My least favorite was one everyone will jump me for - T. H. White's Once and Future King. I hated how he characterized Merlin! We can haggle about it in Books 23.

OK, bring it up in books 23! I'll follow up. Angelica Huston was particularly suited for her role. She grew up in an English castle. She was so adept at her role, didn't you think? The lady who played Morgaine was great, and I liked Joan Allen as well (who played a villain instead of a good person like she usually does). The story got kind of kinky around the cave scene where Mordred was conceived, but I guess that was the way back then? Or was it?

I need to move this from vhs to dvd.