0:00:02 > 0:00:04In a land of myth and a time of magic,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06the destiny of a great kingdom
0:00:06 > 0:00:08rests on the shoulders of a young boy.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11His name...Merlin.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18SHE CHANTS A SPELL
0:00:32 > 0:00:33..Camelot...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Merlin.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11Camelot welcomes you, Lord Bayard of Mercia.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16The treaty we sign today marks an end to war
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and a beginning to a new friendship between our people.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Why do I always get the donkey work?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14You're a servant. It's what you do.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17My arms'll be a foot longer when I finish.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It's character-building.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23As the old proverb says, hard work breeds...
0:02:24 > 0:02:25..a harder soul.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Proverb! You just made that up.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29I didn't!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Sorry. - That's all right.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- Excuse me. - I'll give you a hand.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Hi.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- I'm Merlin. - Cara.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47You're Arthur's servant.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- That must be such an honour. - Oh, yeah. It is.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Well, someone's gotta keep the place running.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58- Thank you, Merlin. - Hmm?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Oh, right! Yeah.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Uh, no problem.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06It was nice meeting you.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Shouldn't you be busy running the place?!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17HE LAUGHS
0:03:35 > 0:03:38SHE CHANTS A SPELL
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Ugh! When's the last time these were cleaned?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Last year. Before the feast of Beltane.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Did it end in a food fight? - Don't all feasts?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I wouldn't know.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29The airs and graces of the court are a mystery to me.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Not tonight, they won't be.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I'm gonna be at the banquet?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Not quite.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38You'll be there to make sure my cup doesn't run dry.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41If I have to sit through Bayard's boring speeches,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I don't see why you should get out of it.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Be sure to polish the buttons.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Do you want to see what you'll be wearing tonight?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Won't this do?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57No.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Tonight, you'll be wearing the official ceremonial robes
0:05:01 > 0:05:03of the servants of Camelot.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11You can't be serious.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- Nice hat. - Thanks.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36She's pretty, isn't she?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38For a handmaiden, I mean.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Pretty for a princess, let alone a handmaiden.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Mmm.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56BAYARD: People of Camelot, for a great many years,
0:05:56 > 0:05:57we have been mortal enemies.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Our blood stains the ground
0:05:59 > 0:06:03from the walls of Camelot to the gates of Mercia.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06And though we remember the dead,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08we must not allow any more to join them.
0:06:08 > 0:06:14As a symbol of our goodwill, and of our new-found friendship,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17I present these ceremonial goblets
0:06:17 > 0:06:20to you, Uther,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23and to your son, Arthur,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25in the hope our friendship may last.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Merlin, I need to speak to you.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- What is it? - Not here, please.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I don't know who else to tell.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36BAYARD: Tonight, we toast a new beginning for our peoples.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39We look to a future free from the toils of war.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44When he gave Arthur the goblet, I knew.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Whoa. Start from the beginning.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Two days ago, I brought Bayard his meal.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52He wasn't expecting me to walk in...
0:06:52 > 0:06:53What are you saying?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55If he knows I spoke, he'll kill me.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I will not let that happen, I promise.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Tell me what you saw. - Bayard is no friend of Camelot.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04He craves the kingdom for himself.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10Cara...tell me, what has Bayard done with the goblet?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12He believes if he kills Arthur,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Uther's spirit will be broken and Camelot will fall.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16The goblet?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- He put something in it. - What?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- I shouldn't. He'll kill me. - Please tell me.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Is it poison?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35BAYARD: And may the differences from our past remain there.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38To your health, Uther,
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Arthur,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42the Lady Morgana...
0:07:44 > 0:07:46..the people of Camelot
0:07:46 > 0:07:50And to fallen warriors on both sides.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56MERLIN: Stop! It's poisoned. Don't drink it.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- What? - Merlin, what are you doing?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Bayard laced Arthur's goblet with poison.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08This is an outrage!
0:08:10 > 0:08:15UTHER: Order your men to put down their swords. You're outnumbered.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I will not allow this insult to go unchallenged.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22UTHER: Unless you want to be strung up,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26you'll tell me why you think it's poisoned - now.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- He was seen lacing it. - By whom?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31I can't say.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- I won't listen to this any more. - Pass me the goblet.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41If you're telling the truth...
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- I am. - ..then you have nothing to fear.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51No...
0:08:54 > 0:08:56He'll drink it.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59ARTHUR: But if it is poisoned, he'll die.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Then we'll know he spoke the truth.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03What if he lives?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06You have my apologies - do with him as you will.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08He doesn't know what he says.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11You should have schooled him better.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Merlin, apologise. This is a mistake.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- I'll drink it. - No, no, no. It's all right.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52It's fine.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53He's all yours.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14UTHER: It's poison. Guards, seize him!
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Merlin, can you hear me?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25We have to get him back to my chambers.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Bring the goblet. I need to identify the poison.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Lay him on the bed, quickly. He's struggling to breathe.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Gwen, fetch me some water and a towel.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Is he gonna be all right?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- He's burning up. - You can cure him, can't you, Gaius?
0:10:43 > 0:10:48I won't know until I can identify the poison. Pass me the goblet.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Ah. There's something stuck on the inside.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56What is it?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Looks like a flower petal of some kind.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- He's on fire. - Keep him cool.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04It'll help control his fever.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Ah. The petal comes from the morteaus flower.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24It says, "Someone poisoned by the morteaus can only be saved
0:11:24 > 0:11:28"by a potion made from the leaf of the very same flower.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32"It can only be found in the caves deep beneath Balor forest.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37"The flower grows on the roots of the morteaus tree".
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- That's unfriendly. - Cockatrice. It guards the forest.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Potent venom. A single drop means certain death.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49"Few who've crossed the mountains of Isgaard in search of morteaus
0:11:49 > 0:11:51"have made it back alive".
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Sounds like fun. - It's too dangerous.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04If I don't get the antidote, what happens?
0:12:04 > 0:12:08The morteaus induces a slow and painful death.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11He may hold out four, maybe five days, not for much longer.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Eventually, he will die.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18MERLIN MOANS
0:12:32 > 0:12:35I am sorry I haven't been here to attend to you.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38I'm all right. How's Merlin?
0:12:38 > 0:12:41If Arthur returns with the antidote, he'll be fine.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Then he'll be fine. SHE SIGHS
0:12:44 > 0:12:47You should be with him. I'll manage.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I know what he means to you. Go.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Thank you.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58What's the point of having tasters if you're going to get killed?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- I won't fail. - You are my only son and heir.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I can't risk losing you for a serving boy.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- His life's worthless? - Worth less than yours.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Let me take some men. We'll find the antidote.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13- No! - Why not?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17One day, I will be dead and Camelot will need a king.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Don't jeopardise this kingdom's future.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Gaius says that if we...
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Oh, Gaius says?! That's exactly what makes it so.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Please, Father. He saved my life.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I can't stand by and watch him die.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Then don't look.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42This boy won't be the last to die on your behalf. You're to be king.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Get used to it. - I can't accept that.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- You're NOT going. - You can't stop me.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51That's it! You're not leaving this castle tonight.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Say what you like about the food
0:14:05 > 0:14:08but you can't beat our feast for entertainment.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Are you all right? - Disappointed.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I was looking forward to a clumping.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Guards could've handled Bayard. - Let them have all the fun?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20You shouldn't get involved. It's dangerous.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Spare me the lecture. I've had it from Uther.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- You weren't the only one. - Not that I listen to him.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Sometimes you must do what you think is right.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- You think I should go. - Doesn't matter what I think.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40If I don't return, who will rule Camelot?
0:14:40 > 0:14:44There's more than just my life at stake.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48What kind of king would Camelot want?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51One that would risk his life for that of a lowly servant?
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Or one who does what his father tells him to?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01HORSE CANTERS
0:15:01 > 0:15:03GUARD: Halt! No!
0:15:16 > 0:15:18He's getting hotter.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25MERLIN MUMBLES
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- What language is that? - None. The fever's taken hold.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37None of those words are his own. His pulse is weaker.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- What is it? - That can't be right.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47The rash isn't supposed to appear until the final stage.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50What does that mean?
0:15:52 > 0:15:58It says that once a rash appears, death will follow within two days.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- You said four days. - Something's increased the potency.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09It warns that "the effect will be more rapid
0:16:09 > 0:16:12"if an enchantment is used during preparation".
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- Enchantment? Bayard's no sorcerer. - No, he isn't.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Then who did this?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21It can't have been.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24She wouldn't dare come here.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- Unless... - Unless what?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- What happened to that girl? - Which girl?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Before Merlin burst into the hall,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Bayard's servant girl took him outside.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42- She had dark hair. Very beautiful. - Find her. Quickly.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46MERLIN: (Arthur...)
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- I ordered him not to go. - Worked like a charm.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Not another word. - My lips are sealed.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Should have put him under lock and key.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- You can't chain him up. - Just you watch me.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22I won't be disobeyed by my son!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24No. Of course you won't.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34You knew about this, didn't you?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Morgana...
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Don't lie to me.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Arthur's old enough to decide.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- He's just a boy. - Have you seen your son recently?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47You have to let him make his own mind up.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52Even if it means letting him go to his death?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19GASPING
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Let me guess, she wasn't there?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28No-one has seen her since the banquet.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Who is she? - Not who she claims.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- You know, don't you? - Cara.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Though, that's not her name. Not her real name.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- Then who is she? - A powerful sorceress.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44We should tell Uther. He could send riders after her.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48She'd be long gone. Impossible to know where.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- Oh, no. - What?
0:18:51 > 0:18:56She knows the only place an antidote will be found is Balor forest.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Arthur could be walking into a trap.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00GASPING Arthur.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Arthur. Ohh.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18GROWLING & HISSING
0:19:18 > 0:19:20MUMBLING
0:19:43 > 0:19:47SHE SOBS
0:19:56 > 0:19:58ARTHUR: Hello?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00SHE SOBS
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Are you all right?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08SHE SCREAMS
0:20:08 > 0:20:13ROARING
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Stay back.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20BEAST GROWLS >
0:20:22 > 0:20:24IT ROARS
0:20:54 > 0:20:56BLADE WHIRRS
0:20:56 > 0:21:01SQUELCHING & GROANING
0:21:09 > 0:21:13It's all right. I'm not going to hurt you.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Who did that to you?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17My master.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I ran away from him but then I got lost.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Please don't leave me.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I won't. I'm not going to.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- You can take me away from here? - Not yet.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32There's something I have to do first.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Why have you come to the caves? - I'm looking for something.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44It can only be found here.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46What is it?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I know this place. I could help you.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56It's a type of flower that grows inside the cave. It's very rare.
0:21:56 > 0:22:02The morteaus flower? I know where they are.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03I'll show you.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07HORSE WHINNYING
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Arthur, it...it's a trap.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40It's a trap.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Fever's getting worse, isn't it? - The poison's setting in.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48MERLIN SPEAKS GIBBERISH
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Shh.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00- Could you fetch more wolfsbane? - Yes, of course.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Merlin, you must fight it.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20There they are.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39ROCKS CRUMBLING
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Keep back from the edge.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45Don't worry. We'll be out of here soon.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53SHE CHANTS A SPELL
0:23:56 > 0:23:58CRUMBLING
0:24:03 > 0:24:06LOUD CHANTING - What are you doing?!
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Ohh!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15GRUNTING
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I expected so much more.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Who are you?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29The last face you'll ever see.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31GRUNTING
0:24:31 > 0:24:34HISSING
0:24:34 > 0:24:37It seems we have a visitor.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Arggh!
0:25:01 > 0:25:03SPITTING
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Very good.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11GRUNTING
0:25:11 > 0:25:14< But he won't be the last.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18I'll let his friends finish you off, Arthur Pendragon.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21It's not your destiny to die at my hand.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Who are you?!
0:25:26 > 0:25:29GRUNTING
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Arthur. It's too dark.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Too dark.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40HE CHANTS SPELL
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Merlin.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55What are you doing?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04PANTING
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Come on, then. What are you waiting for?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Finish me off!
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Arggh! Oh!
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Leave them, Arthur.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45ECHOING HISSING
0:26:46 > 0:26:48SCUTTLING
0:26:50 > 0:26:52MERLIN: Go. Save yourself.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Follow the light.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Faster. Go faster.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Follow the light!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Move. Climb.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Ohh!
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Inform the King! Arthur has returned.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27What are you doing? Let me pass.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31I'm sorry, sire. You're under arrest by order of the King.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33You disobeyed me.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Of course. A life is at stake. Do not let Merlin die
0:29:36 > 0:29:37because of something I did. >
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Why do you care? He's just a servant.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43He knew the danger and what would happen
0:29:43 > 0:29:48if he drank from that goblet, but he did it. He saved my life.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50There's more.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54A woman at the mountain knew why I was there.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I don't think it was Bayard who tried to poison me.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Of course it was.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Gaius knows what to do with this.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Put me in the stocks for a week, a month even. I don't care.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Just make sure it gets to him. I'm begging you.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18ARTHUR: No!
0:30:18 > 0:30:24You have to learn there's a right and a wrong way of doing things.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I'll see you're let out in a week.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Then you can find yourself another servant.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING
0:30:55 > 0:30:59He hasn't got much longer. Arthur got the flower?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I don't know. Uther won't allow anyone to see him.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Is there nothing we can do?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Only the leaf of the morteaus can save him.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09We must find out if Arthur has it.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- I could sneak in the dungeon. - That would be very dangerous.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16I've got to. Merlin will die if I don't.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18WHEEZING
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Be careful.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Food for the prisoner.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38KEYS JANGLING
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Set it down over there.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Thank you.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Wait a minute.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14I couldn't eat this. It's disgusting.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20The state it's in, I'm not sure it's fit for anyone.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46You. Wait!
0:33:01 > 0:33:06Waste not, want not. We're not all as precious as our Royal Highness.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22- Food for Prince Arthur. - Stay where you are!
0:33:22 > 0:33:24FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
0:33:24 > 0:33:26How is he?
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- Have you got the morteaus? - Here.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32His breathing's worse. We must hurry.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Why have you stopped?
0:33:46 > 0:33:50The poison was created with magic. We may need magic for an antidote.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53But we can't. It's forbidden.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Even if we could.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I'll try and make it work without.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Oh, I need some fresh water.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19HE BEGINS CHANTING A SPELL
0:34:41 > 0:34:46HE CHANTS A SPELL
0:35:03 > 0:35:06FIZZING
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Thank you.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Hold his nose.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Swallow, Merlin.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Swallow it.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50He's stopped breathing. >
0:35:50 > 0:35:53What's happening?
0:35:53 > 0:35:54Gaius?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04His heart has stopped.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11He's dead?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16He can't be.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19It can't be.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25It was his destiny.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27It's my fault.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31If I'd have got here sooner, if I'd have been quicker.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34No, no.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38It was me.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I should've looked after him better.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48It's my fault.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53< Um... What happened?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Merlin! You're alive!
0:36:56 > 0:36:58I'm the ghost come back to haunt you.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Sorry, I'm just...
0:37:03 > 0:37:05I thought you were dead.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06It's fine.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09It's more than fine.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Forgive the interruption. May I speak with you?
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- Not now. - It is important.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Word of Bayard's arrest got back to Mercia. We're to be attacked.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26What I have to tell you may have bearing on your plans.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30It will only take a moment.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- I know who tried to poison Arthur. - So do I - he's in my dungeon.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38It wasn't Bayard.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40The poison was magical.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44I'd recognise the hand that made it anywhere.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47Nimueh.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- You must be mistaken. - I wish I was.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53It can't have been. We'd know her.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Her face is not easily forgotten.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59She's powerful. She enchants the eye that beholds her.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- We never knew it was her. - Have you any proof?
0:38:03 > 0:38:08The poison used against Merlin was made more potent by magic.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13- She conspired with Bayard? - No, Bayard is innocent.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Look at what's happening? This is what she's wanted -
0:38:17 > 0:38:20a war to bring strife and misery to Camelot.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24How long before Bayard's armies reach our walls?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27A day. Less. We should send cavalry to meet them.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Instruct your men not to leave Camelot until I give the word.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37Sire.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41You're making the right decision, sire.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Do you think Arthur should be told the truth about Nimueh?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01OK, let the bragging begin.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03How'd you manage it?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06I'm not sure.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10All I do know is I had help.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Someone knew I was in trouble
0:39:14 > 0:39:19and sent a light to guide the way.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Who?
0:39:22 > 0:39:23I don't know.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26But whoever it was,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28I'm only here because of them.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32I'm glad you're back.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Arthur?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45The woman you met in the forest,
0:39:45 > 0:39:49what did she tell you?
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Not much.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55She was too busy trying to get me killed.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58It was strange, though.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00In what way?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04I was at her mercy.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08She could've finished me off but she chose not to.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12She said it wasn't my destiny to die at her hand.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18You must have been scared.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Had its moments.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Those who practise magic know only evil.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28They despise and seek to destroy goodness wherever they find it,
0:40:28 > 0:40:32which is why she wanted you dead.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35She is evil.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Sounds as if you know her.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I do.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50To know the heart of one sorcerer is to know them all.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54You did the right thing,
0:40:54 > 0:40:57even though you were disobeying me.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03I'm proud of you, Arthur.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Never forget that.
0:41:18 > 0:41:19Still alive, then?
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Uh, yeah, just about.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I understand I have you to thank for that.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Yeah, well, it was nothing.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33A half-decent servant is hard to come by.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37I was only dropping by to make sure you're all right.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Be back to work tomorrow.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Yeah, of course. Bright and early.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Arthur?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Thank you.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53You too.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Get some rest.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Arthur may give you a hard time, but he's a man of honour.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08There aren't many who'd risk what he did for a servant.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11It all would've been for nothing if not for you.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Eat your dinner.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21I don't understand why she went to the trouble of framing Bayard.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23She could've killed Arthur.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Destroying Arthur and Camelot wasn't all she was after.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30She knew you'd be forced to drink that wine.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33It was you she wanted to kill.
0:42:33 > 0:42:39Seems someone else knows you're destined for great things, Merlin.
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