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[Dragon] In a land of myth

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and a time of magic,

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the destiny of a great kingdom

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rests on the shoulders of a young boy.

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His name: Merlin.

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[incanting in ancient language]

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[continues incanting]

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[dramatic music]

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Merlin.

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[horses neigh]

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[tense music]

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Camelot welcomes you, The Lord Bayard of Mercia.

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The treaty we sign today

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marks an end to war

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and a beginning to a new friendship between our people.

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[applause]

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[low whispering]

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[theme music playing]

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Why do I always get landed with the donkey work?

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You're a servant, Merlin. It's what you do.

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My arms'll be a foot longer by the time I get this lot inside.

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It's character-building. As the old proverb says,

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hard work breeds...

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a harder soul.

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There is no way that's a proverb. You just made that up.

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I didn't.

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-Sorry. -That's all right.

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-Excuse me. -Let me give you a hand with that.

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Hi.

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-I'm Merlin. -Kara.

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You're Arthur's servant.

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That must be such an honor.

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Uh, yeah, it is.

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Well, someone's got to keep the place running.

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Thank you, Merlin.

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Hmm?

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Oh! Here.

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Uh, no problem.

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It was nice meeting you.

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Shouldn't you be busy running the place?

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[Gaius chuckles]

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[suspenseful music]

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[knob creaks]

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[incantation]

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[door creaks]

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Oh!

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When's the last time these were cleaned?

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Last year sometime, before the Feast of Beltane.

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Did it end in a food fight?

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Don't all feasts?

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I wouldn't know. the airs and graces of the court

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are a mystery to me.

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Tonight they won't be.

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I'm going to be at the banquet?

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Not quite.

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You'll be there to make sure my cup doesn't run dry.

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If I have to sit through Bayard's boring speeches,

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I don't see why you should get out of it.

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Be sure to polish the buttons.

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Do you want to see what you'll be wearing tonight?

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Won't this do?

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No.

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Tonight you'll be wearing the official ceremonial robes

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of the servants of Camelot.

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You can't be serious.

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[chuckles]

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Nice hat.

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Thanks.

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[whimsical music]

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She's pretty, isn't she...

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for a handmaiden?

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She's pretty for a princess, let alone a handmaiden.

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Mmm.

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[all applauding]

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[Bayard] People of Camelot,

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for a great many years we have been mortal enemies.

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The blood of our men stains the ground

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from the walls of Camelot to the gates of Mercia.

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And though we remember those who have died,

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we must not allow any more to join them.

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As a symbol of our goodwill

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and of our newfound friendship,

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I present these ceremonial goblets

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to you, Uther,

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and to your son Arthur

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in the hope that our friendship may last.

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Merlin? I need to speak to you.

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-What is it? -Not here, please.

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I don't know who else to tell.

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{Bayard} Tonight we toast a new beginning

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for our peoples. We look towards a future

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free from the toils of war.

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It wasn't until I saw him give the goblet to Arthur that I realized--

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Whoa whoa, slow down. Start from the beginning.

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Two days ago, I was bringing Bayard his evening meal.

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I was supposed to knock. He didn't expect me to walk in--

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So what are you trying to say?

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If he knows I said anything, he will kill me.

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I will not let that happen to you; I promise.

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Please tell me what you saw.

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Bayard is no friend of Camelot.

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He craves the kingdom for himself.

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Kara--

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Tell me, what has Bayard done with the goblet?

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He believes that if he kills Arthur,

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Uther's spirit will be broken and Camelot will fall.

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What has he done with the goblet?

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-I saw him putting something in it. -What?

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I shouldn't. He'll kill me.

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Please tell me!

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Is it poison?

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[Bayard] And may the differences from our past

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remain there.

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To your health, Uther...

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Arthur...

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the Lady Morgana...

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the People of Camelot.

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And to fallen warriors on both sides.

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[Merlin] Stop! It's poison. Don't drink it.

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-What? -Merlin, what are you doing?

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Bayard laced Arthur's goblet with poison.

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This is an outrage!

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Order your men to put down their swords.

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You're outnumbered.

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I will not allow this insult

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to go unchallenged.

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On what grounds do you base this accusation?

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I'll handle this.

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Merlin, you idiot,

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we've been at the sloe gin again?

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Unless you want to be strung up,

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you'll tell me why you think it's poisoned now.

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-He was seen lacing it. -By whom?

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I can't say.

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I won't listen to this anymore.

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Pass me the goblet.

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-If you're telling the truth... -I am.

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Then you have nothing to fear, do you?

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No, if this does prove to be poisoned,

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I want the pleasure of killing you myself.

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He'll drink it.

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But if it is poisoned, he'll die.

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Then we'll know he was telling the truth.

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-And what if he lives? -Then you have my apologies,

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and you can do with him as you will.

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Uther, please, he's just a boy;

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He doesn't know what he's saying.

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Then you should have schooled him better.

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Merlin, apologize.

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This is a mistake. I'll drink it.

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No no no no. It's all right.

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[suspenseful music]

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-It's fine. -He's all yours.

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[grunting]

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It's poisoned. Guards, seize them!

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Merlin, do you hear me?

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We have to get him back to my chambers.

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Bring the goblet. We need to identify the poison.

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Lay him on the bed quickly.

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He's struggling to breathe.

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Gwen, fetch me some water and a towel.

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Is he going to be all right?

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-He's burning up. -You can heal him, can't you, Gaius?

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I won't know until I can identify the poison.

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Pass me the goblet.

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Ahh. There's something stuck on the inside.

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What is it?

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Looks like a flower petal of some kind.

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-His brow's on fire. -Keep him cool.

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It'll help control his fever.

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[suspenseful music]

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Ahh, the petal comes from the Mortaeus flower.

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It says here that someone poisoned by the Mortaeus

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can only be saved by a potion

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made from the leaf of the very same flower.

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It can only be found in the caves deep beneath

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the forest of Baloch.

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The flower grows on the roots of the Mortaeus tree.

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[Arthur] That doesn't look particularly friendly.

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[Gaius] A cockatrice-- it guards the forest.

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This venom is potent. A single drop would mean a certain death.

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"Few who have crossed the mountains of Isgard

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in search of the Mortaeus flower have made it back alive."

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[dramatic music]

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-Sounds like fun. -Arthur, it's too dangerous.

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If I don't get the antidote, what happens to Merlin?

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The Mortaeus induces a slow and painful death.

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He may hold out for four, maybe five days,

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but not for much longer.

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Eventually he will die.

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[intense music]

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M'lady, I am so sorry I haven't been here to attend to you.

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Don't worry. I'm all right. How's Merlin?

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If Arthur comes back with the antidote in time,

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-he'll be fine. -Then he'll be fine.

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You should be with him.

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I'll manage. I know what he means to you.

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-Go. -Thank you.

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What's the point of having people to taste for you

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if you're going to get yourself killed anyway?

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I won't fail no matter what you think.

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Arthur, you are my only son and heir.

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I can't risk losing you for the sake of some serving boy.

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-Because his life's worthless? -No, because it's worth less than yours.

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-I can save him. Let me take some men. -No.

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We'll find the antidote and bring it back.

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-No. -Why not?

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Because one day I will be dead

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and Camelot will need a king.

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I'm not going to let you jeopardize the future of this kingdom

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over some fool's errand.

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It's not a fool's errand. Gaius says that if we can...

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Gaius says? That's exactly what makes it so!

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Please, father.

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He saved my life.

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I can't stand by and watch him die.

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Then don't look.

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This boy won't be the last to die on your behalf.

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You're going to be king.

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It's something you'll have to get used to.

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I can't accept that.

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-You're not going! -You can't stop me.

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Damn it, Arthur! That's an end to it.

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You're not leaving this castle tonight!

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Say what you'd like about the food,

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but you can't beat our feasts for entertainment.

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Morgana, I'm sorry. I should have made sure you were all right.

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Disappointed, actually. I was looking forward

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to clumping a couple around the head with a ladle.

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I'm sure the guards could have handled Bayard and his men.

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Yeah. But why let the boys have all the fun?

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Morgana, you shouldn't get involved. It's dangerous.

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Spare me the lecture. I've already had it from Uther.

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If it's any consolation, you weren't the only one.

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Not that I listened to him.

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Sometimes you've got to do what you think is right

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and damn the consequences.

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You think I should go.

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It doesn't matter what I think.

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If I don't make it back, who will be the next king of Camelot?

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There's more than just my life at stake.

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And what kind of king would Camelot want?

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One that would risk his life to save that of a lowly servant

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or one who does what his father tells him to?

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[dramatic music]

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Halt!

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Don't--

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He's getting hotter.

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[moans]

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[mumbled incantation]

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What language is that?

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None. The fever's taken hold.

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None of those words are his own.

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His pulse is weaker.

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[Gwen] What is it?

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That can't be right.

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The rash is not supposed to appear until the final stage.

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What does that mean?

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It says here that once a rash appears,

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death will follow within two days.

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You said he had four days.

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Something's increased the flower's potency.

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It warns that the effect of the Mortaeus

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will be more rapid if an enchantment is used

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during the flower's preparation.

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00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,400
Enchantment? But Bayard's no sorcerer.

267
00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,200
No, he isn't.

268
00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,440
Then who did this?

269
00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,520
It can't have been.

270
00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,080
She wouldn't dare come here.

271
00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,480
-Unless... -Unless what?

272
00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,560
-What happened to that girl? -Which girl?

273
00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,880
Just before Merlin burst Into the hall,

274
00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,400
One of Bayard's serving girls took him outside.

275
00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,200
She had dark hair. Very beautiful.

276
00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,120
Find her quickly.

277
00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,240
[Merlin] Arthur...

278
00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,400
[incanting in ancient language]

279
00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,680
I expressly ordered Arthur not to go.

280
00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,480
-I'd say it worked like a charm too. -Not another word!

281
00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:34,960
My lips are sealed.

282
00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,480
I should have put him under lock and key.

283
00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,280
You can't chain him up every time he disagrees with you.

284
00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:40,560
Just you watch me.

285
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,160
I will not be disobeyed, especially by my own son.

286
00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,480
No, of course you won't.

287
00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,160
You knew about this, didn't you?

288
00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,400
Morgana?

289
00:17:58,480 --> 00:17:59,960
Don't lie to me.

290
00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,200
Arthur's old enough to make decisions for himself.

291
00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:03,640
He's just a boy.

292
00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,480
Have you seen your son recently?

293
00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,360
You have to let him make his own mind up.

294
00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,680
Even if it means letting him go to his death?

295
00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,520
[dramatic music]

296
00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,720
[muttering]

297
00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,320
Let me guess. She wasn't there.

298
00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,680
No one has seen her since the banquet.

299
00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,480
-Who is she? -Not who she claims to be.

300
00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,120
But you know, don't you?

301
00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:58,200
Kara. Though that's not her name. Not her real name anyway.

302
00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,360
Then who is she?

303
00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,080
A powerful sorceress.

304
00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,160
Well, we should tell Uther. Maybe he could send riders out after her.

305
00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,040
No, she'll be long gone.

306
00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:11,120
It's impossible to know where, though.

307
00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,320
-Oh, no. -What?

308
00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,240
She knows the only place an antidote

309
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,920
can be found is the forest of Baloch.

310
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,280
Arthur could be walking into a trap.

311
00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:23,880
[whispers] Arthur.

312
00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:29,520
Arthur. Ahh.

313
00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:30,960
[squawking, wings flapping]

314
00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:32,720
[horse neighs]

315
00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,920
[growling]

316
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,160
[incanting]

317
00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,000
[suspenseful music]

318
00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:11,120
[sobbing]

319
00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,520
[Arthur] Hello?

320
00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,520
Are you all right?

321
00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,800
-[loud roaring] -Ahh!

322
00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:32,920
[loud roaring]

323
00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,080
Stay back.

324
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,600
[growling]

325
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,720
[roaring]

326
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,480
[blade whooshing]

327
00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,520
-[sword crashes] -[animal shrieks]

328
00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,120
It's all right. I'm not going to hurt you.

329
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,120
Who did that to you?

330
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,680
My master.

331
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,200
I ran away from him but then I got lost.

332
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,280
Please don't leave me.

333
00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:54,000
I won't. I'm not going to.

334
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,120
You can take me away from here?

335
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,600
Not yet.

336
00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,160
There's something I have to do first.

337
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,760
[distant squawking]

338
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,480
Why have you come to the caves?

339
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,240
I'm looking for something. It can only be found here.

340
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:14,200
What is it?

341
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,360
I know this place. I could help you.

342
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,280
It's a type of flower that only grows inside the cave.

343
00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:26,640
-It's very rare. -The Mortaeus flower?

344
00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:30,080
I know where they are.

345
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,240
I'll show you.

346
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,520
[neighs]

347
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,320
[ominous music]

348
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,200
Arthur. It's a trap.

349
00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:07,440
It's a trap.

350
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,760
His fever's getting worse, isn't it?

351
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,760
The poison's setting in.

352
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:19,760
[incanting]

353
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,360
Shhh.

354
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,040
Could you fetch me some more wolfbane?

355
00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,360
Yes, of course.

356
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:31,720
[door opens]

357
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,440
Merlin? You must fight it.

358
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,320
There they are.

359
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,960
[suspenseful music]

360
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,600
[ground crumbles]

361
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,360
Keep away from the edge.

362
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:09,760
Don't worry,

363
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,320
we'll be out of here soon.

364
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:25,520
[incanting softly]

365
00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,600
[speaks louder]

366
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,160
-What are you doing? -[incanting]

367
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,880
I expected so much more.

368
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,400
Who are you?

369
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,160
The last face you'll ever see.

370
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,680
[creature rattles]

371
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,240
[Kara] It seems we have a visitor.

372
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:06,800
[gasps]

373
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,840
[creature hisses]

374
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:25,880
-[hisses] -[grunts]

375
00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:36,320
-Ahhh! -[shrieking]

376
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,600
Very good.

377
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,640
-[grunts] -But he won't be the last.

378
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,920
I'll let his friends finish you off, Arthur Pendragon.

379
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,240
It's not your destiny to die at my hand.

380
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,120
Who are you?

381
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,400
Arthur.

382
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,360
It's too dark.

383
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,080
Too dark.

384
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:12,640
[incanting]

385
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,240
Merlin?

386
00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:23,320
What are you doing?

387
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,640
Come on then! What are you waiting for?

388
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,400
Finish me off!

389
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,200
[grunts]

390
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,960
[dramatic music]

391
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,280
Leave them, Arthur.

392
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:13,520
[hissing]

393
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,120
[Merlin] Go. Save yourself.

394
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,080
Follow the light.

395
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,160
[Arthur panting]

396
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,200
[dramatic music]

397
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,400
[gasping]

398
00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,360
[tense music]

399
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,240
Faster.

400
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,720
Go faster.

401
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,640
Follow the light!

402
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,680
[uplifting music]

403
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,440
Move. Climb.

404
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,560
[straining]

405
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,880
[tense music]

406
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:19,880
[grunts]

407
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:22,800
[sword rasps]

408
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,320
[gasping]

409
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,360
Inform the king! Arthur has returned to Camelot.

410
00:29:57,920 --> 00:29:59,680
What are you doing? Let me pass.

411
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,200
I'm sorry sire. You're under arrest.

412
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,120
By order of the king.

413
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,360
-You disobeyed me. -Of course I did.

414
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,240
A man's life is at stake.

415
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,520
Do not let Merlin die because of something I did.

416
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,440
Why do you care so much? The boy's just a servant.

417
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,280
He knew the danger he was putting himself in;

418
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,600
He knew what would happen if he drank from that goblet

419
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,160
but he did it anyway. He saved my life.

420
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,440
There's more.

421
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,400
There was a woman at the mountain.

422
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,680
She knew I was there for the flower.

423
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,040
I don't think it was Bayard

424
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,280
who tried to poison me.

425
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,360
Of course it was.

426
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,320
Gaius knows what to do with it.

427
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,360
Put me in the stocks for a week, a month even.

428
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,280
I don't care. Just make sure it gets to him.

429
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,640
I'm begging you.

430
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,280
No!

431
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,520
You have to learn there's a right

432
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,280
and a wrong way of doing things.

433
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,040
I'll see you're let out in a week.

434
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,320
Then you can find yourself another servant.

435
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,080
[gate rattles]

436
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,280
[panting]

437
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,240
[door opens]

438
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,720
He hasn't got much longer. Has Arthur got the flower?

439
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,400
I don't know. Uther won't allow anyone to see him.

440
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:35,640
[gasps]

441
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,160
Is there nothing we can do to help?

442
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,760
Only the leaf of the Mortaeus flower can save him.

443
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,000
Then we have to find out if Arthur has it.

444
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,120
I could sneak into the dungeon.

445
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,680
-That would be very dangerous. -I've got to.

446
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,280
Merlin will die if I don't.

447
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,200
[gasping]

448
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,680
Be careful.

449
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,880
Food for the prisoner.

450
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,880
[keys rattling]

451
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,400
Set it down over there.

452
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,080
Thank you.

453
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,120
Wait a minute.

454
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,720
I couldn't possibly eat this; it's disgusting.

455
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,720
The state it's in, I'm not sure it's fit for anyone.

456
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:16,360
[keys rattling]

457
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,520
You. Wait!

458
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:35,920
Waste not, want not, eh?

459
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,280
We're not all as precious as her Royal Highness.

460
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,160
[tense music]

461
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:55,240
-Food for Prince Arthur. -Stay where you are!

462
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,120
-[footsteps approach] -[door opens]

463
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,040
-How is he? -Have you got the Mortaeus?

464
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:02,640
-Here. -His breathing is much worse.

465
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:03,760
We have to hurry.

466
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:19,120
Why have you stopped?

467
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:20,840
The poison was created using magic.

468
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,360
We may need magic to make an antidote.

469
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,080
But we can't. It's forbidden,

470
00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:27,960
even if we could.

471
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,880
I'll try and make it work without.

472
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,840
Oh, I need some fresh water.

473
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:52,719
[incants]

474
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:18,480
[incanting]

475
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:48,240
[potion hissing]

476
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,200
Thank you.

477
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,320
Hold his nose.

478
00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:10,320
Swallow, Merlin.

479
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:11,440
Swallow it.

480
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,200
[Gwen] He's stopped breathing.

481
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,360
-What's happening? -[church bells dinging]

482
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,640
Gaius?

483
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,560
His heart has stopped.

484
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:43,960
He's dead?

485
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,040
He can't be.

486
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,240
It can't be.

487
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:58,360
It was his destiny.

488
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:00,760
It's my fault.

489
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,080
If I'd have got here sooner--

490
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,160
If I'd have been quicker--

491
00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:07,520
No no.

492
00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:10,560
It was me.

493
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:20,000
I should have looked after him better.

494
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,280
It's my fault.

495
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,440
That's disgusting. You should be ashamed of yourself.

496
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,320
You're old enough to be her grandfather.

497
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,960
Merlin! You're alive.

498
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,200
No, I'm a ghost come back to haunt you.

499
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,440
I'm sorry, I'm just--

500
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,600
-I thought you were dead. -It's fine.

501
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:44,640
It's more than fine.

502
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,560
Eh, what happened?

503
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,320
The last thing I remember is drinking the wine.

504
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:56,880
Sire, forgive the interruption,

505
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:58,800
but may I speak with you?

506
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,600
-Not now. -Your Highness,

507
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:01,600
it is important.

508
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,200
Word of Bayard's arrest has got back to Mercia.

509
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,600
We're about to be attacked.

510
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,520
I fear that what I have to tell you may have some bearing on your plans.

511
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,840
Please, it will only take a moment.

512
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,040
I know who tried to poison Arthur.

513
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:20,400
So do I. He's locked in my dungeons.

514
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,280
It wasn't Bayard. The poison was magical.

515
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:27,080
And I'd recognize the hand that made it anywhere...

516
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,200
Nimueh.

517
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:33,680
-You must be mistaken. -I wish I was.

518
00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,400
It can't have been. We'd know her.

519
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,440
Her witch's face is not easily forgotten.

520
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,040
She's a powerful sorceress.

521
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,440
She can enchant the eye that beholds her.

522
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,400
We never knew it was her.

523
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,520
Have you any proof?

524
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,440
The poison used against Merlin was made more potent

525
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,000
by the use of magic.

526
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,720
You're saying that she conspired with Bayard to kill Arthur?

527
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,320
No, Bayard is innocent.

528
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,640
Look at what's happening. This is what she's wanted all along--

529
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:03,520
a war to bring strife and misery to Camelot.

530
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,480
How long before Bayard's armies reach our walls?

531
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,040
A day. Maybe less.

532
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,360
We should send our cavalry out to meet them.

533
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,360
Instruct your men not to leave Camelot until I give the word.

534
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:19,760
Sire.

535
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,400
You are making the right decision, sire.

536
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:34,080
Do you think Arthur should be told the truth about Nimueh?

537
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:45,040
Ok, let the bragging begin.

538
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:46,520
How'd you manage it?

539
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,240
I'm not sure.

540
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,120
All I do know is I had help.

541
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,080
Someone knew I was in trouble and...

542
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:03,000
sent a light to guide the way.

543
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:04,760
Who?

544
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,280
I don't know.

545
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,560
But whoever it was,

546
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:11,240
I'm only here because of them.

547
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,400
I'm glad you're back.

548
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:23,840
Arthur.

549
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,680
The woman you met in the forest,

550
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,800
What did she tell you?

551
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:33,720
Not much.

552
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,480
She was too busy trying to get me killed.

553
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,720
It was strange, though.

554
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,480
In what way?

555
00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:47,800
I was at her mercy.

556
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,640
She could have finished me off, but she chose not to.

557
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,800
She said it wasn't my destiny to die at her hand.

558
00:40:59,240 --> 00:41:01,840
You must have been scared.

559
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,120
It had its moments.

560
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,240
Those who practice magic know only evil.

561
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:12,120
They despise and seek to destroy goodness wherever they find it,

562
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,440
which is why she wanted you dead.

563
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,560
She is evil.

564
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,280
Sounds as if you know her.

565
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:25,760
I do.

566
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:33,320
To know the heart of one sorcerer is to know them all.

567
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,480
You did the right thing,

568
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,080
even though you were disobeying me.

569
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,200
I'm proud of you, Arthur.

570
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:48,440
Never forget that.

571
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,760
Still alive then?

572
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,080
Oh, yes, just about.

573
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,640
I understand I have you to thank for that.

574
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:13,800
Yeah, well, it was nothing.

575
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:17,720
A half-decent servant is hard to come by.

576
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,520
I was only dropping by to make sure you're all right.

577
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,760
Check you would be back to work tomorrow.

578
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,880
Oh, yeah yeah, of course. Uh, bright and early.

579
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:30,480
Arthur.

580
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:32,680
Thank you.

581
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:36,320
You too.

582
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,320
Get some rest.

583
00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:46,600
Arthur may give you a hard time,

584
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,600
but at heart, he's a man of honor.

585
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,640
There aren't many who'd have risked what he did for a servant.

586
00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:52,960
It all would have been for nothing

587
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:54,600
if you didn't know how to make the antidote.

588
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,080
Eat your dinner.

589
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:01,600
I still don't understand

590
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,480
why she went to all the trouble of framing Bayard.

591
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,640
She could have just kept quiet and killed Arthur.

592
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:10,680
Destroying Arthur and Camelot wasn't all she was after.

593
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:13,360
She knew you would be forced to drink that wine.

594
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,520
It was you she wanted to kill.

595
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,680
Seems someone else knows you're destined for great things, Merlin.

596
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,280
[suspenseful music]

597
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,400
[Arthur] I owe Lancelot my life.

598
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,080
I'm paying for that debt the only way I can.

599
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,040
It's my life's ambition

600
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,040
to join the knights of Camelot.

601
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,000
Arise Sir Lancelot.

602
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,640
-I should not return. -Don't go Lancelot.

603
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,480
-[screeching] -[horse neighing]

604
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,360
-Okay Merlin, it's now or never. -[screeches]

605
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,600
[closing theme music]