1 00:00:14,095 --> 00:00:22,094 Merlin 1998 Part 1 English 2 00:00:34,895 --> 00:00:37,267 Once upon a time... 3 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:43,144 no... no... that's not the way to start... You'll think this is a fairytale and it isn't. 4 00:00:44,238 --> 00:00:47,357 It has elements of a fairytale... dragons... 5 00:00:47,533 --> 00:00:51,400 elves... griffins... fairies and so on... 6 00:00:51,578 --> 00:00:53,536 And it has magic! 7 00:00:53,705 --> 00:00:59,080 Now in my day magic was much more commonplace. 8 00:00:59,253 --> 00:01:01,376 Oh, well, all things change... 9 00:01:01,547 --> 00:01:05,129 the arrow of time points in one direction only... 10 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:08,586 so... where should I begin? 11 00:01:10,514 --> 00:01:14,179 Well, it's obvious... I should start at the beginning... 12 00:01:15,769 --> 00:01:19,055 Loose your arrows! Those were terrible years of darkness. 13 00:01:33,370 --> 00:01:38,281 King Constant was the first Christian king of England. 14 00:01:40,711 --> 00:01:46,167 You're all prisoners... no mercy... no treasures... 15 00:01:46,383 --> 00:01:49,799 let the whole world die... 16 00:01:50,888 --> 00:01:52,679 if I die. 17 00:01:52,848 --> 00:01:55,635 Vortigern is here! 18 00:01:57,227 --> 00:01:59,137 Traitors! 19 00:01:59,313 --> 00:02:02,598 King Vortigern... he's had all the prisoners slaughtered! 20 00:02:03,734 --> 00:02:06,272 I curse you all... 21 00:02:13,285 --> 00:02:17,069 Deaths came so easily then... 22 00:02:17,247 --> 00:02:22,205 and one tyrant smoothly passed the crown to another... 23 00:02:22,378 --> 00:02:24,666 even worse. 24 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,761 Civil war tore the country apart... 25 00:02:38,102 --> 00:02:41,138 then the Saxons came. 26 00:02:45,109 --> 00:02:49,936 Christian churches were destroyed and defiled. 27 00:02:50,114 --> 00:02:55,072 So were the sacred places of the old pagan religion. 28 00:02:56,453 --> 00:03:01,614 The followers of the old ways cried out in their agony. 29 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,210 There was only one being who could save them... 30 00:03:06,380 --> 00:03:09,665 and she would come out of the land of magic. 31 00:03:44,835 --> 00:03:47,504 I got your message, sister... 32 00:03:47,671 --> 00:03:51,336 I've come to a great decision... 33 00:03:51,508 --> 00:03:56,751 I don't like the sound of your voice when you say that, sister. 34 00:03:56,930 --> 00:04:00,264 I'm going to create a leader for the people. 35 00:04:00,434 --> 00:04:04,479 A powerful wizard who'll save Britain... 36 00:04:04,646 --> 00:04:08,976 and bring the people back to us and the old ways. 37 00:04:09,151 --> 00:04:12,650 It'll be too much for you, Mab. 38 00:04:12,821 --> 00:04:17,115 It'll drain you of what power you still have. 39 00:04:17,284 --> 00:04:20,487 If I don't do it, we'll die. 40 00:04:20,662 --> 00:04:25,241 If people stop believing in us we won't exist. 41 00:04:25,417 --> 00:04:30,957 The new religion has already pushed us to the brink soon we'll be forgotten. 42 00:04:31,131 --> 00:04:34,085 All things change, sister. 43 00:04:34,259 --> 00:04:40,262 It's sad but heaven, hell and the world move on... 44 00:04:40,432 --> 00:04:44,133 - It's fate. - I won't accept it... 45 00:04:44,311 --> 00:04:46,387 I'll fight! 46 00:04:46,563 --> 00:04:49,101 Will you help me? 47 00:04:49,274 --> 00:04:55,194 You forget, I'm the Lady of the Lake. I'm made of water. 48 00:04:55,364 --> 00:05:00,702 Now, every-thing's flowing away from us and I accept it. 49 00:05:00,869 --> 00:05:03,443 I'm sorry, my maiden. 50 00:05:04,790 --> 00:05:09,251 Then, I'll do it myself. 51 00:05:17,219 --> 00:05:18,745 You heard that, Fricke? 52 00:05:18,772 --> 00:05:22,619 Yes, but I'm afraid madam that your sister's rather... 53 00:05:22,766 --> 00:05:25,852 shall we say... indecisive when it comes to making decisions. 54 00:05:25,879 --> 00:05:28,665 She never really gave you the backing that you deserve. 55 00:05:28,814 --> 00:05:31,898 We're on our own. We'd better get started. 56 00:05:32,067 --> 00:05:36,563 Well, don't you think you should at least wait a couple of days to build up your strength? 57 00:05:36,739 --> 00:05:39,064 No time! 58 00:05:39,241 --> 00:05:42,195 Our world is dying! 59 00:05:48,667 --> 00:05:52,285 He's magnificent! 60 00:05:53,047 --> 00:05:57,792 Now I have to give him life! 61 00:06:18,739 --> 00:06:21,408 It's a beautiful boy! 62 00:06:21,575 --> 00:06:24,944 Please, look after my baby. 63 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,370 I beg you... 64 00:06:28,540 --> 00:06:30,414 It's alright, my dear. 65 00:06:30,584 --> 00:06:32,873 Swear it! 66 00:06:33,754 --> 00:06:35,793 I'm dying... 67 00:06:36,882 --> 00:06:38,875 I Swear. 68 00:06:39,843 --> 00:06:42,513 I'll take care of your child. 69 00:06:50,020 --> 00:06:52,476 Let me see the child. 70 00:07:02,950 --> 00:07:07,576 I name this child... Merlin. 71 00:07:07,746 --> 00:07:11,329 While you're making gestures, save the mother... She's dying. 72 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:15,083 No, she's not... she's dead. 73 00:07:21,719 --> 00:07:25,004 Sleep easy child... 74 00:07:25,180 --> 00:07:28,763 may angels fly thee home. 75 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,939 What's your excuse? Why didn't you save her? 76 00:07:38,110 --> 00:07:40,731 She'd served her purpose. 77 00:07:40,904 --> 00:07:43,574 Served her purpose? 78 00:07:43,741 --> 00:07:50,324 You are so cold. If I were to punch you in the heart I'd break my fist. 79 00:07:50,497 --> 00:07:55,040 And, to think I used to serve you in the old ways. 80 00:07:56,754 --> 00:08:01,795 Then you changed... you became a Christian. 81 00:08:01,967 --> 00:08:04,636 Who told you that... huh? 82 00:08:04,803 --> 00:08:08,468 That snooping, smiling, blatherskite... 83 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,934 I follow my own heart... that's religion enough for me. 84 00:08:13,103 --> 00:08:16,270 Why do you allow her to talk to you like that, madam? 85 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,682 Because, she needs me, idiot. 86 00:08:18,859 --> 00:08:21,979 Why do I need you, Ambrosia? 87 00:08:23,655 --> 00:08:26,146 To take care of this child. 88 00:08:26,784 --> 00:08:29,868 I can take care of it. 89 00:09:02,069 --> 00:09:03,860 Tricks! 90 00:09:04,029 --> 00:09:07,861 You need more than tricks to bring up a child. 91 00:09:08,033 --> 00:09:12,612 You need patience, understanding, love... 92 00:09:12,788 --> 00:09:15,457 most of all you need love. 93 00:09:15,624 --> 00:09:19,242 You used to have that once... 94 00:09:19,420 --> 00:09:21,708 no more. 95 00:09:24,425 --> 00:09:26,998 So... what have you decided? 96 00:09:27,177 --> 00:09:29,419 The child stays with you... 97 00:09:29,596 --> 00:09:33,179 but remember... he's only half human. 98 00:09:33,350 --> 00:09:37,514 He belongs to me. He's my son. 99 00:09:37,688 --> 00:09:42,314 I will send for him when the time is right. 100 00:09:47,448 --> 00:09:51,066 Ambrosia was like a tiger protecting me... 101 00:09:51,243 --> 00:09:53,485 Get out of there... 102 00:09:53,662 --> 00:09:55,240 and stay out! 103 00:09:55,414 --> 00:10:00,372 She was the bravest, kindest, person I ever knew. 104 00:10:00,544 --> 00:10:06,417 I called her Auntie A, but she was really a mother to me. 105 00:10:07,509 --> 00:10:12,883 Have you ever noticed, when you're miserable, time seems to slow to a crawl? 106 00:10:13,057 --> 00:10:16,591 On the other hand, when you're happy... 107 00:10:16,769 --> 00:10:20,387 My childhood must have been very, very happy... 108 00:10:20,564 --> 00:10:23,933 for it was over in a flash. 109 00:10:40,667 --> 00:10:42,660 Please, excuse their rudeness... 110 00:10:42,836 --> 00:10:46,668 we're travelling to Lord Lambert's castle and we've lost our way. 111 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,749 It's about a mile... 112 00:10:48,926 --> 00:10:53,635 Take the right fork. But don't try any shortcuts. It's dangerous, and you can get lost. 113 00:10:53,806 --> 00:10:56,676 Thank you, sir... What can we offer you as a reward? 114 00:10:56,850 --> 00:10:58,475 A kiss... 115 00:10:58,644 --> 00:11:03,057 Do you know who you're talking to? This is the lady, Nimue... 116 00:11:03,232 --> 00:11:06,019 Lord Ardente's daughter. 117 00:11:06,193 --> 00:11:09,692 She asked me what I wanted... and I told the truth. 118 00:11:09,863 --> 00:11:12,948 And I think it's a fair price. 119 00:11:26,130 --> 00:11:28,537 My name's Merlin. 120 00:11:28,716 --> 00:11:30,957 Mine's Nimue. 121 00:11:32,678 --> 00:11:36,261 And I think you're a very rude young man! 122 00:11:36,432 --> 00:11:40,761 I'll never forget you, Nimue. We'll meet again... I can see it. 123 00:11:40,936 --> 00:11:43,771 I don't think so, Master Merlin. 124 00:11:54,074 --> 00:12:00,990 I'd warned Nimue not to leave the path... but she was very headstrong, even then. 125 00:12:01,165 --> 00:12:04,534 Well, I suppose all young people are... 126 00:12:04,710 --> 00:12:07,995 She went off on her own. 127 00:12:41,163 --> 00:12:45,326 Don't struggle... you'll only sink deeper... 128 00:12:50,464 --> 00:12:52,836 stay calm... take hold of the branch. 129 00:12:54,968 --> 00:12:57,175 I can't reach it... 130 00:12:59,765 --> 00:13:04,759 after all these years... I still remember how it was. 131 00:13:07,064 --> 00:13:09,103 I felt the power in me... 132 00:13:09,274 --> 00:13:17,274 grow -grow -grow -grow Grow now! 133 00:13:37,094 --> 00:13:39,964 Keep hold of it... 134 00:13:40,139 --> 00:13:41,930 That's it! 135 00:13:44,810 --> 00:13:46,849 You're safe now. 136 00:13:48,856 --> 00:13:51,940 I told you we'd meet again. 137 00:13:52,109 --> 00:13:54,647 How did you do that... 138 00:13:54,820 --> 00:13:57,276 with the branch? 139 00:13:57,448 --> 00:14:00,069 I don't know. 140 00:14:00,242 --> 00:14:03,278 Well, whatever it was, you saved my life. 141 00:14:03,454 --> 00:14:06,241 You deserve another kiss. 142 00:14:15,049 --> 00:14:17,006 Auntie A! 143 00:14:17,176 --> 00:14:21,921 I've seen her... the most beautiful girl in the world... 144 00:14:22,097 --> 00:14:26,097 the only girl I'll ever love... I know it! And she loves me and... and we'll love each other, always. 145 00:14:26,226 --> 00:14:28,854 What are you babbling about? You're dripping wet, take your clothes off. 146 00:14:28,878 --> 00:14:29,752 I'm a hero too... 147 00:14:29,897 --> 00:14:32,103 I saved her! 148 00:14:32,274 --> 00:14:35,394 Saved who... from what? 149 00:14:35,569 --> 00:14:39,781 Nimue... she's the daughter of some lord. She fell into a mud hole... and I saved her. 150 00:14:39,948 --> 00:14:41,906 That's very brave of you, my dear. 151 00:14:42,076 --> 00:14:47,615 The extraordinary thing was how I saved her... I had this branch... somehow, I made it grow. 152 00:14:47,790 --> 00:14:53,376 I know it sounds impossible, but I said "grow, grow," and it grew! 153 00:14:56,215 --> 00:14:58,540 What's the matter, Auntie A? 154 00:15:00,928 --> 00:15:03,335 I... I... need to sit down... 155 00:15:04,390 --> 00:15:06,797 Tell me what's the matter? 156 00:15:12,398 --> 00:15:17,439 It's the moment I've been dreading all these years. 157 00:15:18,654 --> 00:15:21,192 It's time for you to leave. 158 00:15:21,365 --> 00:15:23,192 Leave? 159 00:15:24,701 --> 00:15:26,493 I don't understand... 160 00:15:26,662 --> 00:15:29,865 You were created by Queen Mab... 161 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:34,252 you have no mortal father. There's magic at work here... 162 00:15:35,546 --> 00:15:38,297 and now, she wants you to join her. 163 00:15:38,465 --> 00:15:41,965 - I won't! - You have no choice, my dear. 164 00:15:43,971 --> 00:15:47,055 You can't fight it... 165 00:15:48,684 --> 00:15:50,344 not yet. 166 00:15:54,481 --> 00:15:56,604 He's talking to me... 167 00:15:56,775 --> 00:15:59,693 he says I have to go with him. 168 00:15:59,862 --> 00:16:03,195 This will keep you warm... 169 00:16:03,365 --> 00:16:05,572 on cold nights. 170 00:16:08,287 --> 00:16:10,742 Auntie A - No, no, no... keep your chin up. 171 00:16:10,914 --> 00:16:14,864 Magic has no power over the human heart. 172 00:16:15,044 --> 00:16:17,879 I love you, Auntie A. 173 00:16:25,596 --> 00:16:29,807 Go. And you can tell her royal, high and mighty Queen Mab, that magic, or no magic... 174 00:16:29,975 --> 00:16:34,602 if she harms you, in any way... I'll have her guts for my bootlaces! 175 00:16:55,417 --> 00:16:58,288 It was very strange... 176 00:16:58,462 --> 00:17:00,455 and yet, it wasn't. 177 00:17:00,631 --> 00:17:06,218 Half of me felt... all this was the most natural thing in the world. 178 00:17:26,073 --> 00:17:29,524 I suppose I'm to get into the boat? 179 00:17:43,173 --> 00:17:48,962 That feeling inside was growing stronger, and stronger. 180 00:17:49,138 --> 00:17:52,055 I was coming home. 181 00:17:52,766 --> 00:17:57,144 Sorry, I'm late. The ship left without me. Dreadfully rude, really. 182 00:17:57,312 --> 00:17:59,519 Well, coming aboard? 183 00:18:02,985 --> 00:18:04,479 Who are you? 184 00:18:04,653 --> 00:18:08,402 Shhh, I've got to concentrate... these are treacherous waters... 185 00:18:08,574 --> 00:18:12,737 strong currents... unseen rocks. 186 00:19:13,472 --> 00:19:16,010 Follow me... follow me... 187 00:19:16,183 --> 00:19:20,050 Don't get lost... don't get lost... 188 00:19:21,605 --> 00:19:25,270 This way, if you will, Master Merlin. 189 00:19:28,278 --> 00:19:32,323 Your Majesty, well, I mean, I'm rather pleased to present... 190 00:19:36,412 --> 00:19:39,282 You've come at last. 191 00:19:39,456 --> 00:19:41,496 Do you know who I am? 192 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,285 Queen Mab - Yes. 193 00:19:46,839 --> 00:19:49,875 You've grown handsome, and true... 194 00:19:50,050 --> 00:19:53,502 I did well when I created you. 195 00:19:55,806 --> 00:19:58,344 This is Merlin... 196 00:19:58,934 --> 00:20:01,686 Who comes to save us... 197 00:20:01,854 --> 00:20:06,183 He will bring the people back to the old ways. 198 00:20:18,162 --> 00:20:20,238 Why am I here? 199 00:20:20,414 --> 00:20:22,537 To learn! 200 00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:27,121 I will teach you to become the most powerful wizard in the world. 201 00:20:27,296 --> 00:20:30,795 - Why? - To lead mortals back to us... 202 00:20:32,092 --> 00:20:34,762 and the old ways. 203 00:20:40,851 --> 00:20:45,180 - What if I don't want to be a wizard? - It's your destiny. 204 00:20:45,355 --> 00:20:49,056 Remember that branch and how you made it grow? 205 00:20:49,234 --> 00:20:53,528 That's why you're here... to learn. 206 00:20:59,620 --> 00:21:05,290 You'll soon know the power that is in you. 207 00:21:05,459 --> 00:21:07,914 And when it is unleashed... 208 00:21:08,087 --> 00:21:14,836 you will hold this world in the hollow of your hand. 209 00:21:23,185 --> 00:21:27,894 All the magic of the universe and all the spells you will ever need... 210 00:21:28,065 --> 00:21:30,271 are in these books, Merlin. 211 00:21:30,442 --> 00:21:35,235 If I'm half mortal, will I die? 212 00:21:35,406 --> 00:21:37,445 In the fullness of time, we cannot change that. 213 00:21:37,616 --> 00:21:40,866 But... we can change form. 214 00:21:44,248 --> 00:21:49,622 But, it is only an illusion... particularly, in his case. 215 00:21:55,175 --> 00:21:57,334 Sometimes... 216 00:21:57,511 --> 00:22:01,260 we can see into the future... 217 00:22:02,808 --> 00:22:05,928 This is you as you will be. 218 00:22:06,979 --> 00:22:10,977 - Will I grow that old? - Have a care, young Merlin. 219 00:22:12,192 --> 00:22:14,019 - Sorry, sir. - Oh, but you're right. 220 00:22:14,194 --> 00:22:17,895 Try and stay as young inside as you are now. 221 00:22:18,866 --> 00:22:22,282 That's another thing to watch out for... 222 00:22:22,453 --> 00:22:25,738 young Merlin, don't start giving advice. 223 00:22:28,250 --> 00:22:30,207 Frik! It's your turn. 224 00:22:30,794 --> 00:22:36,583 Now, Master Merlin, there are three classes of magic... 225 00:22:36,759 --> 00:22:43,426 three stages of progression to full wizard status. 226 00:22:43,599 --> 00:22:49,055 The first, and lowest stage is wizard by incantation. 227 00:22:49,229 --> 00:22:53,441 Abracadabra! Dove, and chalk! 228 00:22:53,609 --> 00:22:58,021 The second stage wizards are hand wizards. 229 00:22:58,197 --> 00:23:03,986 Whose magic is performed by gestures of the hands, and fingers. 230 00:23:05,079 --> 00:23:08,946 The third, and highest stage of wizardry... the supreme exponents... 231 00:23:09,124 --> 00:23:13,751 are wizards of pure thought. 232 00:23:13,921 --> 00:23:17,005 Who need no words, nor gestures... 233 00:23:17,174 --> 00:23:21,587 but by their will alone... test the heavens. 234 00:23:24,890 --> 00:23:29,885 Of course, only the most supremely gifted personages... 235 00:23:30,062 --> 00:23:34,807 become wizards of the third stage. Oh, get on with it! 236 00:23:38,612 --> 00:23:40,320 Yes, madam. 237 00:23:41,949 --> 00:23:43,988 Any questions? 238 00:23:45,411 --> 00:23:48,032 I studied day and night... 239 00:23:48,205 --> 00:23:53,282 and learned of those unseen forces that hold this world together. 240 00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:56,545 Learnt the secret ways of other worlds, 241 00:23:56,714 --> 00:24:01,007 that exist beneath the surface and behind the mirrors. 242 00:24:05,222 --> 00:24:07,464 Now, you try it. 243 00:24:07,641 --> 00:24:10,049 Must I? 244 00:24:10,227 --> 00:24:12,385 Yes! Right hand, sir. Right hand. 245 00:24:13,897 --> 00:24:16,223 Now, Master Merlin, put it out... 246 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,650 Left hand! Concentrate. 247 00:24:23,282 --> 00:24:28,656 That happened because you didn't concentrate! 248 00:24:32,624 --> 00:24:35,828 Well, how is he doing? 249 00:24:36,003 --> 00:24:39,870 Did you read my report, madam? 250 00:24:40,049 --> 00:24:44,876 - Yes, yes... - But I want your personal impressions. 251 00:24:45,054 --> 00:24:49,383 Well, I mean, I rather think he's got the ability. 252 00:24:49,558 --> 00:24:52,927 He could... indeed... be the greatest. 253 00:24:53,103 --> 00:24:54,977 Ahh... I knew it! 254 00:24:55,147 --> 00:24:58,148 But he never will be... 255 00:24:58,317 --> 00:25:03,358 He can't get past being a hand wizard. He doesn't want to do it. 256 00:25:03,530 --> 00:25:06,068 In his heart... 257 00:25:06,241 --> 00:25:08,815 he doesn't like magic. 258 00:25:12,915 --> 00:25:15,488 He doesn't like it? 259 00:25:15,667 --> 00:25:19,001 I... I... know it sounds shocking... 260 00:25:19,171 --> 00:25:21,579 but if... that's the way it is. Isn't it? 261 00:25:21,757 --> 00:25:25,208 Well, we've got to make him like it! 262 00:25:25,386 --> 00:25:29,004 I have work for him to do. 263 00:25:29,181 --> 00:25:31,589 Well, the truth is... 264 00:25:31,767 --> 00:25:34,222 He wants to go home. 265 00:25:38,774 --> 00:25:40,813 Home? 266 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,627 Why did you call me, Merlin? 267 00:26:06,802 --> 00:26:10,503 - I didn't. - You did. 268 00:26:13,267 --> 00:26:17,264 - Who are you? - The Lady of the Lake... 269 00:26:17,438 --> 00:26:21,767 How are you getting on with my sister, Mab? 270 00:26:23,068 --> 00:26:26,733 - We two don't get on. - Why? 271 00:26:26,905 --> 00:26:31,366 I don't approve of what she's been doing... 272 00:26:31,535 --> 00:26:33,611 creating you, and... 273 00:26:33,787 --> 00:26:38,829 letting your mother die like that. 274 00:26:39,001 --> 00:26:41,836 She let my mother die? 275 00:26:43,005 --> 00:26:47,833 Oh, dear. I shouldn't have told you... 276 00:26:48,010 --> 00:26:50,679 but it just slipped out. 277 00:26:53,932 --> 00:26:57,598 - I'm going home. - You should... 278 00:26:57,770 --> 00:27:02,681 your Auntie Ambrosia is very ill. 279 00:27:07,237 --> 00:27:08,732 Where is he? 280 00:27:08,906 --> 00:27:13,153 He's on his way home to that viper-tongued witch, Ambrosia. 281 00:27:13,327 --> 00:27:16,197 How can he get across the lake? 282 00:27:16,371 --> 00:27:19,207 My dear sister... 283 00:27:19,374 --> 00:27:23,503 If I may say so, madam, it really would help matters, if you two could agree to... 284 00:27:23,670 --> 00:27:27,585 - When I want your advice, I'll ask for it, Frik! - As you wish, madam. 285 00:27:27,758 --> 00:27:31,625 - What are you going to do? - I'm not going to lose him. 286 00:27:43,524 --> 00:27:45,812 Where is he? 287 00:27:50,155 --> 00:27:53,240 So... here you are again. 288 00:27:53,409 --> 00:27:59,328 You're still a chip off the iceberg, I see... Oh, please, don't bother to knock. 289 00:27:59,498 --> 00:28:01,906 Where's Merlin? 290 00:28:04,378 --> 00:28:06,667 You've lost him, haven't you? 291 00:28:06,839 --> 00:28:09,246 I must say, it's typical. 292 00:28:09,425 --> 00:28:14,170 You've been sliding down the ladder of success so quickly these last few years... 293 00:28:14,346 --> 00:28:17,181 you must have got splinters in your backside. 294 00:28:19,852 --> 00:28:24,893 Don't provoke me, Ambrosia. I'm in no mood for your jibes. 295 00:28:25,065 --> 00:28:29,893 I'm anxious about him, too. You should have taken better care of him... 296 00:28:30,070 --> 00:28:33,771 He'll be here. He's heard you're ill. 297 00:28:33,949 --> 00:28:36,950 I'm not ill... I'm dying. 298 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:41,995 When he comes, you must send him back. Can't you make him come back? 299 00:28:42,166 --> 00:28:47,207 - It's better that you tell him his place is with me. - No, I won't do that. 300 00:28:47,796 --> 00:28:52,423 - Do you defy me? - Of course, I defy you, I've always defied you. 301 00:28:52,593 --> 00:28:55,380 - Why? - It's my nature. 302 00:28:55,554 --> 00:28:59,552 When my boy comes here... I'll say not one word. 303 00:29:01,852 --> 00:29:05,268 He'll do what's in his heart. 304 00:29:30,547 --> 00:29:33,217 Now, see what you made me do? 305 00:29:40,140 --> 00:29:42,845 What is it? 306 00:29:43,018 --> 00:29:45,936 You tell me... 307 00:29:47,022 --> 00:29:50,521 you're the mistress of magic. 308 00:30:00,786 --> 00:30:05,115 Dear boy, you've come back. 309 00:30:05,290 --> 00:30:07,828 What's wrong? 310 00:30:08,001 --> 00:30:09,828 Nothing... 311 00:30:10,003 --> 00:30:12,839 every-thing's as it should be. 312 00:30:16,218 --> 00:30:18,839 Merlin... remember... 313 00:30:19,012 --> 00:30:22,844 only listen to your heart. 314 00:30:38,907 --> 00:30:41,066 - You killed her... - No, I didn't. 315 00:30:41,243 --> 00:30:46,285 - Just like you killed my real mother. - No... I only let her die. 316 00:30:48,333 --> 00:30:51,251 You haven't the power to strike me. 317 00:30:51,420 --> 00:30:53,709 Watch my power grow... 318 00:31:00,137 --> 00:31:05,380 That was very good, Merlin... I'm impressed. 319 00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:10,435 - I'll never forgive you. - I'm sorry about your mother and Ambrosia. 320 00:31:10,606 --> 00:31:14,022 But they were casualties of war... 321 00:31:14,193 --> 00:31:17,692 I am fighting to save my people from extinction. 322 00:31:17,863 --> 00:31:22,988 - I don't care if you die, and disappear. - I will... unless I fight, and win. 323 00:31:24,203 --> 00:31:26,528 I'll never help you. 324 00:31:26,705 --> 00:31:29,161 You will... 325 00:31:30,250 --> 00:31:32,955 I'll make you. 326 00:31:43,305 --> 00:31:48,430 I swear on Ambrosia's grave and the grave of my mother... 327 00:31:48,602 --> 00:31:52,469 I'll only, ever use my powers to defeat Queen Mab. 328 00:31:52,648 --> 00:31:55,020 On this, I swear. 329 00:31:56,110 --> 00:31:59,276 And thus, I set my course... 330 00:31:59,446 --> 00:32:02,281 I knew Mab had heard me, 331 00:32:02,449 --> 00:32:07,823 but right from the start she believed she could make me break my oath. 332 00:32:07,996 --> 00:32:12,125 After all, part of her was in me. 333 00:32:13,043 --> 00:32:16,293 So, she waited, patiently, in the shadows... 334 00:32:16,463 --> 00:32:22,217 for the time when she could strike, and make me see the error of my ways. 335 00:32:23,971 --> 00:32:27,755 So, the world turned, and turned again. 336 00:32:27,933 --> 00:32:31,516 The rain fell on the just, and unjust, alike. 337 00:32:31,687 --> 00:32:38,224 Men and women were cut down like wheat, to be born again... strong. 338 00:32:45,117 --> 00:32:48,533 Mab had to wait years, but it didn't matter. 339 00:32:48,704 --> 00:32:52,452 Those years passed as if in seconds, 340 00:32:52,624 --> 00:32:55,080 and then she found a way, 341 00:32:55,252 --> 00:32:59,250 of making me break my oath. 342 00:33:08,807 --> 00:33:12,259 It's a prime position for a new castle... 343 00:33:12,436 --> 00:33:14,512 don't you think? Lord Ardente... 344 00:33:14,688 --> 00:33:18,935 it will be impregnable. You're Majesty, no army can take it. 345 00:33:19,109 --> 00:33:23,937 Not even Uther's. My Lord Uther is in Normandy, sire. 346 00:33:24,114 --> 00:33:29,868 My spies tell me he's raising an army and getting ready to sail for England... 347 00:33:30,037 --> 00:33:36,040 he wants to kill me. I don't blame him... I killed his father, King Constant. 348 00:33:36,210 --> 00:33:39,080 King Constant was a tyrant... 349 00:33:39,254 --> 00:33:41,496 not unlike myself. 350 00:33:45,344 --> 00:33:48,184 You don't sound very convincing, my lord. What I'm interested in is... 351 00:33:48,222 --> 00:33:54,307 in case we'd have to fight, whose side would you be on... his or mine? 352 00:33:54,478 --> 00:34:00,433 I have always been loyal to your majesty... I've pledged my entire army to you. 353 00:34:00,609 --> 00:34:03,065 True... up until now. 354 00:34:03,237 --> 00:34:07,697 The trouble is... I don't trust anyone. I want guarantees... 355 00:34:07,866 --> 00:34:10,073 You have my word, Sire. 356 00:34:10,244 --> 00:34:15,238 It's not good enough. I'm keeping your daughter, Nimue... just to be sure. 357 00:34:15,958 --> 00:34:18,449 This is outrageous, Sire! 358 00:34:18,627 --> 00:34:20,169 I'm sorry. 359 00:34:20,337 --> 00:34:24,002 King Vortigern... whatever you do to me... 360 00:34:24,174 --> 00:34:26,500 my father will do what is right. 361 00:34:26,677 --> 00:34:31,138 Of course, he will... if you stay loyal to me, she'll be safe. 362 00:34:31,306 --> 00:34:36,645 But if you betray me, I will kill her, myself. 363 00:34:53,787 --> 00:34:57,073 How does it go? Progress? 364 00:34:57,249 --> 00:35:02,492 Fine, Sire... fine... the linnets on the west side need bolstering. 365 00:35:02,671 --> 00:35:04,794 Run for your lives! 366 00:35:24,359 --> 00:35:27,313 Tell me roughly... what happened? 367 00:35:27,488 --> 00:35:29,813 I don't know, Sire... 368 00:35:30,908 --> 00:35:32,402 Guards! Take him away! 369 00:35:32,576 --> 00:35:36,241 It shouldn't have done that... It's the linnets. I'm sure it's the linnets. 370 00:35:36,413 --> 00:35:39,747 Get me a different architect! 371 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:50,040 - Hey you! You... why won't it stand? - I'm a soothsayer, your Majesty, not an architect. 372 00:35:50,219 --> 00:35:53,801 If you were a soothsayer you should know. 373 00:35:53,972 --> 00:35:59,215 Tell me why it is, that every time I try to rebuild a tower... 374 00:35:59,395 --> 00:36:01,720 it collapses! 375 00:36:02,940 --> 00:36:05,025 Yes, indeed... 376 00:36:06,068 --> 00:36:08,903 you think I should know that, sire? 377 00:36:09,071 --> 00:36:11,341 - Yes, yes, well... I'll read the stones... - Then, read them! 378 00:36:11,365 --> 00:36:15,528 Oh, I will, Sire... I will... that's something I do very well, Sire... very well. 379 00:36:18,956 --> 00:36:25,076 Why is it that I surround myself with a bunch of incompetent fools? 380 00:36:26,130 --> 00:36:30,792 I've been a worshipper of the old ways all my life. 381 00:36:30,968 --> 00:36:34,088 Now... that life is in danger. 382 00:36:34,263 --> 00:36:39,055 And it's a precious life. It's mine! 383 00:36:39,226 --> 00:36:42,927 I've never had any real help... no... not never! 384 00:36:45,733 --> 00:36:51,272 What am I going to I've no idea why his tower keeps falling down. 385 00:36:53,907 --> 00:36:57,193 The land is cursed... 386 00:36:57,369 --> 00:37:03,454 You've appeared! You appeared after all these years! It is... it is... Queen Mab! 387 00:37:07,254 --> 00:37:12,711 The land is cursed. Neither tower, nor castle will stand. 388 00:37:12,885 --> 00:37:15,755 So, what do we do? 389 00:37:16,430 --> 00:37:21,886 You... must find a man who has no mortal father... 390 00:37:22,061 --> 00:37:25,809 and mix his blood with the mortar. 391 00:37:27,483 --> 00:37:29,309 Oooh... ahh... splendid! 392 00:37:30,194 --> 00:37:31,688 But... ummm... 393 00:37:31,862 --> 00:37:36,820 a man who has no mortal father... 394 00:37:38,535 --> 00:37:41,536 where can I find a man like that? 395 00:37:45,042 --> 00:37:47,580 I will show you... 396 00:37:53,967 --> 00:37:56,007 Seize that man! 397 00:37:56,887 --> 00:37:59,805 Welcome to my home, sir. 398 00:38:01,892 --> 00:38:04,015 What can I do for you? 399 00:38:04,812 --> 00:38:09,023 - I'm the king's soothsayer. - Important position... 400 00:38:09,191 --> 00:38:13,568 Ohh... and a fragile one. I'm the third royal soothsayer this year. 401 00:38:13,737 --> 00:38:19,573 - Vortigern gets through them at an alarming rate. - He gets through everything at an alarming rate. 402 00:38:23,372 --> 00:38:24,949 It seems to be holding. 403 00:38:25,124 --> 00:38:29,869 - It will hold this time, your majesty, never fear. - Never have. 404 00:38:30,045 --> 00:38:33,461 The foundations are as solid... 405 00:38:50,149 --> 00:38:51,691 You were saying...? 406 00:38:55,362 --> 00:39:01,235 Your majesty... I've found him... the man without a mortal father. 407 00:39:01,410 --> 00:39:05,871 This better not be one of your tricks. No... no... no Sire. It's all true. 408 00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:09,373 Well, there's only one way to find out... 409 00:39:11,545 --> 00:39:13,787 get a bowl... 410 00:39:13,964 --> 00:39:16,537 cut his throat. 411 00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,008 Do it now! What's the matter with you? 412 00:39:21,180 --> 00:39:24,430 - He's a wizard... - He doesn't look like much of a wizard to me. 413 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,850 I never did anything to you... why do you want to cut my throat? 414 00:39:28,020 --> 00:39:32,433 It's nothing personal. I have to mix your blood with the mortar for the castle. 415 00:39:32,608 --> 00:39:37,186 This old fool tells me it's the only way to make the building stand. 416 00:39:37,780 --> 00:39:41,279 It's easy to die knowing you'll die for your country. 417 00:39:41,450 --> 00:39:44,023 If I may I first offer some advice... 418 00:39:45,746 --> 00:39:49,197 your majesty's in danger of seeming a little stupid. 419 00:39:52,419 --> 00:39:54,827 What did you call me? 420 00:39:55,339 --> 00:39:57,581 Stupid. 421 00:39:59,093 --> 00:40:01,797 This man thinks he's me! 422 00:40:02,638 --> 00:40:05,093 Why would you call me stupid? 423 00:40:05,265 --> 00:40:10,852 Because, it's obvious why you can't build a castle there. Look! 424 00:40:13,482 --> 00:40:16,851 - I'm looking... - I don't see anything. 425 00:40:17,027 --> 00:40:20,811 Can't you see the stream? It runs into a great cavern below. 426 00:40:20,989 --> 00:40:23,860 The water's here, I swear! 427 00:40:24,034 --> 00:40:26,656 I can see it. We can all... 428 00:40:26,829 --> 00:40:29,783 You wanted to build my castle on water? 429 00:40:29,957 --> 00:40:32,080 That's not all that's wrong. 430 00:40:32,251 --> 00:40:35,750 You work on the dragons... 431 00:40:35,921 --> 00:40:37,914 Dragons? What dragons? 432 00:40:38,090 --> 00:40:40,759 I see two dragons... 433 00:40:40,926 --> 00:40:42,835 one red... one white. 434 00:40:43,011 --> 00:40:47,970 My crest is a white dragon. It's an omen... 435 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,789 Wouldn't you say, sir? What else did you see? 436 00:41:10,956 --> 00:41:14,123 The red dragon conquered the white. 437 00:41:14,293 --> 00:41:17,662 It's an omen... wouldn't you say, Sire? 438 00:41:17,838 --> 00:41:20,590 Could be an omen. 439 00:41:38,358 --> 00:41:42,902 Your Majesty, Prince Uther has landed... from Normandy with a great army. 440 00:41:43,072 --> 00:41:46,238 He's marching on Winchester. 441 00:41:47,326 --> 00:41:49,864 You foresaw all this... 442 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,202 I see things unknown. 443 00:41:53,832 --> 00:41:57,912 Gather my armies! We march on Winchester! 444 00:41:58,087 --> 00:42:01,087 I've been fighting my enemies for fifteen years. 445 00:42:01,256 --> 00:42:07,295 Every time I crush one, another one takes his place. Will it ever end? 446 00:42:08,514 --> 00:42:11,873 Perhaps, you need me to foretell the future... then you could 447 00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:15,041 crush them all before they get a chance to cause trouble. 448 00:42:16,105 --> 00:42:20,102 Of course, then you wouldn't be able to cut my throat. 449 00:42:20,275 --> 00:42:23,644 You're an extraordinary man... 450 00:42:23,821 --> 00:42:27,439 but I can't have extraordinary men... 451 00:42:29,034 --> 00:42:32,948 You're not quick enough, that's a mistake many of my enemies make... 452 00:42:33,122 --> 00:42:39,160 they think before they act... I act before I think. That's my advantage. 453 00:42:41,964 --> 00:42:44,502 And you... you're out of a job. 454 00:42:44,675 --> 00:42:46,418 Tie the wizard. 455 00:42:46,593 --> 00:42:50,212 Come on, quick... before he changes his mind. 456 00:42:52,391 --> 00:42:54,716 Open the gates. 457 00:43:00,315 --> 00:43:02,985 Here comes the king. 458 00:43:11,452 --> 00:43:13,278 There they are... 459 00:43:15,205 --> 00:43:17,577 Throw him in. 460 00:43:30,804 --> 00:43:32,963 Ah, Frik! How are you doing? 461 00:43:33,140 --> 00:43:38,098 Overworked, and underpaid... how terribly sweet of you to inquire. 462 00:43:38,270 --> 00:43:42,184 You're in serious trouble this time, Master Merlin. 463 00:43:42,357 --> 00:43:45,857 How did they ever make Vulgarian like Vortigern king? 464 00:43:46,028 --> 00:43:51,153 You mortals have no sense of the fitness of things. Quite appalling. 465 00:43:52,242 --> 00:43:56,157 Anyway, I'm here with a message from Mab. 466 00:43:57,915 --> 00:44:00,073 - Naturally... - She's going to punish you. 467 00:44:00,250 --> 00:44:01,910 She hates me. 468 00:44:02,086 --> 00:44:07,127 But she's rather disappointed that you've refused to use your magic power. 469 00:44:07,299 --> 00:44:10,134 I swore an oath on Ambrosia's grave, Frik. 470 00:44:10,302 --> 00:44:15,427 But why won't you use them, Master Merlin? Because Mab wants me to. 471 00:44:17,059 --> 00:44:20,843 You will in the end, you know. 472 00:44:21,021 --> 00:44:23,263 You're half human. 473 00:44:24,775 --> 00:44:29,353 She's a terrible enemy, Master Merlin... and a very poor employer. 474 00:44:29,530 --> 00:44:32,946 Well, I mean, I could tell you stories... but enough of my problems. 475 00:45:07,943 --> 00:45:11,193 It is you, Merlin. 476 00:45:15,159 --> 00:45:16,985 What are you doing here? 477 00:45:17,161 --> 00:45:22,368 I'm a hostage... Vortigern wants to make sure... that my father doesn't join Prince Uther. 478 00:45:22,541 --> 00:45:28,330 Why... was he going to? No... but he doesn't trust anybody. 479 00:45:30,883 --> 00:45:34,252 It's dangerous being here... no one knows who he'll strike down next. 480 00:45:34,428 --> 00:45:38,924 Seems I said the wrong thing... I told him Uther would defeat him. 481 00:45:39,099 --> 00:45:40,724 I hope you're right. 482 00:45:42,352 --> 00:45:46,599 What is the matter? Are you ill? No... no, it's just... I... uhh... 483 00:45:46,774 --> 00:45:52,479 I need space to breathe these four walls are suffocating me. 484 00:45:56,658 --> 00:46:01,071 I've never forgotten you all these years. 485 00:46:01,246 --> 00:46:04,413 I've always remembered you, Merlin. 486 00:46:11,965 --> 00:46:16,010 Uther has captured Winchester... he's unstoppable. 487 00:46:16,178 --> 00:46:18,550 I'll stop him! 488 00:46:24,895 --> 00:46:27,220 I didn't send for you... 489 00:46:27,398 --> 00:46:29,723 That's why I'm here... 490 00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:32,225 I've killed men for such insolence 491 00:46:32,403 --> 00:46:35,902 - and women? - And children... 492 00:46:36,073 --> 00:46:37,900 I'm trembling... 493 00:46:38,075 --> 00:46:40,744 What makes you so brave, woman? 494 00:46:40,911 --> 00:46:47,412 Knowing that if you hurt me, my father and his men will join Uther. 495 00:46:50,129 --> 00:46:53,213 Alright. You're here now... so... what is it you want? 496 00:46:53,382 --> 00:46:56,336 Merlin... the wizard... 497 00:46:56,510 --> 00:46:59,345 - He's sick. - Get him a physician. 498 00:47:00,139 --> 00:47:03,093 There is no cure, but his freedom. 499 00:47:03,267 --> 00:47:06,351 - I cannot give him that. - Then he'll die. 500 00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:10,185 We all die... eventually... 501 00:47:10,357 --> 00:47:13,144 even... wizards. 502 00:47:14,403 --> 00:47:18,614 But if he does, you will not know about the battle. 503 00:47:18,782 --> 00:47:24,322 He has had another vision. Don't you want to know how to win? 504 00:47:51,857 --> 00:47:56,898 I now have the strongest army Britain has ever seen. 505 00:47:57,071 --> 00:48:02,527 It may not be enough, your Majesty. Uther and his men follow the Christian way. 506 00:48:02,701 --> 00:48:04,741 I thought they didn't believe in killing. 507 00:48:04,912 --> 00:48:09,574 Oh, they'll kill in a holy cause... and destroying you is a holy cause. 508 00:48:09,750 --> 00:48:13,201 How convenient... they kill when it suits them. 509 00:48:13,379 --> 00:48:15,870 Like the rest of us, Sire. 510 00:48:16,048 --> 00:48:21,006 - When... will he attack? - Not before the spring... 511 00:48:22,096 --> 00:48:25,050 Good... we'll use winter as our ally. 512 00:48:25,224 --> 00:48:28,260 We'll take him by surprise... 513 00:48:30,854 --> 00:48:34,270 Merlin! I need your help. 514 00:48:34,441 --> 00:48:38,190 How are you? I know I've been a little hot-tempered... 515 00:48:38,362 --> 00:48:41,031 Patience is not one of my virtues. 516 00:48:41,198 --> 00:48:45,741 Well, you have so few of those I wouldn't concern myself about that one, too much, Sire. 517 00:48:46,745 --> 00:48:49,034 How can I help you? 518 00:48:49,206 --> 00:48:52,492 Can Uther be defeated? 519 00:48:52,668 --> 00:48:57,294 I dreamed of battle near Winchester. 520 00:48:57,464 --> 00:49:01,676 But I couldn't see how it ended... I was too weak. 521 00:49:02,761 --> 00:49:06,462 Dream it again... I want to know who wins. 522 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,890 And I want fresh air, and light. 523 00:49:10,060 --> 00:49:13,429 Without them I cannot dream dreams, and see visions. 524 00:49:15,899 --> 00:49:17,773 Is that all? 525 00:49:19,236 --> 00:49:24,396 'Way over there, beyond those hills... is an island, called Avalon. 526 00:49:24,575 --> 00:49:29,949 Joseph, of Arimathea came there from Jerusalem with the Holy Grail... 527 00:49:30,122 --> 00:49:34,167 The cup our lord, Jesus Christ, used at the holy supper. 528 00:49:34,334 --> 00:49:39,495 It has the power to feed the hungry and heal the sick. 529 00:49:39,673 --> 00:49:42,627 But the Holy Grail was lost to us. 530 00:49:42,801 --> 00:49:47,843 Many men search for it but no one has ever seen it, since. 531 00:49:48,015 --> 00:49:52,641 But one day, a man with a pure heart will find it. 532 00:49:52,811 --> 00:49:56,975 And peace, and happiness will return.' 533 00:49:57,608 --> 00:50:00,063 That's a lovely story... 534 00:50:03,864 --> 00:50:05,524 and so are you. 535 00:50:07,409 --> 00:50:10,778 Oh... they hurt... memories... 536 00:50:10,954 --> 00:50:14,703 memories of love, they hurt. 537 00:50:14,875 --> 00:50:20,913 Our world was tearing itself to pieces, I didn't care... 538 00:50:21,090 --> 00:50:26,760 those were truly the happiest days of my life. 539 00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:31,598 Are you really a wizard? 540 00:50:33,060 --> 00:50:35,930 A hand wizard... 541 00:50:36,105 --> 00:50:40,102 You mean... there's magic in your hands? 542 00:50:42,945 --> 00:50:47,772 Well, for one thing, hands can say so much more than words. 543 00:50:48,492 --> 00:50:51,778 They can... umm... welcome... 544 00:50:51,954 --> 00:50:55,453 beg... pray. They can... 545 00:50:55,624 --> 00:50:58,080 hands can even... 546 00:51:10,597 --> 00:51:14,512 If only we could keep everything as simple as the roundness of the moon. 547 00:51:14,685 --> 00:51:17,390 Look at it's simplicity, Nimue. 548 00:51:17,563 --> 00:51:22,770 Everything equal, no part more important than the rest. 549 00:51:34,580 --> 00:51:36,987 I thought you weren't going to do any magic... 550 00:51:37,166 --> 00:51:40,036 Oh... that wasn't magic... magic is real. 551 00:51:40,836 --> 00:51:44,537 That was just a trick. 552 00:51:47,301 --> 00:51:49,970 Open the gate... open the gate... 553 00:52:02,733 --> 00:52:05,354 Hail, Vortigern... king of Britain. 554 00:52:05,527 --> 00:52:09,228 I am Mab... queen of the old ways. 555 00:52:10,574 --> 00:52:12,650 What brings you here, madam? 556 00:52:12,826 --> 00:52:16,741 I can tell you how to defeat Uther. 557 00:52:18,540 --> 00:52:22,787 What will this alliance cost me? There's a price to everything. 558 00:52:22,961 --> 00:52:25,499 The wizard... Merlin... 559 00:52:25,672 --> 00:52:27,712 I want him. 560 00:52:28,801 --> 00:52:31,755 He is too valuable to me... 561 00:52:31,929 --> 00:52:36,140 he sees things... he has visions. 562 00:52:36,308 --> 00:52:39,060 Anyone can have visions... 563 00:52:39,228 --> 00:52:41,897 don't you see visions? 564 00:52:42,064 --> 00:52:45,647 Don't you see yourself... winning? 565 00:52:46,735 --> 00:52:50,733 Yes... but I don't see why you would want to help me. 566 00:52:50,906 --> 00:52:54,524 I would rather see you on the throne than Uther! 567 00:52:54,701 --> 00:52:57,952 I don't believe in your old ways. 568 00:53:00,082 --> 00:53:03,996 You... don't believe in anything. 569 00:53:06,213 --> 00:53:09,084 I believe in me. 570 00:53:09,258 --> 00:53:12,958 That's not enough to make us win. 571 00:53:13,137 --> 00:53:15,544 I understand... 572 00:53:15,723 --> 00:53:21,559 Uther will bring Christianity to the people and that will be the end of you. 573 00:53:24,690 --> 00:53:28,225 Allright. I'll give you the wizard... 574 00:53:28,402 --> 00:53:31,652 tell me, how do I defeat... Uther? 575 00:53:33,949 --> 00:53:37,484 Sacrifice Nimue to the great dragon... 576 00:53:39,079 --> 00:53:41,831 That's not so easy... 577 00:53:42,833 --> 00:53:44,790 Ethics...? 578 00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,202 Politic. 579 00:54:06,190 --> 00:54:09,559 I can't do that... she's my hostage. 580 00:54:09,735 --> 00:54:13,234 It keeps her father loyal to me. 581 00:54:16,784 --> 00:54:20,828 Urgent news, your Majesty. Lord Argent has defected. 582 00:54:20,996 --> 00:54:24,614 He's joined Prince Uther. 583 00:54:31,006 --> 00:54:34,173 How convenient... Mab! 584 00:54:34,343 --> 00:54:36,881 For both of us! 585 00:54:37,054 --> 00:54:39,426 The girl dies! 586 00:54:40,516 --> 00:54:43,517 Let Merlin watch... 587 00:58:05,804 --> 00:58:08,758 Very good, Merlin. 588 00:58:08,932 --> 00:58:11,091 Very good... 589 00:58:17,483 --> 00:58:21,812 Like Joseph of Arimathea... I went to Avalon... 590 00:58:21,987 --> 00:58:27,527 not with the Holy Grail, but... but with something much more precious to me. 591 00:58:27,701 --> 00:58:29,824 Sisters... 592 00:58:32,498 --> 00:58:35,415 Take care of her, please... she's very badly hurt. 593 00:58:41,882 --> 00:58:46,627 Whilst the monks prayed and I thought of revenge. 594 00:58:46,804 --> 00:58:49,555 The nuns were more practical. 595 00:58:49,723 --> 00:58:53,306 They used their knowledge of ancient herbs, and potions... 596 00:58:53,477 --> 00:58:57,605 to try and save my only love. 597 00:59:03,362 --> 00:59:07,490 She's very badly wounded. The sisters are doing all they can, 598 00:59:07,658 --> 00:59:10,694 but you must pray with us. 599 00:59:10,869 --> 00:59:16,705 Why should I pray to your God if he is going to take her from me? 600 00:59:16,875 --> 00:59:20,410 But this is not God's work... 601 00:59:20,587 --> 00:59:22,580 No, you're right... it isn't. 602 00:59:22,756 --> 00:59:26,256 Do you know who did it? 603 00:59:26,427 --> 00:59:28,668 Oh, yes... I know... 604 00:59:43,485 --> 00:59:46,652 Do you hear me, Mab? 605 00:59:51,326 --> 00:59:54,197 You destroyed everyone I love... 606 00:59:54,371 --> 00:59:57,491 my mother, Ambrosia, and now, Nimue. 607 00:59:57,666 --> 01:00:02,909 The end justifies the means. I did it for you. 608 01:00:03,088 --> 01:00:06,706 I want you to use the power in you. 609 01:00:06,884 --> 01:00:11,925 Rise up, dear, dear, Merlin and be great. 610 01:00:12,097 --> 01:00:16,724 No, Mab. I'll destroy you for what you've done to me. 611 01:00:16,894 --> 01:00:21,639 You can't, Merlin. I'll always be too strong. 612 01:00:21,815 --> 01:00:25,683 I'll find a way. I WILL FIND A WAY! 613 01:00:26,779 --> 01:00:28,855 Never... 614 01:00:29,031 --> 01:00:31,320 Not ever! 615 01:00:35,954 --> 01:00:39,703 Shh... don't try to speak... save your strength. 616 01:00:41,085 --> 01:00:44,454 Don't... don't turn your face to the wall... 617 01:00:52,846 --> 01:00:55,302 Please, go out... 618 01:00:57,434 --> 01:01:00,934 The important thing is you are alive. 619 01:01:08,904 --> 01:01:11,988 I have to go away for a little while. 620 01:01:13,784 --> 01:01:17,319 When I come back it'll be forever. 621 01:01:24,545 --> 01:01:27,961 You'll always be beautiful to me. 622 01:02:11,341 --> 01:02:13,915 My Lady of the Lake... 623 01:02:15,012 --> 01:02:17,467 It is I... Merlin. 624 01:02:26,690 --> 01:02:29,146 I need help... 625 01:02:43,373 --> 01:02:46,410 For what purpose... Merlin... 626 01:02:47,127 --> 01:02:49,583 To defeat Vortigern... 627 01:02:49,755 --> 01:02:54,583 he's Mab's ally. And a tyrant. 628 01:02:54,760 --> 01:02:58,840 Good king... bad king... 629 01:02:59,014 --> 01:03:02,513 you judge too easily, Merlin. 630 01:03:03,310 --> 01:03:05,848 You'll learn... 631 01:03:14,446 --> 01:03:16,439 I give you... 632 01:03:16,615 --> 01:03:18,489 EXCALIBUR! 633 01:03:45,728 --> 01:03:48,265 I heard the sword's song... 634 01:03:49,898 --> 01:03:52,140 and it was beautiful. 635 01:03:54,903 --> 01:03:58,272 Now... armed with the sword of the just... 636 01:03:58,449 --> 01:04:01,533 I was going to face another dragon. 637 01:04:01,702 --> 01:04:06,245 A red one... It was Uther's crest, and... 638 01:04:06,415 --> 01:04:10,365 I was about to make it supreme... 639 01:04:10,544 --> 01:04:13,000 if he'd let me. 640 01:04:25,559 --> 01:04:29,260 You're welcome to Winchester Castle, Merlin. 641 01:04:29,438 --> 01:04:33,305 Oh, are you Merlin, the wizard? 642 01:04:33,484 --> 01:04:37,896 We're Christians here, sir. We don't believe in your blasphemy. 643 01:04:38,072 --> 01:04:43,528 Well, that's you're choice, sir, but pagan or Christian... I hope you believe in fresh news. 644 01:04:44,953 --> 01:04:49,829 Well... is it good or bad? That depends how you use it. 645 01:04:51,210 --> 01:04:53,748 Vortigern will attack you within days. 646 01:04:53,921 --> 01:04:57,087 No one fights in winter... It isn't done! 647 01:04:57,257 --> 01:05:00,840 Rules of War: We fight in summer, we rest in winter. 648 01:05:01,011 --> 01:05:05,009 Vortigern isn't interested in rules, and traditions... he wants to win. 649 01:05:05,182 --> 01:05:08,218 And if circumstances were different, I would favour him. 650 01:05:08,394 --> 01:05:12,854 His army's already on the march... take it, or leave it. 651 01:05:15,609 --> 01:05:17,815 Why are you telling me this? 652 01:05:17,986 --> 01:05:22,233 Vortigern is a friend of my enemy... Mab 653 01:05:22,408 --> 01:05:27,235 so my enemy's enemy is my friend, and besides... 654 01:05:27,413 --> 01:05:32,039 I've already seen the red dragon defeat the white. And I think... 655 01:05:32,209 --> 01:05:36,918 that you might make a fair to decent king. Oh, you think so, do you? 656 01:05:37,089 --> 01:05:41,300 King Constant wasn't. You'll have to do a lot better than your father. 657 01:05:41,468 --> 01:05:45,383 But I offer you my services as a wizard. 658 01:05:58,777 --> 01:06:03,107 Merlin... I owe you an apology! You were right about Vortigern... 659 01:06:03,282 --> 01:06:05,488 What a fool... to fight in winter. 660 01:06:05,659 --> 01:06:10,202 Perhaps, I was the fool thinking that winter would make me safe? 661 01:06:10,372 --> 01:06:12,946 We will be ready for him now. 662 01:06:13,125 --> 01:06:16,042 We must choose our battleground, Sire. 663 01:06:17,337 --> 01:06:19,828 Here... we fight him, here. 664 01:06:20,007 --> 01:06:22,676 - You mean by the river...? - On it... 665 01:06:22,843 --> 01:06:28,217 He has to come down here through the pass, and cross on his way to Winchester. 666 01:06:29,016 --> 01:06:33,761 This is where you meet Vortigern and crush him. 667 01:06:49,244 --> 01:06:52,198 Uther knows you're going to attack him. 668 01:06:52,372 --> 01:06:55,042 He's waiting for you... 669 01:06:55,209 --> 01:06:58,412 I wonder who told him I was coming? 670 01:06:59,171 --> 01:07:03,121 - Merlin... - The dragon didn't kill him? 671 01:07:03,300 --> 01:07:05,791 - What about the girl? - She's alive... 672 01:07:05,969 --> 01:07:12,222 So much for real magic. It doesn't matter. I never believed in it, anyway. 673 01:07:12,393 --> 01:07:17,979 You're a very brave man, Vortigern, but so stupid! 674 01:07:19,608 --> 01:07:23,143 You have to believe in something, now. Like what...? 675 01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:27,781 I've been king for twenty years, and I've never been defeated. 676 01:07:27,950 --> 01:07:31,864 I didn't use any magic... I did it with my bare hands. 677 01:07:44,299 --> 01:07:48,428 - What is it? - It'll protect you. 678 01:07:48,595 --> 01:07:51,265 What are you afraid of, Mab? 679 01:07:53,684 --> 01:07:59,140 The world is passing you by, leaving you behind. 680 01:07:59,314 --> 01:08:02,268 Kings... queens... 681 01:08:02,443 --> 01:08:05,112 old ways... new ways... 682 01:08:05,279 --> 01:08:08,730 they all come together in the end. 683 01:08:08,907 --> 01:08:14,032 I've never been afraid, and never will be. 684 01:08:17,875 --> 01:08:21,041 Vortigern... it's your pride. 685 01:08:21,211 --> 01:08:24,378 Your pride condemns you. 686 01:09:11,345 --> 01:09:16,137 Lord Ardente... the traitor... 687 01:09:16,308 --> 01:09:18,016 you changed sides! 688 01:09:23,357 --> 01:09:25,812 I wish I could. 689 01:09:31,615 --> 01:09:33,572 CHARGE! 690 01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:46,615 Are you going to use some of your magic on me, Merlin? 691 01:11:46,792 --> 01:11:49,828 I'll kill you any way I can Vortigern. 692 01:11:50,003 --> 01:11:51,830 And I will kill you... 693 01:12:38,343 --> 01:12:46,007 Only one tear was shed for Vortigern, and his pride had cast it away. 694 01:12:46,185 --> 01:12:49,767 He paid for it with his life. 695 01:12:56,278 --> 01:12:58,947 That is a mighty sword. 696 01:13:00,032 --> 01:13:02,570 It is Excalibur... 697 01:13:04,620 --> 01:13:09,365 it can only be used by a good man in a good cause. 698 01:13:09,541 --> 01:13:11,748 I understand... 699 01:13:30,687 --> 01:13:35,646 I thought... I could, now, spend time with Nimue. 700 01:13:35,818 --> 01:13:41,571 I thought Uther would be a good king. And so, help defeat Mab. 701 01:13:41,740 --> 01:13:46,283 But... I was never a good judge of men. 702 01:13:46,453 --> 01:13:50,036 I always expected too much of them. 703 01:14:07,808 --> 01:14:09,682 Cornwall... 704 01:14:18,944 --> 01:14:23,405 Your majesty, may I present my wife... the lady, Igraine... 705 01:14:25,951 --> 01:14:27,576 and my daughter. 706 01:14:34,293 --> 01:14:38,504 You are welcome to Pendragon, my lady, and you. 707 01:14:39,298 --> 01:14:42,631 Morgan Le Fey, your majesty. 708 01:14:43,677 --> 01:14:49,466 Cornwall, would you permit me to dance with your lady after the feast? 709 01:14:49,641 --> 01:14:53,093 If your majesty pleases... 710 01:14:53,270 --> 01:14:57,184 It would please his majesty, very much. 711 01:15:04,823 --> 01:15:09,781 Igraine. She's beautiful... isn't she? 712 01:15:09,953 --> 01:15:12,907 Beautiful and somebody else's wife. 713 01:15:13,082 --> 01:15:15,619 But still beautiful... 714 01:15:15,793 --> 01:15:18,200 what does the rest matter. 715 01:15:24,468 --> 01:15:27,422 Are you really a wizard...? 716 01:15:29,348 --> 01:15:30,759 So they say... 717 01:15:30,933 --> 01:15:34,017 Do some magic for me. 718 01:15:35,813 --> 01:15:38,482 Do you wash behind your ears? 719 01:15:39,942 --> 01:15:42,148 That's not real magic... 720 01:15:42,319 --> 01:15:46,483 it's a trick! Anyone can do it! 721 01:15:46,657 --> 01:15:48,899 Alright... you do it, then. 722 01:15:54,581 --> 01:15:57,119 There... you see? I did it! 723 01:15:57,292 --> 01:16:00,377 You were right... anyone could do it. 724 01:16:06,135 --> 01:16:12,339 Come on. He hardly had the crown on his head before it began all over again. 725 01:16:12,516 --> 01:16:17,855 I decided to leave, let them stew in their own juices. 726 01:16:20,149 --> 01:16:22,687 May I ride with you? 727 01:16:22,860 --> 01:16:24,983 Of course... 728 01:16:35,247 --> 01:16:38,201 I believe in you, Merlin. 729 01:16:38,375 --> 01:16:40,617 And I in you, Uther. 730 01:16:41,712 --> 01:16:46,670 How great is your power? Can you make a woman love me? 731 01:16:47,760 --> 01:16:50,796 No... magic can't create love. 732 01:16:51,889 --> 01:16:54,177 Could you kill her husband? 733 01:16:55,267 --> 01:16:58,268 Igraine... I want her, Merlin. 734 01:16:58,437 --> 01:17:01,972 More than I've ever wanted anything in the world. 735 01:17:02,149 --> 01:17:04,605 Well, you can't have her... 736 01:17:04,777 --> 01:17:07,232 Do you know what love is? 737 01:17:08,322 --> 01:17:10,361 Yes, Uther... sad to say I know what love is. 738 01:17:10,532 --> 01:17:13,866 - Give me Igraine... - She's not mine to give. 739 01:17:14,036 --> 01:17:17,784 Then... I'll take her even if it means war! 740 01:17:17,956 --> 01:17:22,037 It will... So be it! 741 01:17:22,211 --> 01:17:24,784 I have Excalibur. 742 01:17:27,591 --> 01:17:29,418 Very well... 743 01:17:33,222 --> 01:17:35,261 give me the sword. 744 01:17:35,432 --> 01:17:38,386 I shall make a spell. 745 01:18:06,839 --> 01:18:09,045 Who... 746 01:18:09,216 --> 01:18:13,130 dares wake me? 747 01:18:13,303 --> 01:18:18,428 I am Merlin and this is Excalibur. 748 01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:21,886 Where did you get it? 749 01:18:22,062 --> 01:18:24,767 A gift from the Lady of the Lake. 750 01:18:24,940 --> 01:18:28,523 She has been a friend of mine... 751 01:18:28,694 --> 01:18:32,312 since before the dawn of time. 752 01:18:36,034 --> 01:18:38,739 If I can remember that... 753 01:18:38,912 --> 01:18:43,076 it means that I'm an old man. 754 01:18:45,044 --> 01:18:48,044 I ask you to hold Excalibur for me... 755 01:18:48,213 --> 01:18:51,665 until a good man comes to take it from you. 756 01:18:51,842 --> 01:18:55,377 Then... I will be holding it forever... 757 01:18:57,556 --> 01:18:59,549 if not longer. 758 01:19:03,937 --> 01:19:06,607 You tricked me, Merlin! 759 01:19:07,691 --> 01:19:12,152 Come, come... Uther... I'm a wizard... that's my business. 760 01:19:13,697 --> 01:19:16,615 The sword is yours if you can take it. 761 01:19:31,799 --> 01:19:34,290 Where are you, Merlin? 762 01:19:37,721 --> 01:19:41,636 It's Avalon... Journey's end, Sir Rupert. 763 01:19:41,809 --> 01:19:43,848 I certainly hope so. 764 01:19:45,646 --> 01:19:48,931 You know, we're not as young as we used to be. 765 01:20:02,538 --> 01:20:04,779 Come on... old friend. I'm not ready for you to see me. 766 01:20:04,957 --> 01:20:08,123 Let me be the judge of that. 767 01:20:22,558 --> 01:20:24,846 I'm a monster... 768 01:20:42,161 --> 01:20:44,699 I can't... 769 01:20:44,872 --> 01:20:47,363 Mab is too strong. 770 01:20:57,176 --> 01:20:59,749 Leave this place and come with me. 771 01:20:59,928 --> 01:21:03,013 I'm not ready to face the world. 772 01:21:03,182 --> 01:21:05,470 When will you be ready? 773 01:21:06,351 --> 01:21:07,929 I don't know. 774 01:21:10,522 --> 01:21:14,223 Three months siege... and we still haven't taken it. 775 01:21:14,401 --> 01:21:19,443 There's no way across the causeway, Sire... my advice to you is give it up. 776 01:21:19,615 --> 01:21:21,607 It is madness... 777 01:21:21,784 --> 01:21:24,357 I... I must have Igraine... 778 01:21:25,454 --> 01:21:30,495 As one who's been to?, Sire... As one who knows a few things... 779 01:21:30,667 --> 01:21:35,626 I have to tell you. The kingdom is falling apart whilst we tear ourselves to pieces. 780 01:21:35,798 --> 01:21:40,590 If this was for money or love or power... I could understand it. 781 01:21:40,761 --> 01:21:44,545 But all this for Cornwall's wife!?! 782 01:21:46,183 --> 01:21:49,137 You were born old, Boris. 783 01:21:49,311 --> 01:21:53,724 You've never known what it is to lust after a woman. 784 01:21:53,899 --> 01:21:58,644 I've spent all my life fighting... Bloody days, and cold nights... 785 01:21:58,821 --> 01:22:02,154 with a naked sword as my bedfellow. 786 01:22:02,950 --> 01:22:06,366 You'll never take Tintagel. 787 01:22:12,251 --> 01:22:16,248 Look! Hundreds are dead because you have an itch. 788 01:22:16,422 --> 01:22:19,173 You helped cure me of that itch...? 789 01:22:19,341 --> 01:22:22,093 You've lost your reputation, Uther. 790 01:22:22,261 --> 01:22:27,006 A reputation's like glass: Once cracked, it can never be repaired. 791 01:22:27,182 --> 01:22:28,214 Will you help me? 792 01:22:28,241 --> 01:22:31,336 I don't know you anymore. You've become another Boris. 793 01:22:31,478 --> 01:22:36,389 - You'll devour the world in you lust. - You help me... 794 01:22:36,567 --> 01:22:42,107 Yes, I'll help you. I have to be mad to stop this madness. 795 01:22:42,281 --> 01:22:44,653 What will it cost me? 796 01:22:44,825 --> 01:22:50,032 You will have the lady, Igraine. There will be a child, a boy... 797 01:22:50,205 --> 01:22:55,247 I've seen him, Uther. He's mine. Uh, what will you do with him? 798 01:22:55,419 --> 01:22:59,119 - Teach him honour, and goodness... - I can do that... 799 01:22:59,298 --> 01:23:02,322 Honour, and goodness, the words stick in your throat. 800 01:23:02,349 --> 01:23:05,528 You choke on them just as you'll choke on your vomit in the end. 801 01:23:07,514 --> 01:23:09,258 Very well... 802 01:23:10,350 --> 01:23:12,390 I agree. 803 01:23:14,271 --> 01:23:18,684 Cornwall will not be harmed... 804 01:23:19,610 --> 01:23:21,733 - Not by me... - Now break camp... 805 01:23:21,904 --> 01:23:26,815 stay around me... now and daylight... while Cornwall can see you. 806 01:23:28,952 --> 01:23:31,989 Uther's breaking camp... 807 01:23:33,165 --> 01:23:35,621 We'll follow him. 808 01:23:36,877 --> 01:23:39,997 - Don't leave, my lord... - Why not? 809 01:23:40,172 --> 01:23:43,339 I have a feeling that's... The castle's well guarded... 810 01:23:43,509 --> 01:23:46,593 You will be safe, my love. 811 01:23:49,765 --> 01:23:53,928 - Look after you mother, eh Morgan? - I will, Father. 812 01:24:18,836 --> 01:24:23,248 Remember, Uther. You only have until the morning. 813 01:24:23,424 --> 01:24:27,421 The night is your friend... use it. 814 01:24:46,363 --> 01:24:51,109 - You don't approve... - Of course, I don't approve. 815 01:24:51,285 --> 01:24:56,825 The end justifies the means... Sir Rupert. Where have I heard that before? 816 01:25:00,419 --> 01:25:02,744 HIS LORDSHIP, CORNWALL APPROACHES... 817 01:25:02,921 --> 01:25:04,464 OPEN THE GATES! 818 01:25:04,631 --> 01:25:08,214 Open the gates... his Lordship returns! 819 01:25:21,565 --> 01:25:23,474 Back so soon, my Lord... 820 01:25:26,904 --> 01:25:29,573 Uther's really gone. 821 01:25:29,740 --> 01:25:32,409 Mother... My place... is here with you. 822 01:25:32,576 --> 01:25:36,656 Mother... that's... You to go to bed, little girl... umm? 823 01:25:36,830 --> 01:25:40,958 Let me go... not... not another word. 824 01:25:42,753 --> 01:25:46,038 - But I didn't say goodnight... - Goodnight... goodnight... 825 01:25:55,974 --> 01:25:59,723 Things fall apart they say... 826 01:26:00,813 --> 01:26:05,356 Uther had betrayed me, killed Cornwall. 827 01:26:05,526 --> 01:26:11,112 But then... I betrayed Igraine... by helping Uther seduce her. 828 01:26:11,281 --> 01:26:16,821 So, the wheel of life turns... one betrayal leads to another. 829 01:26:16,995 --> 01:26:19,831 The innocent die. 830 01:26:19,998 --> 01:26:23,118 It haunted me for the rest of my life. 831 01:26:35,180 --> 01:26:39,510 Frik... what are you doing? 832 01:26:41,270 --> 01:26:45,220 Writing fairy stories, so you'll be remembered. 833 01:26:45,399 --> 01:26:50,108 You don't need to do that... I'll not be forgotten. 834 01:26:53,782 --> 01:26:58,029 For us... Things are going rather well, for us. 835 01:27:00,539 --> 01:27:03,659 I can make sure... 836 01:27:11,717 --> 01:27:13,544 Who are you? 837 01:27:15,679 --> 01:27:17,672 Shh... I'm a gnome! 838 01:27:17,848 --> 01:27:20,220 You're tall for a gnome... aren't you? 839 01:27:20,392 --> 01:27:25,635 Well... as a matter of fact... gnomes do, indeed, come in all shapes and sizes. 840 01:27:25,814 --> 01:27:27,606 I'm the tall kind. 841 01:27:27,775 --> 01:27:30,348 - Can you do magic? - Of course! 842 01:27:30,527 --> 01:27:32,069 Watch! 843 01:27:33,155 --> 01:27:37,318 Ahh, beautiful lady... I'm at your service. 844 01:27:37,493 --> 01:27:40,529 Your wish... is my command. 845 01:27:44,458 --> 01:27:48,041 Watch me swashbuckle... 846 01:27:56,303 --> 01:27:59,387 That's real magic... not tricks! 847 01:27:59,556 --> 01:28:03,471 Will you teach me how to do that? I certainly shall... 848 01:28:03,644 --> 01:28:07,179 if you do something for me. 849 01:28:08,649 --> 01:28:14,521 You're new baby brother will be born soon. How terribly exciting... don't you think? 850 01:28:14,696 --> 01:28:20,402 He's not my real brother. The man who made him wasn't my real father. 851 01:28:20,577 --> 01:28:24,242 Well, I mean... that's clever, Morgan. 852 01:28:24,415 --> 01:28:29,657 You'll make a wonderful pupil for the fantastic things I can teach you. 853 01:28:29,837 --> 01:28:34,333 What do you want me to do? Just put this stone in the baby's crib. 854 01:28:39,304 --> 01:28:41,380 Push... push... 855 01:28:42,141 --> 01:28:45,095 yes, yes, you're doing so well... 856 01:28:45,269 --> 01:28:48,435 just take my hand... take my hand... come on... come on... 857 01:29:01,034 --> 01:29:03,111 And so... Arthur was born. 858 01:29:03,287 --> 01:29:05,363 It's a boy! 859 01:29:09,752 --> 01:29:11,495 At last... 860 01:29:11,670 --> 01:29:15,538 a good man... a good king. 861 01:29:19,303 --> 01:29:22,008 You're easily fooled, Merlin. 862 01:29:22,181 --> 01:29:27,258 Uther fooled you when he killed Cornwall... now, his child is damned. 863 01:29:27,436 --> 01:29:29,974 The boy is mine! 864 01:29:30,147 --> 01:29:32,638 He'll be his father's son... 865 01:29:32,816 --> 01:29:36,814 because of him the days of blood will go on and on. 866 01:29:36,987 --> 01:29:40,688 And out of it, the people will come back to me. 867 01:29:40,866 --> 01:29:44,235 I'll see you fade into nothing... 868 01:29:44,411 --> 01:29:46,487 Poor Merlin... 869 01:29:46,663 --> 01:29:48,490 wrong again. 870 01:29:48,665 --> 01:29:48,490 I'm winning!