It’s also going to be great to see Angel Coulby tear up the scenery again as the puppet Queen.Ĭoulby is wonderfully wicked in this episode not reduced to a pantomime parody, but deliciously evil. On the plus side, the dark-Gwen storyline isn’t resolved in the forty-two minute runtime and it’ll definitely be worth tuning in to see how this one is going to be resolved. What could have been a labyrinthine story, with plot twists and red herrings galore, delivers a few dramatic punches but seems to lack a knock-out blow. It’s well written and entertaining, with plenty happening but there seems to be a lot of build-up, before a far-too-rushed resolution. It’s a good story that seems to spend too long before actually going anywhere. The King is happy to see his servant, though Merlin isn’t able to reveal the truth as the Queen has found the supplier of the poisons who implicates Morgana, leaving Gwen free to betray again.Ī Lesson of Vengeance is an odd episode. He could blow open the cell doors and render the guards unconscious, but instead we get… Old Merlin, who is full of bile and sarcasm, but doesn’t outstay his welcome as he returns to his youthful state and leads the knights on a merry chase through the castle.Īs Arthur recovers and a new day dawns, Merlin is released. Realising that he is the only one that can save Arthur, Merlin effects an escape from the dungeons, with a little help from Gaius and magic. All she now needs is for the King to die, and it looks like it’s going to happen very soon. Step forward Gwen, thanks to the suggestion of Sir Leon.

With the King close to death, discussion turns to who will be the next ruler of Camelot. She’s distraught that Merlin, the most trusted of all the King’s men, should be the betrayer, but she is sure in her actions and the wizard is thrown into the dungeons to await his fate. However, it comes too late as he discovers the King very much unconscious and Gwen nowhere to be seen.Īs Gaius delivers his diagnosis, Gwen casts aspersions on Merlin’s character, deploying the knights to find the servant. Merlin, however, discovers Gwen’s treachery whilst he’s washing clothes, thanks to a piece of finely embroidered cloth.

All she has to do is administer a couple of drops and then find another scapegoat. A quick to the local, unscrupulous apothecary gives Morgana what she needs in order to furnish Gwen with a potion that will certainly do the job.

Morgana isn’t happy that the King is still alive. Having failed to kill the King, she manages to silence Seward, before meeting Morgana and reporting her activities, nearly being caught by Sir Gawaine. She’s under the crafty enchantment of everyone’s favourite villain, Morgana. There’s something wrong with Guinevere, and Merlin knows it.

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