In a land of myth
and a time of magic,
the destiny
of a great kingdom
rests on the shoulders
of a young man.
Merlin.
I think it's been
a good trip.
Yeah, we all
caught something.
Including Merlin.
What did he catch?
A cold.
If you learn to track,
you'd enjoy it more.
I'm the best
tracker here.
Arthur,
what is it?
A deer?
A boar?
Arthur?
Saxons.
They were after
the cargo.
Weapons bound
for Camelot.
Morgana?
This close to
the city walls?
Check for survivors.
Kara.
Go.
Kara, go.
What happened?
Thought I saw
someone.
I was wrong.
Probably a deer.
You sure?
Yeah.
Move out.
I don't want that.
I want lungwart.
Maybe it's
in the thing.
What is it, Merlin?
What's the matter?
Mordred.
You're worrying about
what the sorceress told you?
Finna was right.
I must not
trust mordred.
He's a loyal knight.
He's proved it
time after time.
He's beguiled you.
He's beguiled you all.
You're wrong,
Merlin.
When we were
out on patrol,
a Saxon escaped
and mordred let him.
- Are you sure?
- Saw him.
There must be
a simple explanation.
I can't believe that,
Gaius.
Not after all
I've been told.
He's fond of the king.
The feeling is mutual.
They've become
great friends.
That's my fear.
Arthur's blind to him.
I'm not.
I won't make
that same mistake.
We have patients waiting.
Have you got
everything?
Yes.
Merlin?
Kara.
Mordred.
We believe they approached
from the gorge at Wesley,
and tracked the ridgeline
all the way through
to the Ford at rushwick.
Can't allow our
supply routes
to become
vulnerable.
I want extra patrols
dispatched to the west
and the north of the citadel.
We ride at first light.
Leon?
I need not remind you
we're at war.
What's troubling you?
Morgana's men attacked
only a few leagues
away from
the citadel.
She is brazen.
She does not
fear us.
Then she's more foolish
than I thought.
She has sorcery
on her side.
And you have the strength
and love of your people, Arthur.
When you became king,
you gave them
something to fight for.
That's the most powerful
weapon of all.
Could you believe?
No.
If it hadn't been you...
I know.
Your leg.
It isn't deep.
Let me see.
I'll clean it.
These will
help you heal.
What are we
going to do?
I'm gonna help you
get better.
You're a knight.
Well, that
doesn't matter.
Of Camelot.
Why, mordred?
Arthur is
a good man.
I can't believe
you'd say that.
You don't know him.
He's your friend?
Yes.
Does he know
who you are?
You're a druid.
You don't belong
in Camelot.
I believe in Arthur.
You'll see.
One day...
It will change.
You're safe here.
No one will
harm you.
I promise.
Where have you been?
Nowhere.
You're lying.
What right have you
to question me?
Why are you
doing this?
Everything I do,
you think the worst.
I saw you
let a Saxon go.
- Maybe I should
tell Arthur?
- Merlin...
She's a druid.
I knew her.
She was wounded.
What could I do?
Let her be
captured?
She had an arrow
in her leg.
She cannot walk.
You're taking a risk.
Can't let her die.
She's...
Someone...
I can't explain.
Where is she?
She needs
a few days.
She'll be gone.
She means no harm.
Please, you mustn't
tell anyone.
You know if Arthur
catches her,
she'll be killed.
Please, Merlin.
I beg you.
She's one of us.
Promise me.
Your secret is
safe with me.
You have my word.
Merlin?
What are you doing?
I'm like a swan.
It seems I'm not
doing anything,
but there's a lot of work
going on underneath.
Hmm. Interesting.
I see you more
as a head louse.
Right?
Useless, irritating.
Come on. We've got
a patrol to map.
Merlin. Here.
It's all about
staying alert.
What do you see?
I see a pair of breeches
that need cleaning.
Have a look.
Closer.
Now what
do you see?
Two pairs of breeches
that need cleaning.
- On the branch.
- It's broken.
What does
that tell you?
Something left
the trail.
It's recent.
An animal?
- You think so?
- I do.
It'd have to be
a big one.
With very big
antlers.
What makes you
say that?
Because it's
looking at us.
It's all about
keeping alert.
Come on.
That's not a deer.
Merlin.
They're from when
we were here yesterday.
It was dry yesterday,
it rained last night.
These marks
are fresh.
Our men have been
patrolling this area
night and day.
It's probably
one of them.
Who?
I have their reports.
No one's been through here.
Arthur?
Don't hurt me.
Careful.
Arthur, she's wounded.
Please?
I mean you no harm.
You would have
killed me.
I'm only sorry
I failed.
- Why?
- I didn't tell him.
- You gave me your word!
- I swear.
You did it because
you hate me.
No.
This time you've
gone too far.
You'll pay, Merlin.
What's going on?
What's this about?
Nothing.
Merlin?
Nothing.
Were you part of
a cohort of saxons?
Who attacked
an armed shipment
bound for Camelot?
Yes.
Were you acting
under the orders
of morgana pendragon?
What I did,
I did for myself,
for my people,
and for our right
to be free.
I have no quarrel
with the druids.
I've spent
my life on the run
because of
my beliefs.
And seen those
I have loved killed.
Once, maybe.
But I'm not my father.
You don't kill those
with magic?
It is not I,
Arthur pendragon,
who needs to answer
for my crimes.
It is you.
You and your father have
brutally and mercilessly
heaped misery
on my kind.
It is you who has turned
a peaceful people to war.
And it is you,
and Camelot
that shall
pay the price.
In your words,
I hear the voice
of morgana.
It is she
and others like her
who have abused
the powers of magic.
It is they who have
brought the rift
between our people.
It is their deeds
that have
terrorized Camelot,
and forced us to outlaw
such practices.
But you stand
before the court,
not because of
an act of sorcery
or sedition,
but because of
an act of murder.
Your actions have
brought about the deaths.
Of many good men.
Threatened the lives
of many more.
They were
casualties of war.
And I would do
the same again.
For I will not rest
until you are dead,
and your kingdom
is no more.
Yet you have
friends here.
Somehow you got
treatment for your leg.
From someone in Camelot.
Who?
I treated myself.
You are lying.
Whoever it was
left a trail of
footprints in the mud.
Footprints that resulted
in your capture.
A stranger
came across me
and he helped me.
I have no idea
who he was.
You share no remorse
for your actions?
I have no choice
but to declare you
an enemy of Camelot.
At dawn tomorrow,
pursuant to the laws
of this land,
you will be
taken from your cell,
and hanged.
You can do
as you wish.
It will not stop
morgana's uprising.
Your doom is near.
My only sadness is
I won't be there to see it.
Kara?
The king has sent me
to speak to you.
He is...
Frustrated
that you did not betray
the person who helped you.
You are very loyal.
That person is...
Very dear to me.
I will never
tell anyone.
I would rather die
than see them harmed.
I will speak
with the king.
He will never show mercy
to someone like me.
I will not...
Let you die.
Yes?
Ah, mordred.
What is it?
It was me.
I was the one
who took the herbs
to the druid girl.
Arthur, I'm asking you,
please to reconsider
your sentence.
She's a good person.
She means no harm.
She's not to blame.
Morgana is using her
in her quest for power.
You know this girl.
She is...
Someone...
Since I was a child...
She's always lived
inside my heart.
Okay.
You know there's nothing
I wouldn't do for you.
You're a knight
of Camelot.
It's a bond we share.
But what you ask...
This girl,
she is a danger.
Not just to me.
She's a sworn enemy
of Camelot.
Ruthless
to the cause.
No.
I will change that.
She'll listen to me.
I cannot risk the lives
of my citizens, mordred,
no matter who asks.
I beg you, Arthur.
She's admitted
her guilt.
I have no option.
I'm sorry.
Sire.
What of the bond
between knights?
The law must be applied.
It is Paramount.
You're breaking
his heart.
You'll lose his trust.
- Think again?
- There's nothing
I can do.
In time, mordred
will understand that.
He'll come
to forgive me.
I fear you're
wrong, Arthur.
Only time will tell.
He would not listen.
He has made
his decision.
I tried.
It's too late.
No, Kara.
He doesn't care.
No matter what
he preaches,
he is no different
from his father.
A tyrant.
Brute.
I thought he and I
were friends.
He's a pendragon.
You did all
you could.
Mordred?
I wanted to...
To apologize.
There's no need.
I'm sorry
for what I did.
I hope you'll
forgive me.
I'd never let
something like this
ruin our
friendship.
You took me in.
I will always
remember that.
And everything
you've done for me.
You've rewarded me
by becoming my most
loyal of knights.
Thank you, sire.
I knew he'd come around.
What are you doing?
You're leaving.
Are you going to
take her with you?
Do not stand
in my way.
I don't want anyone
to get hurt.
Mordred.
Kara is sentenced
to die in the morning.
What would you do?
You can't.
Tell me you wouldn't
do the same
for the woman you love.
That'd be foolish.
You see?
You cannot.
Mordred.
Please.
I know you did not
betray me before.
Do not do so now.
It's nothing you
haven't done yourself
100 times before.
This is different.
How?
Mordred isn't just
gonna set Kara free,
he's going to
leave with her.
If he does, there'd be
no chance of reconciliation
with Arthur.
Arthur's decision's already
set mordred against him.
With that girl
at his side,
he turns straight into
the arms of morgana.
You cannot want
Kara to die.
But I don't want
Arthur to either.
As long as mordred
is within these walls,
there's still hope.
I have to stop him.
Gaius.
I have no choice.
Merlin?
I'm sorry.
My lady, I need to
speak with Arthur.
- It's important.
- It better be.
It's mordred.
What is it?
Arthur...
Are you going
to tell me?
He, uh...
Well?
He's going to help
the druid girl escape.
Rally the guards.
He's a Camelot
soldier.
We're searching
the citadel.
No, they'll be gone.
Search the forest.
I want them captured.
Alive?
They're fugitives.
The law is clear.
Dispatch as many
riders as you can.
All personal feelings aside.
You need to rest.
We can't.
Over here.
Thought I saw
something.
You go.
Please.
I won't leave you.
Mordred!
Use your magic.
Kill them!
They are
my friends.
Give yourselves up.
Let her go.
We will leave Camelot
and never return.
You have my word.
Please.
Gwaine?
Leon?
Use your magic.
Do it!
What are you
gonna do to me?
I wish I knew.
Why couldn't you just
let things be?
The very thing
I was trying to stop
just happened.
There are some parts
woven so deeply
into the fabric
of the world, Merlin,
that nothing could be
done to change them.
There must be an answer.
Some way out of this.
Perhaps...
If...
If Arthur was to
repeal the sentence...
He won't change his mind.
But if I could manage
to persuade him,
then mordred would
no longer be
set against Arthur,
he's be, you know...
Indebted to him.
You know Arthur.
I cannot see him agreeing.
I have to try.
It's my only chance.
I know it's not
my place to speak.
- Arthur...
- I know what you're
going to say.
The girl?
Her fate's sealed.
It's mordred's
that concerns me.
Should I allow him
to go free?
Free them both.
The girl's murdered
innocent men
in cold blood.
We're at war.
I must be resolute.
Well, how will one more death
bring about the peace
we long for?
She's young.
I don't believe she's
beyond redemption.
You've witnessed their
love for each other.
That's something far greater
than a desire to serve morgana,
or her cause.
Give her one more chance.
She'll take it.
As king, I'm sworn
to uphold the law.
It's the future of Camelot
that concerns me.
Please, Arthur,
you have to
listen to me.
It's my decision.
My decision alone.
If I hadn't
come to you...
I would have died
from my wound.
It was my fault.
I have no one
to blame but myself.
I chose my path.
I have just
one regret.
Only one regret.
Kara.
We've come to
take her to the king.
Every person present
knows the crimes
for which
you are guilty.
But I'm willing
to offer you a chance.
I know that the druids
are a peaceful people.
You are young
and impressionable.
An easy target for
the likes of morgana.
If you repent your crimes,
I will spare
your life.
I cannot repent a crime
I have not committed.
Kara.
It is not a crime
to fight for your freedom.
It is not a crime
to fight for the right
to be who you are.
You deserve everything
that's coming to you,
Arthur pendragon.
It's almost
like he's vanished.
The guards searched
as far as the river.
There was no sign.
I let him in.
You have a good heart.
Don't blame yourself for that.
I shouldn't have
trusted him.
I've made a terrible
mistake, haven't I?
I hope not.
My old friend.
Last time we met,
you tried to kill me.
I am here for
a purpose, morgana.
I did not break
stride to find you.
I bring you the news
you have longed for.
Arthur's death?
The key to it.
I was wrong to ever
question your wisdom, my lady,
and I wish
to make amends.
Tell me.
There is someone
you have been searching for.
Someone who has
always eluded you.
Emrys.
I know where he is.
Where?
Camelot.
And I have
his true name.
It is Merlin.
Merlin.
Arthur is nothing
without emrys
and emrys is nothing
without magic.
No!