Analysis of Episode 9 and a thought run on episode 10.
SPOILER LINE
Good episode, although it's going to get overshadowed by last week's amazing episode and next week's apparent slambanger.
One thing I must say: Merlin is the WORST sneak I've ever seen. That boy needs to learn something about concealment spells or silence his boots or learn how to duck BEFORE someone looks his way. How does he expect to stalk Morgana and everyone else if he's so terrible at sneakery?
On another note, I felt sorry for Gaius here, trying to believe that the girlfriend hadn't made a mistake and pushing Merlin away for it. But everything was back to normal in the end. I loved Merlin's little quip about the dungeons-who hasn't busted out of them at least once on this show before? Merlin does it once a year.
The sad thing was, Alice was a lovely, lovely woman who made a mistake, and because of that she did something evil and forbidden and had to leave Camelot or risk her own life. Hopefully she can come back when Arthur takes the throne. That would be nice, wouldn't it?
But I think they were giving us a nice, feel-good, fluffy sort of episode because all hell is about to break loose.
Next week, ooh boy. Here comes Morgana again. She's attempting to rip Gwen and Arthur apart. I don't know why-wouldn't it just be easier to KILL her and him in their sleep or something?
I have to wonder to myself (as I have been all week) why Morgana sees fit to go after Gwen when she's already gotten the girl banished. Does she find out Gwen's against her? Does Gwen tell Arthur? And Morgana better have decent and solid PROOF because Gwen's been accused of sorcery before (during the Avanc incidents of Series 1) and Morgana defended her then and told Uther there was absolutely no way she could be a sorceress. Damn, how times have changed, eh?
Of course, Uther doesn't need proof of sorcery-he only needs to hear it, but coming from Morgana he might question it after the last accusation was leveled three years previous.
And what about Arthur? If he finds out from Gwen about Morgana (why shouldn't he trust Gwen, who'll have the backing of Merlin and Gaius on this one,) or if he questions why exactly Morgana is telling Uther about his relationship with Gwen, everything between them is going to go boom. He'll never trust her again.
And Merlin pulls some sort of stunt and turns himself old. Inventing a sorcerer, especially one that looks like YOU, Merlin, in old man drag, seems kind of stupid right in the middle of Uther's courtyard, but if it works, Morgana will lose Arthur's faith forever. Was that last shot of old Merlin in the dungeons? Here we go again...
I predict someone may have to leave Camelot here. Uther's not gonna just forgive Gwen of sorcery, unless Morgana is proved wrong in that assumption. If Morgana's proved wrong then she'll be going thanks to her evil schemes being dug up (unlikely, as she takes over as Camelot's crown princess sometime this series.) Even if Morgana is proved wrong, Gwen's still gonna get banished for being with Arthur because Uther would rather be dead than see his son with a *shudder* servant! *shudder*. And if Merlin decides to play fake sorcerer he might have to leave town or risk his own very lovely neck (the disguise might help, however.) If Gwen goes, Arthur might go with her, which means Merlin would go, which means Morgana would have the run of the castle, the run of Uther, and she'll be wearing the ugly crown soon enough.
As soon as Morgana's evil is exposed, all but Gwen should be welcomed back into Camelot's borders. That roadtrip we heard tell about might be coming after next week thanks to everyone appearing to have left town on account of Gwen being banished. Three weeks to go after.
Ta,
Bec
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