Merlin

In a land of myth and a time of magic...

The destiny of a great kingdom...

rests on the shoulders of a young man.

His name: Merln.

Well, this is nice, isn't it?

Just the two of us.

Well, three of us.

Merlin? Merlin doesn't count.

Don't count?

Not here, not actually speaking right now.

Aren't you impressed that I remembered our anniversary?

But you didn't remember. I reminded you over a month ago.

Yes, but I remembered that it was today...

Today. Ah.

Actually, I did. Shut up, Merlin.

Heh. I did.

Arthur!

You're very fortunate, Sire.

A fall like that, you could've broken your neck.

What about the men who attacked us? Have they been questioned?

I'm sorry, Sire. Their wounds were fatal.

We were unable to learn anything from them.

We know one thing. It can't have been a coincidence that they were there.

Sire.

We recovered your saddle from the forest trail.

The girth has been unpicked and restitched.

It appears, Merlin, on this single, solitary occasion...

You may be right.

Afternoon, Sir Knights.

Horses are shod and watered as requested.

You are Tyr Seward? I am, Sir Gwaine.

You know I am.

Stable hand to the King? That is my honor, yes.

Is the King not pleased with my work?

Have I done something wrong?

Are you Gelda Seward, mother of Tyr Seward?

Yes. And you live here with your son?

Is he in some kind of trouble? He's been arrested on suspicion of treason.

No. No, that cannot be. You've made a mistake.

My Tyr's as loyal to the King as you are. Here.

The thread that we found at the boy's home...

Matches that used to sabotage your saddle, Sire.

Who put you up to this, Tyr?

No one. No one's put me up to anything, Sire.

Are you saying you acted alone?

Had no help, no accomplice?

I don't know anything about these things you're talking about.

I've done nothing, Sire...

Save look after your horse and tack like I always do.

The evidence is staring you in the face.

You can't deny it.

Sire, I swear on my mother's life.

Just give me their name. Why protect them?

They can't help you now. Just give me their name.

I have no name.

There's no name to give.

Then you leave me no choice.

Though it saddens me greatly to do so...

I must charge you with treason.

Is there anything further you'd like to say?

You're my King, Sire.

I'd never do anything to hurt you. Never.

Tyr Seward, by the power vested in me...

I hereby sentence you to death.

How long have you known Tyr?

He's been in my service since he was a boy.

Do you really think him capable of this treason?

What I think is irrelevant. The facts speak for themselves.

Arthur, to sentence him to death..

The law is the law, Merlin, whether I like it or not.

Why would Tyr want Arthur dead? It makes no sense.

Perhaps he harbored some grudge...

Some festering resentment.

What grudge could he bear? He loved his work.

He was deeply proud of it. And Arthur respected him,

I know he did. He always treated him fairly and well.

Merlin, it's not always possible to know what's in the mind of another man.

Maybe so, but Arthur was right about one thing.

Tyr could not have done this alone. Someone else is involved.

And unless we find out who they are...

What's to stop them from trying it again?

Arthur.

I know you were fond of Tyr, but you had no choice.

He was guilty.

Tyr Seward is a simple man.

He can't have planned this assassination himself.

Well, I know that's what you'd like to think.

We all would.

But hard as it is to accept...

Even a great and honorable King has enemies within his walls.

Very often the last person that you would suspect.

Tyr is just such a person.

No, you're right.

I suppose experience should've taught me that by now.

The important thing is he didn't succeed.

I've already lost my brother. I couldn't bear to lose you too.

I'm here, Guinevere.

Always will be.

I'll never leave you. I promise you that.

Thought you might like some food.

Eating is not Gaius's strong point, as you know.

Heh-heh. Well, at least it's not that turnip stew.

Thank you, Merlin.

I'd like to help you, Tyr, if I can.

You heard the King.

No one can help me now.

I know you, Tyr. Whatever you did,

I don't believe you meant any harm.

I didn't do anything. On my honor, I didn't.

But something happened, didn't it?

No. Tyr, please.

I know you're not to blame. Just tell me what happened.

No, they'll.. Who?

This was a few days back.

One of the horses came down with colic,

so I had to sleep in the stable to watch over him.

Go on, it's all right.

That night I was woke up by a sound.

There was someone there, going over the King's saddle.

I knew it wasn't right.

I tried to get away and warn someone...

But they saw me.

They told me if I so much as whispered a word of what I'd seen...

They'd take my mother.

They'd take her and they'd cut her throat.

Who was it?

I can't. Tyr, please tell me.

This is the only chance you have.

You'll be hanged if you don't.

And they'll kill my mother if I do. Tyr.

I can help you.

No. If it means me dying instead of her...

Then so be it. I'd rather die.

You went to the cells to see Tyr. Yes.

We've been over this before. We know what he said.

The evidence doesn't lie. I don't deny the crime, Sire...

But the only part that Tyr played is to see it done.

He told you this? Five minutes ago.

And who was it? He wouldn't say.

He was too frightened. They threatened him.

I must speak with him at once.

Arthur, surely it can wait.

Gaius told you to rest, let your injuries heal.

I'll be fine. I want to hear what he has to say.

And you shall, but Tyr's said all he's willing to say for now.

He's clearly frightened and unsure what to do. Don't push him.

Let him think it over and maybe after a night in the cells...

He'll be prepared to say more.

As always, Guinevere, you're right.

Have you noticed anythng about Gwen of late?

Nothing unusual. Why?

I'm not sure, exactly.

Something she's said? Something she's done?

No.

It's nothing in particular.

It just seems to me that ever since she returned...

From the Dark Tower, she hasn't been quite herself.

Well, is that so surprising? She lost her only brother.

EIyan was all the family she had.

And grief changes people, Merlin.

I know they do, but..

Besides, we can only guess at what Morgana put her through.

That's what worries me.

Tyr. What are you doing here?

Nothing to worry about. I just want to talk.

I've said nothing. Shh. Come closer.

We don't want to be heard, do we?

I've told no names.

I've not mentioned you to anyone.

I believe you.

My mother's safe? You've not harmed her?

Your mother is alive and well. She's not the problem.

You are. Me?

You see, Tyr, it's not what you haven't said...

It's what you may yet say.

Don't..

Understand?

The blade punctured his heart.

He suffered very little, I'm glad to say.

You've spoken to the night patrols? They saw nothing unusual, Sire.

What about the guards? Why didn't they raise the alarm?

Sire, I found this in the grate in the guard room.

Clary wort. A powerful soporific, Sire.

I've been a fool.

I should've spoken to him when I had the chance.

Arthur.

What?

Whoever did this was no stranger to Camelot.

They knew this citadel inside out.

Guinevere. The plan failed.

Arthur lives.

Does he suspect you?

Not yet, but the stable hand saw me.

He was going to tell them everything. Was?

You have some good news then?

I did what had to be done.

With Tyr gone, you have to find someone else to take the fall.

When Arthur dies, you have to be beyond all suspicion.

You must have the support of the Knights.

Only with their allegiance will your path to the throne be clear.