Merlin: The Tears of Uther Pendragon [Part2] (S3E2)

After being knocked out for three full days, Merlin wakes up to the Dragon, uh, nursing him. Then he makes use of the dragon to fly him back (what use is a grand pet with wings if you can't take advantage of it?) to Camelot to deliver speedy news that the King is under an enchantment.

the dragon has pretty, golden eyes.

Together with Gaius, they toast the little mandrake voodoo piece but the dangers are still beckoning. Cendred's army, sought by Morgeause's promise that she has a loyal minion (Lady Morgana) who's trustworthy and would help to overthrow Camelot, advances to the capital by hundreds of thousands. A siege!!!!

Meanwhile, Lady Morgana who thinks that Merlin must have been devoured by scorpions in the woods, is shocked to see him walking beside Arthur, helping to gather provision to counter the siege. She hurries off to Morgeause for more instructions and is handed a staff made from something from the Isle of the Blessed, which means it contains Old Magic and oh so powerful! It looks kinda like a stick fastened with a white coral on top for aesthetic purposes but that's just my opinion. The staff is so powerful, one doesn't need to know how to use it because it will guide the user on all the how-to.

As Cendred's army attacks Camelot's walls, Morgana sneaks to the basement where bones of knights are kept and she successfully revives them to do her evil bidding. Arthur's army, who is initially winning the battle, is overwhelmed by the enemy's magical reinforcements and is forced to back down little by little.

Merlin, the boy who saves all, or tries to, sprints to the basement and after given a lecture by Morgana and a little bit of no-magic-used struggle, he manages to cut off the staff and breaks the enchantments over the skeleton soldiers. All the bones all over Camelot fall in heaps and the city is saved once again. No credits to Merlin because to everyone's knowledge, he's supposed to be just a lowly servant.

King Uther even praises Morgana for being the one who cut off the staff and saved the kingdom because she is found under some rubble in the basement (after her struggle with Merlin) and everyone automatically thinks she risked her life to cut the staff. Hmms.

In this episode, Gwen the servant to Lady Morgana also gets more attention as she once again gives Arthur the strength to fight on just by a mere few words of encouragement. I sense more forbidden love blossoming in the future episodes even though I don't really fancy the Arthur x Gwen pair.

More magic and enchantments next episode!