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Merlin S01-E01 - The Dragon's Call
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00:07No young man, no matter how great, can know his destiny.
00:15He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold.
00:22Like everyone, he must live and learn.
00:30And so it will be for the young warlock arriving at the gates of Camelot.
00:37A boy that will in time father a legend.
00:46His name...
00:49Merlin.
01:00Merlin.
01:01Merlin.
01:03Merlin.
02:10Let this serve as a lesson to all.
02:14This man, Thomas James Collins, is a judge guilty of conspiring to use enchantments and magic.
02:23And pursuant to the laws of Camelot, I, Uther Pendragon, have decreed that such practices are banned on penalty of
02:36death.
02:37I pride myself as a fair and just king.
02:41But for the crime of sorcery, there is but one sentence I can pass.
03:11And when I came to this land...
03:14This kingdom was mired in chaos
03:18But with the people's help, magic was driven from the realm
03:22So I declare a festival
03:24To celebrate twenty years since the great dragon was captured
03:29And Camelot freed from the evil of sorcery
03:34Let the celebrations begin
03:44There is only one evil in this land and it is not magic
03:49It is you
03:52With your hatred
03:54And your ignorance
03:58You took my son
04:03And I promise you
04:06Before these celebrations are over
04:08You will share my tears
04:13An eye for an eye
04:15A tooth for a tooth
04:16A son for a son
04:19Seize her
04:22He's your best
04:24And I am
04:26A son
04:28A son
04:37A son
04:37A son
04:38A son
04:42A son
04:51A son
04:54Hey, Jean.
04:54Hey.
05:36Guys?
05:56what did you just do um tell me i i i i have no idea what happened if anyone has
06:04seen that oh no
06:05that that was that was nothing to do with me that that i know what it was i just want
06:09to know where
06:10you learned how to do it nowhere so how is it you know magic i don't where did you study
06:17answer me i don't know i've never studied magic or been taught are you lying to me boy what do
06:23you want me to say the truth i was born like this that's impossible who are you oh um i
06:32have this
06:32letter i'm i don't have my glasses i'm merlin who this son yes but you're not meant to be here
06:45till
06:45wednesday it is wednesday ah right then you better put your back in there
06:59you won't say anything about um no
07:07hello merlin i should say thank you
07:16so
07:25so
07:29so
07:41so
07:43so
07:44so
07:46so
07:47so
07:48so
08:01so
08:09so
08:10so
08:13so
08:14so
08:15so
08:17if he were to remain i fear what would become of him he needs a hand to hold a voice
08:23to guide someone that might help him find a purpose for his gifts i beg you if you understand
08:31a mother's love for her son keep him safe and may god save you both
09:00morgana
09:02yes what is this why are you not joining us at the feast
09:07i just
09:07i just don't think chopping someone's head off is cause for celebration
09:12that poor mother
09:13was simple justice for what he'd done
09:15to whom
09:17he practiced some magic
09:19he didn't hurt anyone
09:20you were not around twenty years ago you have no idea what it was like
09:23how long are you going to keep punishing people for what happened then
09:25until they realize there is no room for magic in my kingdom
09:29you will be with me when i greet lady helen
09:31i told you i want no part of these
09:33i am your guardian
09:35i expect you to do as i ask
09:38if you show me no respect at least respect our finest singer
09:43you know the more brutal you are the more enemies you'll create
09:46it will lift up
09:51up
09:51up
09:51up
09:51up
09:52up
09:53up
09:54up
09:55up
09:55up
10:16Hello?
10:19Gregory?
10:24Lady Helen.
10:27Is all well?
10:29Yes, ma'am.
10:30Good luck.
10:30We should reach Camelot Lake tomorrow.
10:32That's good.
10:33I'll be outside if you need me.
10:56Who's there?
10:58Who's there?
11:16Who's there?
11:17I'm here.
11:19We're going to die.
11:20Go.
11:23Go.
11:24Go.
11:27Go.
11:27Ack!
11:42My friend, I'm going to die.
11:45I'm going to die.
12:08Mali.
12:13Mali.
12:36I got you water.
12:38You didn't wash last night.
12:41Sorry.
12:42Help yourself to breakfast.
12:58How did you do that?
13:00Did you encounter a spell in your mind?
13:03I don't know any spells.
13:04So what did you do?
13:05There must be something.
13:07It just happens.
13:14Well, we'd better keep you out of trouble.
13:16You can help me until I find some paid work for you.
13:20Here, hollyhock and thief of you for Lady Percival.
13:23This is for Sir Alwyn.
13:24He's as blind as a weevil,
13:26so warn him not to take it all at once.
13:28Okay.
13:29Here.
13:35Off you go.
13:39And Merlin,
13:41I need hardly tell you
13:43that the practice of any form of enchantments
13:46will get you killed.
14:05I brought you your medicine.
14:11It's...
14:29I'll put the target on the other end.
14:34I'll put the target on the other end.
14:39I'll put you in my medicine.
14:42I'll put you in my medicine.
14:43I'll put you in my medicine.
14:45This will feed you.
14:52Hey, hang on.
14:53Don't stop.
14:58Here?
14:59I told you to keep moving.
15:03Come on! Run!
15:08Do you want some moving target practice?
15:25Hey. Come on, that's enough.
15:29What?
15:29You've had your fun, my friend.
15:33Do I know you?
15:34I'm Merlin.
15:35So I don't know you?
15:36No.
15:37Yet you called me friend.
15:39That was my mistake.
15:41Yes, I think so.
15:41Yeah. I'd never have a friend who could be such an ass.
15:46Or I, one who could be so stupid.
15:49Tell me, Merlin, do you know how to walk on your knees?
15:52No.
15:53Would you like me to help you?
15:54I wouldn't if I were you.
15:56Why? What are you going to do to me?
15:58You have no idea.
15:59Be my guest.
16:00Come on.
16:02Come on.
16:04Come on.
16:08I'll have a friend in jail for that.
16:10Well, who do you think you are? The king?
16:11No.
16:12I'm his son.
16:13Arthur.
16:17Come on.
16:27Okay, thanks for joining us.
16:36You're there.
16:38You're there.
16:41You're there.
16:42You're there.
16:43You're there.
16:43You're there.
16:54I don't know.
17:16Lady Helen, thank you so much for coming to sing at our celebrations.
17:22Pleasure's all right.
17:23How was your journey?
17:24The time it took, Si.
17:26Well, it's always worth the wait.
17:29It will be.
17:43The time it took, Si.
17:59Lady?
18:04Gee, you never cease to amaze me.
18:08The one thing that someone like you should do is keep your head down.
18:11And what do you do?
18:12You behave like an idiot.
18:14I'm sorry.
18:15You're lucky.
18:16I've managed to pull a few strings to get you released.
18:19Oh, thank you.
18:23I won't forget this.
18:24Well, there is a small price to pay.
18:28Oh, God.
18:41Thanks.
18:57I'm Gwenevere, but most people call me Gwen.
19:00I'm the Lady Morgana's maid.
19:02Right. I'm Merlin.
19:06Although most people just call me idiot.
19:08No, no, no. I saw what you did.
19:11You're so brave.
19:12You're stupid.
19:14Well, I'm glad you walked away. You weren't going to beat him.
19:17Oh, why? I can beat him.
19:19You think?
19:21Because you don't look like one of these big, muscly kind of fellows.
19:26Thanks.
19:27No, no, I'm sure you're stronger than you look.
19:31It's just, um, Arthur's one of these real rough, tough, save the world kind of men, and...
19:36Well...
19:37What?
19:37You don't look like that.
19:42I'm in disguise.
19:47Well, it's great you stood up to him.
19:49You think so?
19:50Arthur's a bully, and everyone thought you were a real hero.
19:55Oh, excuse me.
19:59Gwenevere.
20:01My fans, the way too.
20:10Do you want some vegetables with that?
20:14I know you're still angry with me.
20:16Your mother asked me to look after you.
20:19Yes.
20:20What did your mother say to you about your gifts?
20:25That I was special?
20:28You are special.
20:29The likes of which I've never seen before.
20:33What do you mean?
20:34Well, magic requires incantations, spells.
20:38It takes years to study.
20:39What I saw you do was elemental, instinctive.
20:43What's the point if it can't be used?
20:46That I do not know.
20:49You are a question that has never been posed before, Merlin.
20:56Did you ever study magic?
21:00Uther banned all such work 20 years ago.
21:03Why?
21:03People used magic for the wrong end at that time.
21:07It threw the natural order into chaos.
21:10Uther made it his mission to destroy everything from back then.
21:14Even the dragons.
21:15Well, all of them.
21:16There was one dragon he chose not to kill.
21:19Kept it as an example.
21:22He imprisoned it in a cave deep beneath the castle.
21:27Where no one can free it.
21:31Now, meet up.
21:32You're finished.
21:33I need you to take a preparation to Lady Helen.
21:35She needs it for her voice.
22:02I need you to take this.
22:06Now, walk through.
22:06It's nice.
22:40What are you doing in here?
22:42I was asked to deliver this.
23:14How's your knee walking coming along?
23:17Oh, don't run away.
23:21From you?
23:22Oh, thank God. I thought you were deaf as well as dumb.
23:26Look, I've told you you're an ass. I just didn't realise you were a royal one.
23:32Oh, what are you going to do? Get your daddy's men to protect you?
23:38I could take you apart with one below.
23:40I could take you apart with less than that.
23:42Are you sure?
23:49Here you go, big man.
23:54Come on, then.
23:57I warn you, I've been trained to kill since birth.
24:00Wow.
24:01And how long have you been training to be a prat?
24:05You can't address me like that.
24:07Sorry.
24:08How long have you been training to be a prat?
24:11My lord.
24:17Come on, then, Merlin.
24:20Come on.
24:23Come on, Merlin.
24:25Come on.
24:30Hey!
24:35Hey!
24:50You're in trouble now.
25:25Do you want to give up?
25:26To you.
25:26Do you!
25:27Do you want to give up?
25:43Wait, let him go.
25:45He may be an idiot, but he's a brave one.
25:49There's something about you, Merlin.
25:52I can't quite put my finger on it.
25:56How could you be so foolish?
25:59He needed to be taught a lesson.
26:01Magic must be studied, mastered and used for good, not for idiotic pranks.
26:05What is it to master?
26:07I could move objects like that before I could talk.
26:09Then by now you should know how to control yourself.
26:11I don't want to.
26:12If I can't use magic, what have I got?
26:15I'm just a nobody, and who always will be.
26:19If I can't use magic, I might as well die.
26:35I'll be fine.
26:36Merlin?
26:38Sit up.
26:39Take your shirt off.
26:54You don't know why I was born like this, do you?
26:58No.
27:00I'm not a monster, am I?
27:05Don't ever think that.
27:08Then why am I like this?
27:10Please, I need to know why.
27:14Maybe there's someone with more knowledge than me.
27:18If you can't tell me, no one can.
27:32Take this.
27:35We'll help with the pain.
27:58Will you sing for me tonight?
27:59You will have to wait, sire.
28:01You will not deny me.
28:02I am saving myself for my performance tomorrow.
28:06Will everyone be there?
28:08Who would dare to miss it?
28:10How about your son?
28:13It seems a shame not to have met him.
28:15That's Arthur.
28:18Poor child.
28:19Hmm?
28:20Poor child.
28:21It can't have been easy to grow up without a mother.
28:25No.
28:26Hmm.
28:28That bond between mother and son.
28:31It's so hard to replace.
28:34Hasn't been easy.
28:35I'm sure.
28:41Perhaps if you found someone.
28:43If you remarried.
28:47I'm sure you'd have the pick of any lady.
28:49Maybe in the kingdom.
28:50Well.
28:51Perhaps I'll find love again.
28:54But I'm afraid it's too late to replace Arthur's mother.
28:58Yes.
29:00It's certainly too late for Arthur.
29:10He's in theinity.
29:15No?
29:17I don't know.
30:07I don't know.
30:24I don't know.
30:55I don't know.
31:38I don't know.
31:48I don't know.
31:53I don't know.
31:56I'm here.
31:57I don't know.
32:27So there is a reason.
32:31Arthur is the once and future king who will unite the land of Albion.
32:37Right.
32:38But he faces many threats from friend and foe alike.
32:44I don't see what this has to do with me.
32:46Everything.
32:47Without you, Arthur will never succeed.
32:50Without you, there will be no Albion.
32:54No.
32:56No.
32:56No, you've got this wrong.
32:57There is no right or wrong.
33:00Only what is and what isn't.
33:03I'm serious.
33:04If anyone wants to go and kill him, they can go ahead.
33:06In fact, I'll give them a hand.
33:10None of us can choose our destiny, Merlin.
33:16And none of us can escape it.
33:19No.
33:21No way.
33:22No.
33:23No.
33:23There must be another Arthur because this one's an idiot.
33:25Perhaps it's your destiny to change that.
33:38Wait.
33:40Wait.
33:41Wait, stop.
33:42I need to know more.
33:59Have you seen the state of this room?
34:03It just happens.
34:05By magic?
34:06Yeah.
34:07Yes.
34:08Well, you can clear it up without magic.
34:11Then I want you to get me some herbs.
34:13Headbane, wormwood and sorrel.
34:15And deliver this to Morgana.
34:18Poor girl suffering from nightmares.
34:24I know the feeling.
34:46You know, I've been thinking about Arthur.
34:49I wouldn't touch it with the Lance Pearl.
34:51Pass me that dress, will you, Gwen?
34:55I mean, the man's a total jouster.
34:59Just because I'm the king's ward, that doesn't mean I have to accompany him to the feast.
35:03Does it?
35:07Well, does it?
35:08Mm-mm.
35:09If he wants me to go, then he should invite me.
35:12And he hasn't.
35:13So do you know what that means?
35:15Mm-mm.
35:17Where are you?
35:18Here.
35:19It means I'm going by myself.
35:25I need some help with this fastening.
35:29Gwen?
35:31I'm here.
35:43So, it's whether I wear this little tease.
35:47Or give them a night they'll really remember.
36:03Lady Helen.
36:05Compliments of the king.
36:07Come in.
36:12I'm so sweet.
36:14How will I ever repay him?
36:16When he hears you sing.
36:18Well, that'd be more than enough, won't it?
36:20I'm really looking forward to the performance.
36:23So am I.
36:26I love singing, you know.
36:28I sing all the time.
36:29My Betrayed says I have the voice of a fallen angel.
36:48Oh!
36:49Oh!
36:51Oh!
36:52Oh!
36:52Oh!
36:53Oh!
37:19I stood up.
37:38God have mercy.
37:46Now, remember, you're here to work.
37:56She looks great, doesn't she?
37:59Yeah.
38:00Some people are just born to be queen.
38:03No.
38:04I hope so.
38:05One day.
38:07Not that I'd want to be her.
38:09Who'd want to marry Arthur?
38:11Oh, come on, Gwen.
38:13I thought you liked those real rough, tough, save-the-world kind of men.
38:15No, I like much more ordinary men like you.
38:17Gwen, believe me, I'm not ordinary.
38:21No, I didn't mean you, obviously.
38:24Not you.
38:26But just, you know, I like much more ordinary men.
38:31Like you.
38:33Thanks.
38:38Woohoo.
38:45Wooo.
38:47Wooo.
38:47Woooo.
38:58Wooo.
39:17We have enjoyed 20 years of peace and prosperity.
39:22It has brought the kingdom and myself many pleasures.
39:27But few can compare with the honor of introducing Lady Helen of Moora.
40:08Lady Helen of Moora.
40:12Lady Helen of Moora.
40:13Lady Helen of Moora.
40:17Lady Helen of Moora.
40:26Lady Helen of Moora.
40:37Lady Helen of Moora.
40:39Lady Helen of Moora.
40:42Lady Helen of Moora.
40:46Lady Helen of Moora.
40:54Lady Helen of Moora.
40:57Lady Helen of Moora.
41:09Lady Helen of Moora.
41:12Lady Helen of Moora.
41:17Lady Helen of Moora.
41:23Lady Helen of Moora.
41:30No!
41:30No!
42:01No!
42:06No!
42:07No!
42:09No!
42:12No!
42:21No!
42:23No!
42:28No!
42:29You saved my boy's life.
42:31Her debt must be repaid.
42:32Oh, well...
42:33Don't be so modest.
42:34You shall be rewarded.
42:36No, honestly, you don't have to, Your Highness.
42:38No, absolutely.
42:39This merits something quite special.
42:43Well...
42:43You shall be awarded a position in the royal household.
42:46You shall be Prince Arthur's manservant.
42:50Father!
43:11It seems you're a hero.
43:14Hard to believe, isn't it?
43:15No.
43:16I knew it from the moment I met you.
43:18You saved my life, remember?
43:20But...
43:21That was magic.
43:22And now it seems we've finally found a use for it.
43:26What do you mean?
43:27I saw how you saved Arthur's life.
43:29Ah, no.
43:30Perhaps that's its purpose.
43:34My destiny.
43:37Indeed.
43:41This book was given to me when I was your age.
43:44But I have a feeling it will be of more use to you than it was to me.
44:14But this is a book of magic.
44:16Which is why you must keep it hidden.
44:19I will study every word.
44:26Merlin!
44:27Prince Arthur wants you right away.
44:29Her destiny is calling.
44:31He better find out what he wants.
44:53The tournament begins!
44:57I trust you will make me proud.
45:01I need a servant I can trust.
45:03You can trust me completely.
45:05Get out of my sight!
45:07Whatever you think my destiny is.
45:09Whatever it is you think I'm supposed to do.
45:13You've got the wrong person!
45:15You've got the same thing!
45:18I'm not sure if your father didn't get away before.
45:26I know!
45:26I know.
45:34I know!
45:40You've got the real person that's ŃŠøŃŃaled,
45:41I know!
45:41You've got the same thing!
45:41I know!
45:43I know!
45:44You've got the same thing!
45:44It's not right!
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