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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.
01:12Merlin.
01:15Merlin.
01:19Oh, my God.
02:11Let this serve as a lesson to all.
02:14This man, Thomas James Collins, is a judge guilty of conspiring to use enchantments and magic.
02:24And pursuant to the laws of Camelot, I, Uther Pendragon, have decreed that such practices are banned.
02:34On penalty of death, I pride myself as a fair and just king.
02:41But for the crime of sorcery, there is but one sentence I can pass.
02:48Oh, my God.
03:15This kingdom was mired in chaos.
03:19But with the people's help, magic was driven from the realm.
03:22So I declare a festival to celebrate 20 years since the great dragon was captured and Camelot freed from the
03:31evil of sorcery.
03:34Let the celebrations begin.
03:45There is only one evil in this land and it is not magic.
03:48It is you.
03:52With your hatred and your ignorance.
03:58You took my son.
04:03And I promise you, before these celebrations are over, you will share my tears.
04:13An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a son for a son.
04:19Seize her.
04:21Seize her.
04:23Yes!
04:24Oh, my God.
04:52Where would I find Guyce, the cook physician?
05:16Where would I find Guyce?
05:20Where would I find Guyce?
05:36Guyce?
05:55What did you just do?
05:59Tell me.
06:01I have no idea what happened.
06:03If anyone has seen that.
06:05No, that was nothing to do with me.
06:07I know what it was.
06:09I just want to know where you learned how to do it.
06:11Nowhere.
06:11So how was it you know magic?
06:13I don't.
06:15Where did you study?
06:17Answer me.
06:18I've never studied magic or been taught.
06:20Are you lying to me, boy?
06:22What do you want me to say?
06:24The truth.
06:24I was born like this.
06:25That's impossible.
06:28Who are you?
06:30Oh, I have this letter.
06:36I don't have my glasses.
06:39I'm Merlin.
06:41Who this, sir?
06:42Yes.
06:43But you're not meant to be here till Wednesday.
06:46It is Wednesday.
06:50Ah.
06:52Right then.
06:53You better put your bag in there.
06:59You won't say anything about, um...
07:03No.
07:07Hello, Merlin.
07:09I should say thank you.
07:11I've said that, hold on.
07:12I'm a good friend.
07:22Oh, my God.
07:25Oh, my God.
07:25Oh, my God.
07:37Oh, my God.
07:39Oh, my God.
07:58My dear Gaius, I turn to you for I feel lost and alone and don't know who to trust.
08:05It is every mother's fate to think her child is special and yet I would give my life that Merlin
08:10were not so.
08:12Ours is a small village and he is so clearly at odds with people here that if he were to
08:18remain I fear what would become of him.
08:21He needs a hand to hold, a voice to guide, someone that might help him find a purpose for his
08:27gifts.
08:29I beg you, if you understand a mother's love for her son, keep him safe and may God save you
08:37both.
09:00Morgana.
09:02Yes?
09:02What is this? Why are you not joining us at the feast?
09:07I just don't think chopping someone's head off is cause for celebration.
09:12That poor mother.
09:14It was simple justice for what he'd done.
09:16To whom? He practiced some magic. He didn't hurt anyone.
09:20If you were not around 20 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 each other.
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.
10:17Hello?
10:20Gregory?
10:24Lady Helen.
10:27Is all well?
10:28Yes, 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.
10:36I'll be outside if you need me.
10:54Who's there?
10:58Who's there?
11:00Who's there?
11:01Who's there?
11:17Aqualastia.
11:19Octolp.
11:21Octolp.
11:24Octolp.
11:25Octolp.
11:26Octolp.
11:27Octolp.
11:28Octolp.
11:28adopted.
11:28No no no no no.
11:42I feel like I'm not going to go.
11:46This is going to be good.
11:50It's the one that he's got to become a great one.
11:55My friend I'm not going to talk to you anymore.
12:08Mali.
12:13Mali.
12:36I got you water. You 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?
13:06There must be something.
13:07It just happens.
13:14Now 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, so warn him not to take it all at once.
13:28Okay.
13:29And here.
13:35Off you go.
13:39And Merlin, I need hardly tell you that the practice of any form of enchantments will get you killed.
14:06I've brought you your medicine.
14:12It's...
14:14Well, the guy said don't drink it all at once.
14:16Come on.
14:17Come on.
14:17Come on.
14:18Come on.
14:19Come on.
14:21Come on.
14:22Come on.
14:23Come on.
14:23Come on.
14:30There's the target.
14:32There, sir.
14:33It's into the sun.
14:35It's not that bright.
14:36A bit like you, then.
14:38I'll put the target on the other end, if you're nice to know about that one.
14:44This will feed you.
14:46This will feed you.
14:51Hey, hang on.
14:53Don't stop.
14:58Here?
14:59I told you to keep moving.
15:04Come on.
15:06Run.
15:09Do you want some moving target practice?
15:25Hey.
15:26Come on, that's enough.
15:29What?
15:30You'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.
15:42I'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?
15:57What 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'd have to turn you in jail for that.
16:10Do you want to hear who you think you are?
16:11The king?
16:11No, I'm his son.
16:14Arthur.
16:14Come on.
16:16Come on.
16:27Take care.
16:29Come on.
16:37Come on.
16:39Come on.
16:41Come on.
16:43Can I hurt you?
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.
21:36She needs it for her voice.
21:37No.
21:38No.
21:41No.
22:06No.
22:06Yes.
22:06I don't know.
22:40What are you doing in here?
22:42Um, I 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.
23:23I thought you were deaf as well as dumb.
23:26Look, I've told you you're an ass.
23:28I just didn't realise you were a royal one.
23:32Oh.
23:33What are you going to do?
23:35Get 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?
23:43Come on, sir.
23:49Here you go, big man.
23:54Come on, then.
23:57I warn you.
23:58I'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.
24:50You're in trouble now, Luke.
25:25Do you want to give up?
25:26Do you? Do you want to give up?
25:42Wait.
25:44Let him go.
25:45He may be an idiot, but he's a brave one.
25:47Oh, no. There's something about you, Merlin.
25:53I 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? I 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. If 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.
26:36Merlin?
26:36Merlin, sit up. Take 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.
27:34We'll help with the pain.
27:37We'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'm 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.
28:15What's Arthur?
28:18Poor child.
28:20Poor child.
28:21It can't have been easy to grow up without a mother.
28:25No.
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 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.
29:11Marley.
29:16Marley.
29:29Marley.
29:34Marley.
29:36Marley.
29:38Marley.
29:39Marley.
29:41Marley.
29:42Marley.
29:43Marley.
29:44Marley.
29:44Marley.
29:44Marley.
29:45Marley.
29:46Marley.
29:47Marley.
29:49Marley.
29:51Marley.
29:52Marley.
29:53Marley.
30:07I don't know.
30:23Oh, wow.
31:01Oh, wow.
31:50Oh, wow.
31:55I'm here.
32:08How small you are for such a great destiny.
32:16Why?
32:17What do you mean?
32:18What destiny?
32:21Your gift, Merlin, was given to you for a reason.
32:27So there is a reason?
32:30Arthur 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, you've got this wrong.
32:57There is no right or wrong.
33:00Only what is and what isn't.
33:03But I'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.
33:26Perhaps it's your destiny to change that.
33:38Wait.
33:40Wait.
33:41Wait, stop.
33:42I need to know more.
33:57Hi.
33:59Have you seen the state of this room?
34:03It just happens.
34:05By magic?
34:06Yeah.
34:07Yes.
34:07Well, 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 pole.
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?
35:09If 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.
35:50Yeah.
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!
37:19I stood up.
37:38God have mercy.
37:46Now, remember, you're here to work.
37:50On it.
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.
38:18Gwen, believe me.
38:20I'm not ordinary.
38:21No, I didn't mean you, obviously.
38:24Not you, but just, you know, I like much more ordinary men.
38:31Like you.
38:33Thanks.
38:34The scene.
38:34It's...
38:37I need you.
38:44Bye.
38:50Bye.
38:52Bye.
38:56Bye.
38:59Bye.
39:00Bye.
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.
40:46Lady Helen of Moora.
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