Merlin Season 3 Episode 12

Part one to the season finale for the third season of Merlin BBC aired Saturday, November 27, 2010 and is title "The Coming of Arthur - Part One". Arthur and Merlin are on a quest to retrieve the Cup of Life, a magic artifact that will make anyone who drinks from its cup immortal, before the Cup falls into Cenred's hands. Of course, unbeknown to everyone, Morgana overhears this and reports it to Morgause. While on their quest, Arthur and Merlin are captured by the slave trader Jarl. There, they meet up with Gwaine who help them to escape. Arthur and Merlin retrieve the cup from the druids and are just on their way back to Camelot when Cenred finds them. His soldiers wound Arthur and steal the Cup of Life. Cenred's soldiers drink from the Cup of Life and are thus made immortal. They march on Camelot, intending to finally bring down the great citadel. Arthur, Merlin, and Gwaine rush back to Camelot only to find the citadel in ruins. The village has been ransacked, all the Knights of Camelot slaughtered, and King Uther imprisoned. Arthur and company reunite with Elyan and Gaius in the castle. While Gwaine takes Elyan and Gaius out of the castle, Arthur and Merlin approach the throne room. There, they see Morgana crowned as Queen of Camelot and Arthur and Uther are still in disbelief that Morgana had been capable of such evil. The episode ends with a closeup shot of both Arthur and Merlin hiding in the balcony, and we'll just have to wait for part two of the season finale.

First off, I can't believe that there's only one more episode before Season 3 of Merlin ends! Wow, time went by fast. I remember just starting to watch the season in September. I guess that's the problem when all your seasons are only thirteen episodes long. Judging from the previews of the next episode, it seems that there will be a battle, if not final, between the forces of good and evil magic. Arthur will be going up against Morgana for the throne, and Excalibur will finally be revealed by the Lady of the Lake (possibly Freya). The Great Dragon will also be joining in on the fun. I wonder if this means that Merlin will finally reveal to Arthur his long kept secret. After all, you can't really have a final battle for Camelot without anyone wondering why a bunch of magical beings are helping Arthur. But, then again, Merlin has done a good job of protecting Arthur without him knowing his secret. While I really want Merlin to finally reveal his secret and have magic once more allowed in Camelot, I also don't want the series to end. Merlin telling Arthur just might mean the end of the series, but I really think that the creators should continue and detail Arthur's rule on the throne. Whatever the case may be, I'm really hoping for a Season 4. Say aye if you agree, all you Merlin fans!!

But I guess that some of the rumors about the series I mentioned in an earlier post were wrong. Arthur has yet to see things that would change his mind about the true nature of magic, nor did we see any Merlin and Freya time. However, since this season is not yet over, there's still hope that these things will be mentioned in the last episode of the series. But, that is indeed quite a lot to stuff in a mere 40 minutes and those things will have to happen rather suddenly.