The Death Song of Uther Pendragon

Episode aired Jan 18, 2013
TV-14TV-14
43m

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8.0/10

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Adventure Drama Fantasy

Arthur rescues an old lady accused of sorcery, who gives him a horn with which to summon the spirit world. Despite Gaius's warning, he uses it to briefly meet his father but soon realises hi... Read allArthur rescues an old lady accused of sorcery, who gives him a horn with which to summon the spirit world. Despite Gaius's warning, he uses it to briefly meet his father but soon realises his error as Uther terms him weak for his non-political marriage, his practice of knighting ... Read allArthur rescues an old lady accused of sorcery, who gives him a horn with which to summon the spirit world. Despite Gaius's warning, he uses it to briefly meet his father but soon realises his error as Uther terms him weak for his non-political marriage, his practice of knighting ordinary young men on merit, and his lack of cruelty to make his subjects fear him. When C... Read all

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Rupert Young, Tom Hopper, Bradley James, and Alexander Vlahos in Merlin (2008)

Tomiwa Edun and Alexander Vlahos in Merlin (2008)

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Trivia
The idea for this royal poltergeist story actually came from the real world. Just like king Uther was haunting Camelot here, some say that another king - Henry VIII - has haunted the former royal court of the Tudors seeking forgiveness for all his mistakes.

Quotes
Arthur: Ready the horses and gather some supplies.
Merlin: Uh... where are we going?
Arthur: You don't need to know.
[holds a spoon in front of Merlin's face]
Arthur: Do not breathe a word of this to anyone. Not even Guinevere.
Merlin: [sarcastically] You're threatening me with a spoon?
[in the next frame, there is the sound of a smack and Merlin screams in pain, off screen]

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Featured review

10/10

Emotionally this is a 10

Sometimes you can create a powerhouse episode with just a few characters, that is the essence of drama.

Johnny Come Latelys will not "get" this one. As Arthur seeks to gain emotional closure for the death of his father, the audience also seeks closure because Anthony Head's character ironically was allowed to leave the story without ever being told off.

So everyone wins.

Head, who was merely annoying for most of the early episodes (blame the script, not Head) gives the performance his life as the man who may well have inspired the term "Daddy Issues."

PS -- given the way the producers like to save money on one story so they can go all LAWRENCE OF ARABIA on another, I am betting something big is coming.

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