“A Remedy to Cure All Ills” · Season 1, Episode 6
In this episode: Gaius (5), Merlin (3), Gwen (1), Great Dragon (1)
It's all ridiculous. I didn't save Uther. You did.
No, no. For once, I'm happy for someone else to take the credit. You were prepared to sacrifice your life to save me.
Where do you get that from?
I thought...
No. I didn't do anything. You saved me and you saved Uther. Maybe you are a genius.
You think so?
Well, almost. One day.
Has anyone ever told you you're a genius?
You certainly haven't.
(to Uther) It seems the drugs I gave you have taken hold. Your body is now paralyzed. Now, open your eyes, my lord. I want my face to be the last face you ever see. You took my childhood from me and now, finally, I take my parents' revenge. Within a few hours, the beetle will eat into your brain and you will suffer- as they suffered. And I long to hear you scream as they screamed the night you gave the order for the fires to be lit. With your death, magic will return to Camelot.
I don't want you to go. I don't trust Edwin. There was no blood in Morgana's ear. He put it there. He did something to her, I know he did.
You need to be careful who you say that to.
I'm saying it to you, because you can do something about it.
I can't.
But you think the same, don't you? He's evil.
It's not that simple.
So you're going to turn your back on us.
I have no choice. I'm sorry, Gwen.
In life you always have a choice. Sometimes it's easier to think that you don't.
Well then, my choice is to leave.
Then I'll miss you. Good bye, Gaius.
Uther's right. It's time I stepped down.
What are you doing?
I cannot stay when there's no longer a use for me.
You're not leaving?
I believe it's for the best.
Then I will come with you.
Merlin, you're like a son to me. I never expected such a blessing so late in life.
And you are more than a father to me.
Then as a father, I must tell you, you must remain here. Camelot is where you belong.
But you belong here too.
Not any more. Merlin, you must promise me you will not waste your gifts.
My gifts mean nothing without you to guide me.
How old a man can become and yet change so little.
You have not changed either.
Twenty years. Almost a lifetime to make the short journey back to where you began.
I'm not here for myself.
The boy?
You know about Merlin?
You have struggled against his destiny but you can no more prevent it than he can.
So it is true then?
Oh yes. He and the young Pendragon one day will unite the land of Albion.
But he is in danger.
No, it is my jailer who stands in peril.
Must Uther be sacrificed for the boy?
Their time cannot come until his is past.
But is that time now?
(chuckling) That is of your choosing.
I will not choose between them.
Then turn a blind eye. That is, after all, your talent.
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