***END*** Alice: But he doesn't know for sure. Alice: Uther. Gaius: Alice. Gaius: Alice. Gaius: But he didn't use magic. He's returned to work. INT - CORRIDOR OF CAMELOT'S CASTLE - NIGHT
Merlin and Gaius exit the room and find Arthur waiting them in the corridor. Merlin: A manticore? Merlin: No, Alice is up to something, and whatever it is, it isn't good. She's sentenced to death. The physician is vital to our plan. The poison is from the manticore, the creature that was in Alice's room. Uther: She won't have to wait long.
Plan: A: Alice; Q: Who is Gaius' old love? A: a physician; Q: What is Alice's profession? A: a Manticore; Q: What did Alice bring to Camelot? A: its scorpion tail; Q: Where did Alice get the poison to kill Uther? A: Merlin; Q: Who was forced to reveal Alice's participation to Arthur? A: Alice's participation; Q: What does Merlin have to reveal to Arthur when Uther is poisoned? A: Arthur; Q: Who does Merlin have to tell about Alice's involvement in Uther's death? A: magic; Q: What did Uther condemn Alice to death for using? A: its implied Gaius; Q: Who helped Alice escape? Summary: When Alice, a physician and Gaius' old love, returns to Camelot, he is smitten again. However, she brings a Manticore with a plan to kill Uther with poison from its scorpion tail. Merlin tries to tell Gaius, but he won't listen. When Uther is poisoned, Merlin is forced to reveal Alice's participation to Arthur. Merlin and Gaius destroy the Manticore, which was controlling Alice, but Uther condemns Alice to death for using magic. In the end, Alice escapes, and its implied Gaius helped her.