TEXT: Kilgharrah : In a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. His name: Merlin. EXT - NEAR CAMELOT -DAY A old woman is sitting in a cart. She is riding towards Camelot, singing. She reaches the doors of Camelot et she comes in a house. INT - OLD WOMAN'S HOUSE - LOWER TOWN OF CAMELOT - DAY The old woman settles and take a box off from a bag. She opens it et holds her hands in front of the box. The old woman: Gebeode ic pone feorhberendne paere ealdan ae. A strange creature gets out of it and begins to grumble, before to jump on her knees. The old woman: Calm yourself, my pretty. We're home now. The creature begins to grin. ***GENERIQUE*** INT - COUNCIL CHAMBER OF DOOM - CASTLE OF CAMELOT - DAY Uther was sitting with his son to his right, peeling reports. Gaius and Merlin make face to them. Uther: Gaius, there have been disturbing rumours from outlying villages. Gaius: Sire? Uther: Someone, some kind of physician is offering treatments. I fear magic may have been used. Gaius: What is it that makes you suspicious? Uther: There are reports of miracle cures. A boy thrown from a horse, a farmhand mauled by a boar. All hopeless cases it seems, and yet each and every one has made a full recovery. Uther writes some words, speaking. Gaius: It's very hard for me to comment, Sire. I'd have to examine the patients myself. Uther: That won't be necessary, as a new case has arisen here in Camelot. Gaius: Who? Arthur: The in nkeeper. He's returned to work. Gaius: That's not possible
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.