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In the forest, Agravaine startles Morgana as he enters her little hut to tell her the good news: Uther has been mortally wounded and lies on his death-bed.

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In the forest, Agravaine startles Morgana as he enters her little hut to tell her the good news: Uther has been mortally wounded and lies on his death-bed.
deathbed.



Arthur waits at the lower gate, and Dragoon appears behind him, somewhat disgruntled that Arthur doesn’t want to be seen entering the castle with him, but acquiescing to the terms of their agreement: that if he heals Uther, he’ll get everything Arthur has promised.

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Arthur waits at the lower gate, and Dragoon appears behind him, somewhat disgruntled that Arthur doesn’t want to be seen entering the castle with him, him but acquiescing to the terms of their agreement: that if he heals Uther, he’ll get everything Arthur has promised.



** Complete with a specially-tailored [[IncrediblyLamePun Crowning]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Music of Awesome]] version of the main theme.

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** Complete with a specially-tailored [[IncrediblyLamePun specially tailored [[{{Pun}} Crowning]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Music of Awesome]] version of the main theme.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Both Arthur and Merlin regarding Uther's death.
* KingArthur: Finally.
* KingOnHisDeathBed: Uther becomes this after he is mortally wounded.

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* %%* ItsAllMyFault: Both Arthur and Merlin regarding Uther's death.
* KingArthur: Finally.
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%%* KingOnHisDeathBed: Uther becomes this after he is mortally wounded.



* NoNameGiven: The Gleeman.

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* %%* NoNameGiven: The Gleeman.



* YouExclamation: Arthur, upon seeing Merlin once more in the Dragoon disguise.

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* YouExclamation: Arthur, upon seeing Merlin once more in the Dragoon disguise.disguise.

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Down in the council chamber, Agravaine is telling Arthur that they’ve traced the [[{{Recap/MerlinS02E02TheOnceAndFutureQueen}} the assassin back to King Odin]], who is apparently still out to avenge the death of his son. As Agravaine leaves, Merlin enters, and tells Arthur that there’s no change in Uther’s condition.

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Down in the council chamber, Agravaine is telling Arthur that they’ve traced the [[{{Recap/MerlinS02E02TheOnceAndFutureQueen}} the assassin back to King Odin]], who is apparently still out to avenge the death of his son. As Agravaine leaves, Merlin enters, and tells Arthur that there’s no change in Uther’s condition.



* AntagonistInMourning: This appears to be the case with Morgana, who doesn't look particularly happy when she hears confirmation of [[spoiler:Uther's death]].
* AnyoneCanDie: OK, it had to happen at some point, but just one episode after killing [[spoiler: Lancelot]] ''and'' [[spoiler:Morgause]], they've already killed off another long-running central character...
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The long-awaited one: [[spoiler: Arthur's coronation]].

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* AntagonistInMourning: This appears to be the case with Morgana, who doesn't look particularly happy when she hears confirmation of [[spoiler:Uther's death]].
Uther's death.
* AnyoneCanDie: OK, it had to happen at some point, but just one episode after killing [[spoiler: Lancelot]] Lancelot ''and'' [[spoiler:Morgause]], Morgause, they've already killed off another long-running central character...
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The long-awaited one: [[spoiler: Arthur's coronation]].coronation.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Arthur is now finally king, and from what we see his friends are all proud of him... but his dad's ''dead'' and he's convinced himself that all magic is evil]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Arthur is now finally king, and from what we see his friends are all proud of him... but his dad's ''dead'' and he's convinced himself that all magic is evil]].evil.



* HopeSpot: When [[spoiler:Uther wakes up and smiles at his son. For a moment, it looks as though Merlin's spell has worked]].
* ItsAllMyFault: Both Arthur and Merlin regarding [[spoiler: Uther's death]].

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* HopeSpot: When [[spoiler:Uther Uther wakes up and smiles at his son. For a moment, it looks as though Merlin's spell has worked]].
worked.
* ItsAllMyFault: Both Arthur and Merlin regarding [[spoiler: Uther's death]].death.



* KingOnHisDeathBed
* MoodWhiplash: Goes from Arthur drunkenly wandering around with no trousers to [[spoiler: Uther being mortally wounded]] to Arthur and Merlin talking about peeing back to [[spoiler: Uther dying]].
** After the scene where Arthur carries Merlin on his back, [[spoiler: Merlin tries to heal Uther and fails.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Merlin takes the biggest risk of his life in order to [[spoiler:save Uther with magic and convince Arthur that magic can be benign. However, Morgana and Agravaine's actions prevent his spell from working and Uther dies, seemingly hardening Arthur's heart against magic forever.]]

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* KingOnHisDeathBed
KingOnHisDeathBed: Uther becomes this after he is mortally wounded.
* MoodWhiplash: MoodWhiplash:
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Goes from Arthur drunkenly wandering around with no trousers to [[spoiler: Uther being mortally wounded]] wounded to Arthur and Merlin talking about peeing back to [[spoiler: Uther dying]].
dying.
** After the scene where Arthur carries Merlin on his back, [[spoiler: Merlin tries to heal Uther and fails.]]
fails.
* MyGreatestFailure: Merlin takes the biggest risk of his life in order to [[spoiler:save save Uther with magic and convince Arthur that magic can be benign. However, Morgana and Agravaine's actions prevent his spell from working and Uther dies, seemingly hardening Arthur's heart against magic forever.]]



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Trying to heal Uther with magic and convince Arthur that magic can be used for good as well as evil, Dragoon!Merlin accidentally killed Uther right in front of Arthur's eyes and turned him against magic forever]]!
* NoNameGiven: The Gleeman

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Trying to heal Uther with magic and convince Arthur that magic can be used for good as well as evil, Dragoon!Merlin accidentally killed kills Uther right in front of Arthur's eyes and turned turns him against magic forever]]!
forever.
* NoNameGiven: The GleemanGleeman.



* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Did Uther just ''die?'']]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Howard Overman's original script contained several extra scenes, mostly pertaining to Arthur and Guinevere. These included Gwen wishing Arthur happy birthday, Arthur seeking Gwen's counsel in using magic to heal Uther, Gwen bringing up the subject of her own father's death, and Gwen [[spoiler:comforting Arthur after Uther's death]].

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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Did Uther just ''die?'']]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Howard Overman's original script contained several extra scenes, mostly pertaining to Arthur and Guinevere. These included Gwen wishing Arthur happy birthday, Arthur seeking Gwen's counsel in using magic to heal Uther, Gwen bringing up the subject of her own father's death, and Gwen [[spoiler:comforting Arthur after Uther's death]].
''die''?
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** Complete with a specially-tailored [[IncrediblyLamePun Crowning]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Music of Awesome]] version of the main theme.

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** Complete with a specially-tailored [[IncrediblyLamePun Crowning]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Music of Awesome]] version of the main theme.

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