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Merlin

The Darkest Hour Part 1&2 : Season 4, Episode 1,Written by: Julian Jones

    This two-part episode of Merlin is the first episode of what I call the darker seasons. While the first three seasons definitely had a lighter tone, with this “two-parter,” it is apparent the show is taking a darker turn, and not just because the title has the word darkest in it.

    The episode begins with us seeing a lone traveller.  The traveller is revealed to be Morgana, Arthur's half-sister and the show’s main antagonist; and with her is her sickly half-sister, Morgause.  It is because of Morgause that Morgana turned as evil as she did -- Morgause revealed to Morgana the true extent of her power, and in the process fueled her hatred toward Uther and Arthur. Morgause shares with Morgana her final plan to open a portal to another dimension, and asks for her help. To open the portal, the two must travel to an abandoned temple and make a sacrifice.  The sacrifice will be Morgause. To be honest, I hate Morgana -- but I full-on hate Morgause, so when I heard this I was elated. Meanwhile in Camelot, Uther is a shadow of his old self, grief-stricken because he believes he turned Morgana evil. With Uther in this state, Arthur is running the kingdom with the help of his uncle, Sir Agravaine. When Morgana opens the portal, she and Merlin go unconscious and they both witness the portal opening. The gatekeeper tells Morgana that her enemy is also watching, but because she cannot see that enemy, she doesn’t realize the gatekeeper is referring to Merlin. After Merlin regains consciousness, a village girl tells Arthur and Merlin of a ghost-like creature she has seen, and Gaius, the court physician, assumes the portal has been open. Arthur, Merlin, and the knights go to the village and Merlin discovers his magic does not work on the ghost-like creature. Magic is his only defense, so I just felt so sad seeing Merlin so vulnerable. Gaius then tells Arthur, Agravaine, and Merlin that the only way to close the portal is to travel to the temple and make another sacrifice. When they hear this, Arthur automatically offers to be the sacrifice, and I'm just thinking, "No your not, you’re the main character!" Then it's revealed that Merlin plans to be the sacrifice in place Arthur, and again I'm thinking, "No, you’re also the main character!" Agravaine then betrays Arthur and tells Morgana of his plan. Part 1 then ends with Merlin and Arthur being attacked by a ghost-like creature.  Just when the creature charges for Arthur, Merlin shoves Arthur out of the way, taking the attack, and appears to be dead.

    Part two begins with Arthur insisting on taking Merlin back to Camelot. Arthur is told he cannot abandon his quest, so Sir Lancelot takes care of Merlin. Lancelot then stumbles upon river spirits who promise to shelter his group for the night and heal Merlin. The next morning Merlin has recovered and he and Lancelot hurry to catch up with Arthur. The following night, the creatures attack them, and not having any defense, Merlin calls on his dragon. Meanwhile, knowing Arthur is out of the kingdom, Morgana attacks Guinevere, knowing that if she marries Arthur, Morgana cannot become queen. I find this really cold of Morgana because Morgana and Guinevere used to be best friends, and now Morgana wants to kill Guinevere. This is the reason I hate Morgana so much by the end of this episode. Meanwhile, Lancelot and Merlin finally catch up with Arthur and, when they arrive at the temple, monsters ambush them. Arthur then finds the portal, but the gatekeeper tells him she cannot close it, only a sacrifice can do that.  When Arthur is about to sacrifice himself, Merlin runs to stop him. But suddenly Lancelot comes up and stops Merlin, knowing his plan, and jumps into the portal, sacrificing himself. This episode was so intense that, after I watched it, I literally needed to take ten minutes to process everything that happened.

Merlin

The Dragon's Call:  Season 1, Episode 1, written by: Julian Jones

     This is the first episode in the wonderful and magnificent series, Merlin. It all starts with a young Merlin traveling to Camelot.  When Merlin first arrives, he sees a witch being persecuted by King Uther, who tells everyone that magic has been outlawed. Uh-Oh, this is terrible news for Merlin! The witch being persecuted suddenly escapes, promising to take her revenge. Merlin then finds his mother's friend, Gaius, who he will be living with, and Merlin accidentally reveals to Gaius that he has magic. This is very bad because Gaius is the king's physician and Merlin is now his assistant. While Merlin is running an errand for Gaius, he sees a knight picking on a peasant. Merlin threatens this knight, which makes me embarrassed for him because I know he can't use magic and he is a thin stick of a boy. Obviously, this knight turns out to be Prince Arthur. Merlin is put in the stocks for threatening Arthur and there he meets Guinevere. A few days later, the witch, disguised as a queen, comes to Camelot, bent on destroying Uther by killing Arthur. Meanwhile, Merlin hears someone calling his name.  He sets out to find the voice, and soon discovers that the voice belongs to a dragon. The dragon reveals to Merlin his destiny – that he is bound to Arthur and that he must keep Arthur safe. Merlin hates Arthur, so this may be a problem. In the meantime, Merlin becomes very suspicious of this "queen" and closely monitors Arthur at a banquet. When Uther invites the "queen" to sing, she rises but instead of singing, she casts a spell that makes everyone but Merlin sleep. Merlin stops the witch mid-spell and everyone wakes up. In one last desperate attempt at murder the queen hurls her dagger at Arthur, but Merlin pulls him out of the way at the last second. King Uther, thrilled that Merlin has saved his son, gives Merlin a job in the castle as Arthur's servant. This is awesome because even thought, at first Merlin and Arthur hate each other, they become best friends -- and it's adorable!

Star Trek: The Original Series

 

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The Trouble with Tribbles: Season 2 Episode 15 Written by: David Gerrold

    This is just a fun episode, and that why I love it! For those for have not seen Star Trek and only know one episode this would most likely be the episode. So, in this episode the Enterprise docks at a star base for some time off. In a bar one of the ship's officer, Lieutenant Uhura, buys this puff ball called a tribble. These creatures are so adorable that if I saw one in a store right now I would buy it, even with the trouble it causes. Uhura brings it on the ship but notices one tribble has now become seven tribbles, and they keep reproducing very fast. This causes a problem for Kirk because he also is now aware a Klingon spy is lurking about. Soon these tribbles overrun the entire Enterprise. Yay, adorable puff balls everywhere, who would not want that? But soon we notices how annoying these thing can get, they get into machinery, private quarters, people's food, and people's clothes. But in the end we realize something, tribbles hate Klingons. (This makes no sense, but is a great episode.) Kirk then can detect the Klingon spy by using a tribble. He succeeds, and everything works itself out in the end.

Star Trek: The  Original Series

City on the Edge of Forever: Season 1 Episode 28 Written by:Harlan Ellison

     This is a great episode! In this episode the ship's doctor, Doctor McCoy, jumps into a time portal, and Kirk and Spock follow him. Kirk and Spock jump in the portal a few seconds after McCoy so they are transported back weeks before McCoy shows up.  They jump into New York City during the Great Depression, so it is interesting to see the two, who were born centuries in the future, fit in. I find this fun because this episode was only shot thirty years after the Great Depression, so I was thinking "Shatner, Nimoy you two are from this period." In this period Kirk and Spock find a job at a soup kitchen and Kirk falls in love with their boss. (Of course.) Later Spock finds out she is about to die, she will get hit by a bus, but if Kirk saves her history will be altered and she will be president. I understand why Kirk would save the woman but it would never work out because Kirk will eventually go back to the future. So to me it was obvious that he should just let the chips fall where they may. He decides to not interfer but right before she gets hit McCoy shows up and tries to save her. Kirk stops McCoy. McCoy freaks out because Kirk just let her die! But McCoy does not know what would have happened. They then return to their own time, being gone for only seconds.

Star Trek: The Oiginal Series

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The Menagerie Part 1 & 2 Season 1 Episode 12 & 13 - Written by: Gene Roddenberry 

   This episode is one of my favorite episode of the Original Series. It is more or less the pilot episode, but from the perspective of an older Spock. In this episode Spock is on trail for kidnapping his former captain, and Captain Kirk is the one who is running the trail. This whole situation is impossible for Kirk to believe because Spock is one of his most loyal friends. When it was revealed Spock did go behind the Kirk's back everyone who ever watch this episode was probably thinking Spock is up to something, I know I was. This episode interest me because you get a look at the days before Kirk. You get to see Spock's former captain, Captain Pike, and the differences between him and Kirk. In ways they are very similar, they bother get easily distracted by beautiful women (let's be honest, Kirk is quite the ladies man), they also both seem too eager to beam down and go on dangerous adventures, and they both are devoted to their duties. But one big factor (and this might be us not seeing enough of Pike) but it seems, to me, Kirk is more open about talking about his past, where Pike seems more secretive, that is just the vibe I got from Pike. In the end of the episode the whole trail turns out to be an illusion from the planet they are orbiting. The ending just made me go like, " wait, say again?" which is almost always what all Star Trek: The Orginal Series episodes do.

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