Talk:The Mark of Nimueh/@comment-5674726-20130219001202/@comment-5674726-20130220000811

That's what I figured. It strikes me as an early red flag about Kilgharrah's manipulation. Logically, it should make no difference who holds the torch but Kilgharrah apparently wanted Merlin to think that it couldn't be done without Arthur, which potentially cost them valuable time, and perhaps even lives that might otherwise have been saved if Merlin hadn't had to wait for Morgana to convince Arthur to go with them.

Another puzzler about this episode is why the issue of Guinevere supposedly using magic to heal her father was just forgotten. There's no way that Uther would believe that Nimueh decided to heal a random guy and, even if he decided against condemning Guinevere to death for using magic, surely he wouldn't have wanted her staying on as Morgana's maid.