Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130622090602/@comment-10341849-20130627014729

I think this is happen because Merlin was the one accused of using magic, and that was so near the truth that the writers must made it pointed out to someone near to Merlin and the only one who could be accused of is Gaius. And they made it that Merlin was accused since the beginning of the episode and only few witnesses around when it was happened. It was almost undeniable proof for Merlin, so the only explanation for everyone is to put the blame to Gaius, the closest person to Merlin and known to practice magic long time ago.

Starting from there, they didn't think of anything else like both of you said. Was it consistent with either Uther or Arthur character; was it logical that if Gaius really used magic then considering he was so well known in Camelot, nobody recognized him; and why nobody defended Gaius more persistently beside Merlin.