Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130330123307/@comment-5674726-20130405060751

''ReganX, you may be right. If so, it would have been a good idea if different motivations on Gaius' side would have been mentioned/hinted on the show. The way it was presented to us we have to think that Giaus only feared that Morgana would be killed by Uther.''

Even if Gaius' chief motivation was fear for Morgana's life, I wonder if he wasn't also conscious of the fact that, even in a best case scenario where Uther is able to accept the idea of her having a Seer's power, it could make life more difficult for Merlin. If she tells Uther of a threat to Arthur or Camelot and he takes steps to prevent it, the extra scrutiny increases Merlin's chances of being caught if he uses magic to deal with the threat. In this episode, where he needed to use the Sidhe staff, his chances of being caught in the act would be much higher if Uther had the royal guard with him when he came after Arthur.