Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130512091538/@comment-6905051-20130513053624

The episode is significant for two reasons. a) Nimueh's character is totally butchered as one track villainess who willingly did whatever she did, thereby starting  the proverbial ball to roll.

second is,  to find out how powerful merlin exactly is. First he survives a mortl blast from a high priestess of old religion and then he summons magic to kill her. Maybe it was partly fuelled by adrenalin rush/rage upon seeing dead Gaius, but, full extent of his power is felt for first time. Did that mean inspite of being a high priestess, Nimueh was not born of magic? as such Magic did not form core of her existence?

Third, the way it was complelety glossed over that Merlin tried to mettle with forces beyond his understanding and refused to pay for the consequences.