Changes: The Kindness of Strangers

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“I want to you to tell me where Emrys is!”
— Morgana torturing Alator.

The Kindness of Strangers^[1]^[2]^[3] the tenth episode of the fifth series of Merlin.

Synopsis

Morgana leads a terrifying manhunt in pursuit of her old foe, Alator of the Catha, for she knows without a doubt that he can tell her exactly where to find Emrys. Merlin’s life has never been in more danger, so when the mysterious Finna offers to help him, is he right to trust her? Or will he find himself cornered with nowhere to run?^[4]^[5]

Plot

The episode opens with a vicious attack happening in a villaage Morgana oversees the destruction Alator of the Catha is brought before her on his knees and she demands he tell her who Emrys is. Later on Merlin goes to check on Arthur who tells him to bring breakfast for Gwen as Arthur wants to suprise her. As Merlin is collecting flowers a woman appears and she tells him she has been told to warn him about the great battle. They are interrupted and Merlin promises to seek her out but she also gives him a brooch. Merlin brings Gaius a brooch he found in the woods. The physician states that it was forged in Helva but other than that he knows nothing about it

Gaius warns Merlin against going to the wood however Merlin goes regardless and he finds pieces of torn paper and brings them to Gaius who is sure are written in the Catha language as in Alator their enemy turned ally. Gaius correctly assumes that Morgana has captured Alotor to get him to reveal Emrys' true name to her

Merlin return to Arthurs bedroom and gives him the breakfast still troubled however refugees flood into Camelot from one of the few places where magic is still used victims of Morgana vicious attack. Merlin confides in Gaius and tells him Alator would never betray him and also tells him about about Finna and goes to meet her however Gaius suspects Finna of siding with Morgana and alerts Arthur who sends out his knights to capture Finna.

Meanwhile Morgana is having Alator beaten by one of her minons however Alator remarks he has been trained to cope with physical torture which leads Morgana to use evil magic in and attempt to get the truth by using the Nathair but refuses to talk. He claimed that if Morgana killed him, he'd go to paradise happy in the knowledge that Morgana would have failed.

Alator received a letter from Finna telling him that all was well and she had found Emrys; unfortunately, Morgana discovered this letter. After telling Alator she would 'find Finna and break her like a twig', she snaps his neck using magic.

Meanwhile, a mysterious High Priestess tells Merlin to meet her near the ruined temple. Against Gaius' advice, Merlin goes, and finds she is a follower of Alator's, and her name is Finna. Requesting he meet her again when Mordred leads the Knights into the temple, she runs off into the woods.

Meanwhile Morgana is searching for Finna in the woods at the same time as Merlin. Merlin reaches her first and they talk, before being attacked by 3 of Morgana's army. Merlin is wounded, but they manage to escape to an old watch tower, where Finna completes her request and delivers Arthurs destiny to Merlin. She asks that Merlin leave her his sword, before telling him to go to the roof, for it is her that Morgana wants. As Morgana arrives, she confronts Finna and asks for Emrys' identity, but Finna uses Merlins sword to stab herself, dying almost immediately from her wounds, leaving Morgana frustrated as she has no other way to find Emrys.

Motgana then order

Main Cast

Recurring cast

Guest Cast

Finna - Sorcha Cusack
Beroun - Barry Aird

Gallery

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Video Gallery

Trivia

This marks Alator's second appearance in the show, the last being The Secret Sharer and also his death.
Kilgharrah reappeared in this episode after his last appearance in The Disir and told Merlin that he was dying.

Broadcast

The Kindness of Strangers December 8, 2012 - 8.00pm BBC One

Watch the Episode

References

Series 5
Arthur's Bane • The Death Song of Uther Pendragon • Another's Sorrow • The Disir • The Dark Tower • A Lesson in Vengeance • The Hollow Queen • With All My Heart • The Kindness of Strangers • The Drawing of the Dark • The Diamond of the Day

[1] ttp://www.tv.com/shows/merlin/the-kindness-of-strangers-2607078

[2] ttp://sharetv.org/shows/merlin/episodes/710003

[3] ttps://www.tvrage.com/Merlin_2008/episodes/1065245219

[4] ttp://sharetv.org/shows/merlin/episodes/710003

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 ==Plot==
-The episode opens with a vicious attack happening in a villaage  Morgana oversees the destruction [[Alator of the Catha]] is brought before her on his knees and she demands he tell her who Emrys is. Later on Merlin goes to check on Arthur who tells him to bring breakfast for Gwen as Arthur wants to suprise her. As Merlin is collecting flowers  Finnaappears and she tells him she has been told to warn him about the great battle. They are interrupted and Merlin promises to seek her outt but she also gives him a brooch.Merlin brings Gaius a brooch he found in the woods. The physician states that it was forged in Helva but other than that he knows nothing about it
+The episode opens with a vicious attack happening in a villaage  Morgana oversees the destruction [[Alator of the Catha]] is brought before her on his knees and she demands he tell her who Emrys is. Later on Merlin goes to check on Arthur who tells him to bring breakfast for Gwen as Arthur wants to suprise her. As Merlin is collecting flowers  a woman appears and she tells him she has been told to warn him about the great battle. They are interrupted and Merlin promises to seek her out but she also gives him a brooch. Merlin brings Gaius a brooch he found in the woods. The physician states that it was forged in Helva but other than that he knows nothing about it
-Gaius warns Merlin against going to the wood however Merlin goes regardless he  finds pieces of torn paper and brings them to Gaius who is sure are written in the Catha language as in Alator their enemy turned ally. Gaius correctly assumes that Morgana has captured Alotor to get him to reveal Emrys' true name to her
+Gaius warns Merlin against going to the wood however Merlin goes regardless and he finds pieces of torn paper and brings them to Gaius who is sure are written in the Catha language as in Alator their enemy turned ally. Gaius correctly assumes that Morgana has captured Alotor to get him to reveal Emrys' true name to her
 Merlin return to Arthurs bedroom and gives him the breakfast still troubled however refugees flood into Camelot from one of the few places where magic is still used victims of Morgana vicious attack. Merlin confides in Gaius  and tells him Alator would never betray him and also tells him about about Finna and goes to meet her however Gaius suspects Finna of siding with Morgana and alerts Arthur who sends out his knights to capture Finna.
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 Alator received a letter from Finna telling him that all was well and she had found Emrys; unfortunately, Morgana discovered this letter. After telling Alator she would 'find [http://merlin.wikia.com/wiki/Finna Finna] and break her like a twig', she snaps his neck using magic.
+Meanwhile, a mysterious High Priestess tells Merlin to meet her near the ruined temple. Against Gaius' advice, Merlin goes, and finds she is a follower of Alator's, and her name is Finna. Requesting he meet her again when Mordred leads the Knights into the temple, she runs off into the woods.
+Meanwhile Morgana is searching for Finna in the woods at the same time as Merlin. Merlin reaches her first and they talk, before being attacked by 3 of Morgana's army. Merlin is wounded, but they manage to escape to an old watch tower, where Finna completes her request and delivers Arthurs destiny to Merlin. She asks that Merlin leave her his sword, before telling him to go to the roof, for it is her that Morgana wants. As Morgana arrives, she confronts Finna and asks for Emrys' identity, but Finna uses Merlins sword to stab herself, dying almost immediately from her wounds, leaving Morgana frustrated as she has no other way to find Emrys.
+Motgana then order
 ===Main Cast===
 *[[Merlin]] - [[Colin Morgan]]