Excalibur is not a thing, something you can hold in your hand.
Excalibur is the good in you.
The power to do good, to stand up for what's right, to slay dragons, to capture bank robbers.
You always carry Excalibur in your heart.


Robert Tinnell, Kids of the Round Table (1995)

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Merlin Marathon on Syfy

Cable network Syfy will air a Merlin marathon this Friday, 2 July 2010. Episodes (listed below) will consist of the full run of season two of the BBC1 series; season one has been released on Region 1 DVD, and episodes from both seasons can be downloaded from iTunes.

10:00 AM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE CURSE OF CORNELIUS SIGAN
11:00 AM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN
12:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS
01:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE
02:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - PART 1
03:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - PART 2
04:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE WITCHFINDER
05:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE SINS OF THE FATHER
06:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE LADY OF THE LAKE
07:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: SWEET DREAMS
08:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE WITCH'S QUICKENING
09:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE FIRES OF IDIRSHOLAS
10:00 PM MERLIN, SEASON 2: THE LAST DRAGONLORD



Merlin is an innovative program that presents the adventures of a teenaged Merlin (the young mage), Morgana (the troubled ward), Arthur (the young prince and heir apparent), Guinevere (Morgana's serving maid and of African descent), and Lancelot (a First Knightian version: common born but with aspirations from a better life) as they struggle with the over-bearing presence of King Uther Pendragon and his crusade against magic. Other figures from the legend are also present, though, as with the representation of the main cast, they often bear little resemblance to their legendary forebears. These include three magic-users--a prepubescent Mordred, Morgause (sister to Morgana), and Nimueh--and (surprisingly) Geoffrey of Monmouth as the royal librarian. Ygraine, Arthur's mother, has also made an appearance.

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