The Cup of Life in the episode is supposed to be the equivalent of the Holy Grail in the version of the story from which religious associations have been removed, though apparently here is is associated with magic and anyone can wield it, including the negative characters. The whole idea of sending Arthur on the quest to get the cup, only with Merlin, was quite unreasonable on the part of Uther, as he did not risk the lives of any more knights but was willing to risk the life of his son and the heir apparent. It seems unwise to send Arthur on so many dangerous missions, as he is Uther's only legitimate child, and it was quite obvious that they would get into some serious trouble before you can say Jack Robinson. On the other hand, it was great to see Gawain again, and I hope that he will be a fixture in the future episodes. Another great thing is that Gaius and Gwen survived the attack of the immortal Haradhrim army. I was worried about Gaius since he is not so crucial to the later story as Gwen is. Luckily, it turned all right for him.
Though I guess that Arthur's idea to return to Camelot in spite of the fact that he knew it to be overtaken by the immortal army was not very wise, since it would be better if he left with Merlin and Gawain to get some help and maybe reinforcements, whether now if Morgana will see him, she would certainly kill him and thus become a permanent ruler of Camelot. She has completed her Face-Heel Turn in this episode and finally got what she had wanted. And Morgause killed Cenred after taking over his army. It had been a bit surprising to me how earlier on both Cenred and Morgause had wanted to take over Camelot not for themselves but rather for Morgana, it looked too selfless for the bad guys. Now it seems it was not so selfless after all.
The scene which seemed a bit jarring was when Arthur catches a little Druid boy (who is not Mordred) and threatens him with his sword for a short moment in front of the elder Druid to get the cup. It seems a bit out of character for Arthur even to pretend that he is going to hurt the child if he does not get the cup.
Review by ladysherlockianBlockedParentSpoilers2020-09-04T16:56:15Z
The Cup of Life in the episode is supposed to be the equivalent of the Holy Grail in the version of the story from which religious associations have been removed, though apparently here is is associated with magic and anyone can wield it, including the negative characters. The whole idea of sending Arthur on the quest to get the cup, only with Merlin, was quite unreasonable on the part of Uther, as he did not risk the lives of any more knights but was willing to risk the life of his son and the heir apparent. It seems unwise to send Arthur on so many dangerous missions, as he is Uther's only legitimate child, and it was quite obvious that they would get into some serious trouble before you can say Jack Robinson. On the other hand, it was great to see Gawain again, and I hope that he will be a fixture in the future episodes. Another great thing is that Gaius and Gwen survived the attack of the immortal Haradhrim army. I was worried about Gaius since he is not so crucial to the later story as Gwen is. Luckily, it turned all right for him.
Though I guess that Arthur's idea to return to Camelot in spite of the fact that he knew it to be overtaken by the immortal army was not very wise, since it would be better if he left with Merlin and Gawain to get some help and maybe reinforcements, whether now if Morgana will see him, she would certainly kill him and thus become a permanent ruler of Camelot. She has completed her Face-Heel Turn in this episode and finally got what she had wanted. And Morgause killed Cenred after taking over his army. It had been a bit surprising to me how earlier on both Cenred and Morgause had wanted to take over Camelot not for themselves but rather for Morgana, it looked too selfless for the bad guys. Now it seems it was not so selfless after all.
The scene which seemed a bit jarring was when Arthur catches a little Druid boy (who is not Mordred) and threatens him with his sword for a short moment in front of the elder Druid to get the cup. It seems a bit out of character for Arthur even to pretend that he is going to hurt the child if he does not get the cup.