So here I was, all sad and lonesome because no one left a review. Then I thought to check the hit counter.

Good God.

Almost 1000 hits! I'm not sad anymore, I am ecstatic.

On a side note, how about that 5x12? And the last 6-7 words of the teaser?

Cannot wait for the 24th! But then, I can. Why? Because it is the last episode of Merlin. Ever. The LAST!

Enough said. Let us continue.

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He stands in a ruined field. Hoof prints among the broken stalks of once-fertile grain, as well as the mutilated bodies of farmers and their families, tell of a slaughter.

A broken sword through a child's dead heart bears the mark of Essetir. Uther turns to his uncle, to show him what has come of not guarding the borders. But he finds a weak man where once a great king was. A king ruled by others' influences.

Everywhere Uther looks he sees destruction, all the fault of a weak king.

When he awakens, the prince knows what he must do.

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A review would be nice, but not required