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Merlin
The Once and Future Queen
Original Air Date: Apr 9, 2010
Andi – Staff Writer
andi@thetwocents.com
Across the tracks in the crappy part of Albion there sits a castle. It’s an old, broken down, condemned kind of place. Inside this castle is a king with a big ol’ Arthur shaped chip on his shoulder. His plebes open a door to reveal a hired assassin who enjoys demonstrating his awesome killing skillz on some nearby knight for the benefit of his future employer. The King from across the tracks is all, “Sweet. When can you kill Arthur Pendragon?
‘Cause I’ve got this anger management issue about how he killed my son at some point, but I’m not going to exposit for the viewer just yet about when or how, though given that Arthur was the dastardly culprit it’s probably a safe bet there was a sword involved. But, anyway, I am clearly too old to go off exacting my own revenge so I’ll just pay you with these here gold coins that I could use in a better, healthier manner like buying blankets or firewood or something so that dude over there will stop breathing out fog, but I’ve got these here emotional issues, so I’m gonna pay you for a hit on this Arthur whelp instead.”
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