I'm also very curious about the origin of the Morgana and Agravaine pact. What is he getting from the deal? I'm sure the plan must be to off Uther and then Arthur for succession to the throne, but he's deluded if he doesn't realize he'd only be a pawn in Morgana's plan to use him to that end and then be rid of him. Of course, it would hardly be Arthurian if he were wise enough to consider that and/or not hungry enough for power to care. *g*

The part that bugged me was Merlin's line, "Like you know how to gather firewood" with a shared laugh with all of the knights at Arthur's expense. *squirm* Certainly a joke with good intentions on Merlin's part, but just not going to happen, for the same reason the ongoing "we coulda been bffs" conversations continue to occur.