The Winter King Season 1 Episode 4 Recap: The 6 Biggest Story Reveals
Summary
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In episode 4 of The Winter King, Merlin attempts to kidnap Prince Mordred, but Arthur stops him because he suspects he would harm the child.
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After Nimue is attacked by Gungleus, she discovers that she is pregnant with his baby, and Merlin believes that the gods willed it.
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Arthur retrieves the Excalibur sword from his mother’s grave and builds his power by easily defeating Gungleus in a fight.
This article contains a discussion of sexual assault.
This article contains major spoilers for Season 1, Episode 4 of The Winter King!The Winter King In episode 4, Arthur has to wait an agonizing wait to see if his gamble was worth it, while Nimue makes a terrible discovery. The Winter King adapts Bernard Cornwell’s first novel Chronicles of the Warlords Trilogy of novels that attempted to fuse the legend of King Arthur was a historical fact. The first three episodes of the series followed Arthur (Iain De Caestecker) as he returns to Britain years after being banished by his father King Uther (Eddie Marsan) to find it divided and on the verge of being invaded by Saxon invaders .
The Winter King In episode 3, Arthur tried to get control of the chaos and made some controversial decisions along the way. This includes the release of the traitor Gungleus (Simon Merrells) after the massacre he committed in Avalon. Almost everyone in Dumnonia wanted the “rover“King was killed, but Arthur released Gungleus in the hope that he could convince his uncle Gorfydd (Aneirin Hughes) to attend Prince Mordred’s naming ceremony. Arthur plans to unite the divided kingdom against the Saxons, and the fourth episode begins weeks later, with no sign of Gungleus or Gorfydd arriving…
6 Merlin tries to kidnap Mordred
In the fourth episode, Merlin (Nathaniel Martello-White) returns and is therefore happy that Arthur has returned to the kingdom after previously rejecting the call. However, it appears that the two will be at odds over the fate of Prince Mordred. In the first episode, the wizard touched the newborn Mordred and had a horrific vision of the adult prince slaughtering his own people while wearing a golden mask. Merlin told King Uther that Mordred was evil and would become a bloodthirsty tyrant if he took the throne.
However, Merlin’s “Death of Britain” vision did not affect Uther, who instead nominated three protectors for the baby until it was ready to become king. In Episode 4, Merlin has the same vision and decides to kidnap the child and use his magical gifts to get past the guards. Arthur suspected he would attempt such a move and stopped him. Merlin claims it was Uther’s turning away from the “Old Gods” who saw them curse him with an evil child, and it would be better to take Mordred to a village where no one – himself included – would ever be told of his true origins so that he could lead a normal life.
Arthur instead suspects that Merlin would simply throw Mordred off a cliff, and after vowing to protect the prince, he refuses to let Merlin pass. Despite the wizard’s protests, he hands over the baby, although this conflict will likely resurface in future episodes.
5 Nimue is pregnant from Gungleus’ attack
The priestless druid Nimue was sexually abused by Gungleus in 2010 The Winter King Episode 2 after she previously mocked him. While her powers and connection to the gods are said to depend on her celibacy, Nimue claims that she can still hear them even though they do not respond to her. Nimue is glad that Merlin has returned, and they discuss their anger at Arthur’s refusal to let them take revenge on Gungleus.
Later in the episode, Merlin realizes that Nimue is pregnant with Gungleus’ baby. Her first reaction is shock and disgust, but when she refuses to have the child, Merlin chastises her. He claims her pregnancy was “wanted“from the gods themselves, and the fact that Gungleus is a king makes the child potentially important. Disturbed by Merlin’s reaction to the pregnancy, Nimue flees Avalon when his back is turned.
4 Arthur retrieves Excalibur from his mother’s grave
Everyone is quick to let Arthur know that releasing Gungleus was a bad idea, and there seems to be little hope of Gorfydd showing up. To kill time, Arthur and his sister Morgan (Valene Kane) decide to visit their mother’s grave. Her mother was a blacksmith, and while Arthur is full of memories of how beautiful and loving she was and how she always told them stories, Morgan corrects him. She states that her mother was neither of these things, that Morgan was the one who told Arthur stories, and that her mother hated him because his birth caused Uther to turn away from her.
Regardless, Arthur claims her mother was always there when he really needed her. As he reminisces, Arthur recalls the stories of the Excalibur sword while searching through stacks of rusted swords that surrounded his mother’s grave. He later discovers one with a distinctive handle, which he takes into the castle and polishes to make his new sword. During a later encounter with Gungleus, Arthur’s Excalibur effortlessly splits his sword in half, showing how fearsome the weapon is.
3 Derfel begins a new romance
When the show began, Derfel (Stuart Campbell) was deeply in love with Nimue. However, due to their devotion to the gods, they could not be together. In the third episode, Nimue tried to get Derfel to help her murder Gungleus and used a scarring ceremony to bind them together. When he failed to get through, Nimue left the kingdom instead. The Winter King Episode 4 reveals that Derfel and his girlfriend Lunette (Olumide Olorunfemi) are now sleeping together, and while he confesses to her that Nimue “still with him“He realizes that they have no future together
2 Owain’s men murder some miners
The other major subplot of Episode 4 involves Owain (Daniel Ings), who heads to the lands of King Cadwy (Billy Postlethwaite) to collect long-overdue taxes. Owain takes Derfel and a few other men with him and arrives a day early to catch Cadwy in a lie when they see the king burying his gold before their arrival to make it appear that they have none. Nevertheless, Owain agrees to a deal with Cadwy whereby he and his men will rob some local tin miners, who will likely pay Cadwy for his protection in the aftermath.
While no one should be hurt, some miners discover that Owain and Derfel are trying to steal from and attack them. They end up killing a few miners while Derfel hides a small child who witnessed the whole thing. Since Owain’s greed leads to the unnecessary deaths of some innocents, Derfel is unlikely to remain loyal to him when Arthur inquires about the attack.
1 King Gorfyddyd finally arrives in Dunmonia
After a long wait, Gorfyddyd and Gungleus finally appear for the naming ceremony. Gorfyddyd turns out to be an unpleasant guy and insults the “bastard” Arthur, Morgan and the late Uther in quick succession. Arthur eventually tires of his open mockery and orders Gungleus taken back into custody. After the two briefly argued with swords, this Winter King The episode ends with Arthur holding Excalibur over Gungleus’ head and turning to Gorfyddyd, declaring that he will either swear his allegiance to Mordred or Arthur will destroy everything he holds dear.
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