Camelot (2011) - Episode 1.7

"The Long Night"

Last week I mentioned I'd like to see the series revert back to a singular episodic storyline instead of the continuous trend of triple parted adventures that continuously divert the three main characters from interacting, and never seems to succeed much in progressing whatever the plot of the series is.  Well my wish was granted with The Long Night, bringing all the characters together and finally beginning to put Morgan's plan of attack into action.  Hey, it only took over half the season to get here!

Morgan (Eva Green) has invited her half brother Arthur and his entire Camelot entourage out to castle Pendragon for a feast to celebrate their blessed alliance.  But in all actuality Morgan has invited them all to find out their weaknesses, find out what makes them tick and use it to exploit her way to the throne.  She has an elaborate scheme setup which involves a fake sneak attack on the castle, a scouting party sent out and one of her men even returns wounded from an attack by a non-existent army.  Arthur's clan buys into Morgan's game and begins to play into her every move.  She secretly watches them as they interact with one another in what they believe to be their last few hours before a possible slaughter.  It's her goal to use the information she gains to cause the group to turn on one another as she plans to take the place of Arthur's biological mother (her step-mother), Queen Igraine, whose image she has recently acquired the power to morph into.

Keeping this review short, because overall The Long Night is no better or worse than most of the prior episodes, I was glad to finally see some progress made on what appears to be the main storyline of Season 1 which is Morgan's attempted conquest of Camelot.  As always Eva Green stands out in the crowd while the performances of everyone else simply seem to blend together.  This wasn't a memorable episode, but then again the series hasn't been memorable to much degree either.  But if your a fan of Eva Green each episode continues to provide a weekly amount of viable entertainment and a reason to keep watching because of her alone.

7/10