The Past Within

"**The Past Within**" is the fifth episode of Season 1 of *Unicorn: Warriors Eternal*, and the fifth episode overall. It premiered on May 26, 2023.

## Synopsis

Emma and Melinda relive moments from the past; Unicorn struggles in the present to contain a creature born out of her Magic.

## Plot

As it turns out, the Kraken is too strong for the warriors, and despite Edred’s suggestion, Melinda doesn’t want to unleash her full powers to send the Kraken back to where it came from because she is scared of what she might end up doing. Then, in a surreal manner, she loses control and unleashes her powers, only to be transported to a different world. Amidst the Kraken’s chaos, Seng tries to find Melinda but realizes that she isn’t around.

Emma, now blonde again and in her wedding dress, wakes up in a forest and comes across a young girl named Melinda. Emma cannot remember her own name, although she knows that she and little Melinda will meet “later” when Melinda grows up. Emma also sees young Melinda’s father, Merlin, in the forest. Melinda brings Emma to her house and into her father’s office. She then turns on the crossway, a stone, which happens to be a time machine switch. It opens a portal that is supposed to take Emma back to where she came from. Unfortunately, it brings forth a mechanical octopus into the room, but before it can harm them, Merlin arrives and sends the creature back inside the portal and turns off the machine. Merlin finds out that Emma is from “later,” or the future. Unfortunately, he cannot help her get back to the future because she is already there. Meanwhile, Morgan arrives and finds out that her daughter possesses dark magic. She tries to snatch it from young Melinda against her wishes, but Melinda’s magic is too strong for her. Ultimately, Morgan disappears in front of Melinda’s own eyes.

Elsewhere, Winston rows himself near a ship and is denied help by one of the sailors. The eyes of the sailor are also glowing green. After realizing that he will freeze to death if he continues looking for help in the sea, he rows back to the ship. To his shock, the deck is all covered in blood. He finds the guy who sent him away, but the guy isn’t human anymore. He has turned into a werewolf. It bites Winston before he can jump back into the water.

Meanwhile, Melinda opens her eyes and finds herself in the rubble. Basically, what had happened was that, in some way, Melinda’s magic made Emma a part of her memories. Thus, Emma now knew Melinda’s past. This, Melinda doesn’t like but cannot help it either. For now, she has to stop the Kraken from destroying London. However, it takes the death of Copernicus to make her unleash her powers and kill the Kraken.

## Characters

*(listed alphabetically)*

* Jeremy Crutchley as Merlin
* Grey DeLisle as Mysterious Woman
* Hazel Doupe as Melinda/Emma Fairfax
* Marley Cherry Hilborne as Young Melinda
* Demari Hunte as Seng
* Peta Johnson as Morgan
* Tom Milligan as Edred
* George Webster as Winston
* Copernicus

## Trivia

* It is revealed that Merlin is Melinda's father.
* This is the first episode to be streamed on Max due to HBO Max being relaunched as Max.
* The wizard‘s hat that young Melinda wears in one scene has the same color and patterns of Yen Sid’s hat from the 1940 Disney film *Fantasia*, but with a longer and wider brim.

## Gallery

### Videos

Unicorn- Warriors Eternal - Melinda’s Past - Adult Swim UK 🇬🇧
## References

1. ↑ Unicorn: Warriors Eternal episode guide (May 4, 2023).