- Peace? Off!
Infobox Television episode
Title = Peace? Off!
Series = Robin Hood
Caption = Prince Malik, in Nottingham, making a 'peace deal'.
Season = 1
Episode = 10
Airdate =December 9 2006
Production =
Writer = Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle
Director =Graeme Harper
Guests =
Prev =A Thing Or Two About Loyalty
Next = Dead Man Walking"Peace? Off!" is the tenth episode of the 2006 British "Robin Hood" television series, made by
Tiger Aspect Productions forBBC One . It aired on SaturdayDecember 9 ,2006 at 6:55 pm. Its title is a quote from the episode, apun on the British exclamation "piss off"!Plot
A madman is terrorizing villagers by setting fire to churches and poisoning wells. But instead of dealing with him, Robin rescues the man and takes him to the forest. The man is a veteran of King Richard's war in the Holy Land and is suffering what we now know as
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder , called Crusader's Sickness by Robin and his men. He has strange, unusual Saracen symbols tattoed on his chest.Meanwhile Sheriff Vasey has a guest, a middle eastern prince who is here to broker peace, and awaiting Prince John at Nottingham castle. He is Prince Malik, Saladin's nephew. In the forest, Will has found the prince's wagon stuck in the mud. As they examine it, they find directions to the castle and also a strange mask, which they think is used to perform dark magic. Everyone, except Robin, comes to believe that a sorcerer is staying at the castle.
Robin has trusted Much to look after the madman, and he names him Harold. Harold seems fine when he and Much are cooking food, but when he sees the Saracen mask he attacks Djaq with a knife and is close to slicing her throat. After that they keep him locked up in a cage. Much seems disapproving of this, but "Harold" tells him it is better.
When Prince Malik is going to recover his wagon, Robin kidnaps him. Djaq explains who he is and demands that they let him go. After the Prince tells the gang why he is in England and what the mysterious mask does, which is healing a broken mind, (See
Acupuncture )they let him go. As he returns to the castle the Sheriff let it be known that he is actually holding Prince Malik as a hostage, and has demanded a ransom from Saladin. Robin also discovers this after some information from Marian.The ransom is carried through the forest by four exotic Saracen women and their male leader. Robin is about to take it, but is stopped by Djaq, who reveals the women as Saladin's assassins: the group are dubious about her claim, but take it more seriously when they see the lethal skills of the warrior women. The group originally assume the warriors are to rescue Malik, but Djaq dismisses this: they then realise the prnce has acted without his uncle's consent and Saladin has dispatched the assassins to kill him. Harold tells the gang that it was these women who tattooed their marks on him and drove him mad.
Robin and his men go to the castle to rescue Prince Malik. The assassins, meanwhile, having set off a diversion and killed most of the Sheriff's guards (the Sherrif is rescued by Robin and the gang, while Gisbourne survives by playing dead) are about to kill Prince Malik when Robin, his men and the Sheriff engage in battle with the assassins. Harold comes to their rescue and kills the women himself, displaying fighting styles similar to the assassins. Back in the forest Malik heals Harold with the mask and they leave together to travel back to the Holy Land.
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