We Are Robin Hood!

Infobox Television episode
Title = We Are Robin Hood
Series = Robin Hood


Caption =
Season = 2
Episode = 13
Airdate = December 29, 2007
Production =
Writer = Dominic Minghella
Director = David Evans
Guests =
Prev = A Good Day to Die
Next = Series Three

We Are Robin Hood is the thirteenth episode of series two of the BBC's new Robin Hood series. It was aired on Saturday 29th December on BBC One as a two-hour episode, edited together with the previous instalment. It is the last episode of Series Two. It shows the death of Lady Marian, as played by Lucy Griffiths.

Plot

The Sheriff, Gisborne and Marian arrive in the Holy Land to put the deadly Shah Mat operation into action. A Saracen schemer, Nasir, is to masquerade as Prince Saladin’s messenger and convince King Richard that Saladin wants peace.

Robin and the outlaws arrive, together at last, and bump into Carter, an old friend (from the episode "Get Carter"). Robin discovers the whereabouts of the King and sets off to find his old friend and hero. However, primed by the weasel Nasir, the King concludes that the man who intends to take his life is in fact Robin. It’s a devastating blow, but in gratitude for saving the King’s life in the past, Richard doesn't execute the outlaws but instead ties them up in the scorching desert.

A little while later the Sheriff turns up with Marian and another Black Knight (who had previously appeared in the episode ""). They tie Marian up and leave to kill the King.

Fearing this may be their last chance, Robin and Marian begin to exchange wedding vows. Much cries at the moving service but there’s jubilation when Carter appears on the horizon to rescue them, saying Much isn't crying, he's "laughing on the wrong side of his face".

The deadly meeting between the King and Saladin takes place. Karim rides out and reveals his true and treacherous identity to King Richard. However, Karim doesn't bargain on meeting Robin, who's taken the King's place.

The band of heroes fight to save the king as they find themselves trapped. King Richard saves Robin from Karim, and Robin retaliates by killing Nasir. The Sheriff kills Carter, and then sees an opportunity and fires an arrow into King Richard’s back. Gisborne comes across the injured King and sees an opportunity to finish him off.

Marian grabs Guy's attention by running out in front of him. An adamant Guy still wishes to escape back to England and have Marian for his bride, but his feelings are soon quashed when Marian tells him of her love for Robin. Unable to accept this, Guy plunges a sword into Marian just as Robin and his men arrive. Realizing what he's done, Guy backs away, looking guilty and afraid. The Sheriff arrives, and Guy escapes with him. As Marian lays dying, Robin kneels by her and they are finally married.

After Marian's burial, King Richard tells Robin of their next move and proclaims with his men, "We are Robin Hood!" Djaq and Will reveal that they have decided to stay in the Holy Land together. The four remaining outlaws then begin their way home.

Cast

*Jonas Armstrong ... Robin Hood
*Lucy Griffiths ... Lady Marian
*Richard Armitage ... Sir Guy of Gisborne
*Keith Allen ...The Sheriff of Nottingham
*Gordon Kennedy ... Little John
*Sam Troughton ... Much
*Joe Armstrong ... Allan A Dale
*Harry Lloyd ... Will Scarlet
*Anjali Jay ... Djaq
*Joseph Kennedy ... Carter
*Steven Waddington ... King Richard

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/robinhood/ Official site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000746/"Robin Hood: We Are Robin Hood!"] at the Internet Movie Database