The worst episodes of Robin Hood
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
The Sheriff sells the local village men to Irish warriors who need new army recruits, but when Robin is captured himself, can he escape execution in time to save the conscripts?Kate, a village girl from Locksley, tries to help the outlaws and rescue her brother, but her heroics have devastating consequences.
- 02
Gisborne is back, and he is not alone; by his side are Prince John's Elite Guards and a mysterious weapon. This time, he is determined to catch Hood.As the gang run for their lives, Little John gets separated and ends up in a Gladiator circus. And who is the damsel in distress Robin saves?
- 03
Something Worth Fighting For: Part I
The battle begins as Isabella rounds up men to send to Prince John, and the gang do everything they can to stop her. Archer joins forces with his sister, and sends a trap to snare Robin and Gisborne. But who is really pulling the strings behind the evil that is coming to Nottingham?
- 04
Prince John pays a long-awaited visit to Nottingham, and he is out to make mischief. With Gisborne and the Sheriff assigned a royal mission, it surely spells the end for one of them.Meanwhile, Robin is up to mischief of his own, but who is the lucky woman?
- 05
The Sheriff turns the heat up on Robin and his gang by forcing the Abbot to accuse them of stealing from the church.Tuck's attempt to clear Robin's name ends with him being captured and tied to the rack. Will the gang free Tuck in time, while escaping execution themselves?
- 06
Ruthless Rufus is in town, intent on revenge. When he kidnaps Allan and Kate, Robin retaliates by snatching his son. Robin and the gang face a race against time as they try to find Rufus' hiding place. Will they succeed, or is this the end of the road for Allan and Kate?
- 07
Something Worth Fighting For: Part II
War breaks out in Nottingham as the Sheriff attacks with everything he has. Robin and the gang fight to defend the castle, but are forced to retreat. Finally it comes down to the feared few: Robin, Gisborne, Isabella and the Sheriff. Who, if anyone, will survive the bloodiest of battles?
- 08
When Robin returns from the Holy Land to avenge Marian's murder an epic battle rages between him and Gisborne, with both determinedto fight to the death. Tuck arrives in Nottingham searching for Robin Hood, believing he's the only man who can unite the people of England and destroy the tyrannical reign of the Sheriff, Gisborne and Prince John.
- 09
The King is Dead, Long Live the King...
Isabella will go to any lengths to prove her loyalty to the Prince, and to win the Sheriff's job for herself.Meanwhile, suspicious news arrives from the Holy Land that King Richard is dead, and Robin squares up against his former mentor, Lord Sheridan, in an attempt to stop Prince John's hasty coronation.
- 10
Robin of Locksley heads home from the Crusades to find his people starving and brutalised.
- 11
King Richard's birthday turns out to be a day of surprises for the gang. After raiding Gisborne's party Robin discovers a terrible secret.
- 12
A heat wave hits Nottinghamshire and, when Prince John blocks all the local wells, the outlaws are forced to take desperate measures to save those at risk.Prince John discovers Robin and Isabella's secret relationship, and orders Gisborne to dispose of them, telling him that if he completes the task he will be made the new Sheriff. Isabella proposes a life away from Nottinghamshire, and Robin has to make a difficult choice about his future.
- 13
Gisborne awaits his execution in a Nottingham dungeon, and meets a fellow prisoner who has a profound effect upon him.Robin thinks he can strike a deal with Sheriff Isabella, but his plans are thwarted when an unexpected stranger from her past arrives, looking for revenge.
- 14
It's a step back in time as a mysterious figure forces Robin and Gisborne to hear the story of their past.The truth about their parents is exposed and a huge revelation rocks them both to the core. As the strange figure shows his face, Robin and Gisborne know their lives will never be the same again.
- 15
The gang are shocked when Robin announces that Gisbourne is joining their fight against Isabella, but can their uneasy truce survive?Robin and Gisbourne then travel to York to save their half-brother Archer from execution, and find that he has made a formidable enemy in the Sheriff of York.
- 16
Robin unleashes a series of events leading to the discovery of a Saracen visitor at Nottingham Castle.
- 17
A horrified Robin realises that his plan to capture the Sheriff's spy Henry of Lewes has failed because he has a traitor in his gang. Luckily,Henry has arrived at the castle unconscious and Robin can also depend on Marian's spying and loyal wise-woman Matilda to help him in his mission. Can Robin silence Henry and rescue Matilda before the Sheriff ducks her for witchcraft, and will he work out who the traitor is?
- 18
The humiliated Sheriff storms into Locksley, threatening revenge until Robin surrenders.
- 19
Robin Hood is blamed when a sniper murders innocent people in Nottingham. Desperate to stop the killings, Robin must form an unholy alliance with the Sheriff.
- 20
Robin and his men discover an abandoned baby in Sherwood Forest just before the Sheriff kidnaps Roy.
- 21
Robin and his gang come across a tax inspector and use him as cover for entry to Nottingham Castle.
- 22
A return to Sherwood sees the outlaws constructing a new camp. But the sherriff has plans of his own as Knighton Hall is razed to the ground and Marian and Edward are arrested.
- 23
A mortally wounded messenger from King Richard flees Locksley Manor, pursued by Gisborne's men, and runs straight into the arms of Robin. In his dying breaths, the messenger utters the word 'Lardner', to Robin's confusion.What is clear, though, is that Gisborne and the Sheriff are hunting the same Lardner. Trapped in the tree that houses the secret, Robin and Marian realise that unless they resort to desperate measures - and the help of a Fool - they face certain death.
- 24
The Sheriff sleepwalks into Sherwood Forest as Prince John's messenger arrives to check all is well. Finding him absent, the messenger summons Prince John's army to raze Nottingham to the ground at sunset.Desperate times compel Gisborne to rely on Robin's tracking skills to find the Sheriff, but Robin realises the Sheriff has stumbled onto an opportunity to regain the Pact of Nottingham. Gisborne risks his life standing by Marian as they fight to save the people of Nottingham.
- 25
The Nottingham Fair arrives, bringing with it the lure of the silver arrow competition.
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