The main problem with this season is that it features the same weird mix of bad humor and bad drama that has defined the show from the get-go. The storyline gives Robin a decent send-off, but makes it obvious that he won’t be coming back. Archer seems destined to take over for Robin if there is another season, given that Jonas Armstrong has announced that he is leaving the show. How any of Robin’s posse manages to get captured when the Sheriff’s men prove themselves incapable of triumphing in basic hand-to-hand combat every week is a mystery, but it doesn’t really matter because, much like every other season, there is no chance of anyone getting killed before the final few episodes, when the stakes are finally raised.Īs a bridge to a possible fourth season, amongst a few shifts of allegiance that leave a former enemy working for Robin and a former ally operating under Prince John, we find out that Robin and Guy are connected to a rascally fellow named Archer (Clive Standen). Most of this season involves the same stuff the previous seasons did: every episode the gang tries to foil one of the Sheriff’s or Prince John’s plans, which generally means they have to come up with some elaborate plan to sneak into the castle and steal something or rescue someone from an Austin Powers style execution, the kind which never fails to give Robin more than enough time to free one of his sweating allies. The bad guys get some new allies too, including the long-heard-about but never-before-seen Prince John, portrayed by Toby Stephens as a psychotic, petulant man-child. Another newcomer is Isabella (Lara Pulver), a beautiful damsel in distress who has mysterious connections to Robin’s enemies. Flying in the face of traditional portrayals, Tuck is here presented as a cross-between Azeem from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and that guy who was President President Palmer on 24 and also does those Allstate commercials in the U.S. With Marian six-feet-under and Djaq and Will Scarlet having decided to raise a family somewhere a little safer than Sherwood, there are a couple of holes in the Merry Men’s roster of bumbling freedom fighters, which are soon filled by Kate (Joanne Froggatt) – a feisty peasant girl – and Brother Tuck (David Harewood). But as Robin is kind of a stand-up guy, this doesn’t last for long and he is soon back in the game, even more determined to thwart the Sheriff and bring freedom to the poor local villagers. Robin, after getting an even hipper haircut than ever before, declares he’s done with his fight to keep the Sheriff of Nottingham (Keith Allen) from helping overthrow King Richard, preferring to take revenge on behalf of his dead wife instead. Robin (Jonas Armstrong) and company have returned to England from the Holy Land, where they’ve just witnessed Maid Marian’s murder at the hands of her former beau, Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage from Spooks). This season picks off where the last one left off. The problem with this television version, never more apparent than in its third season, is that it can’t decide which of the aforementioned camps it wants to be part of. Film and television representations of Robin and his band of merry men have ranged from the epic ( The Adventures of Robin Hood) to the humorous ( Robin Hood: Men in Tights). The BBC’s latest Robin Hood series is also the most recent in a long line of modern re-imaginings of the Sherwood legend for the screen.
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