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This Week On Robin Hood - 12 - 05 - 09

Robin (Jonas Armstrong) prepares his battle plan. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect.

It looks like BBC America amended their previously announced schedule and aired episode 12 last week (11-28-09), with episode 13, the series finale, airing tonight. So there are two episode updates this week. Sorry for being a week behind!

SPOILER ALERT!! - Robin (Jonas Armstrong) and Gisborne (Richard Armitage) ride out to meet the Sheriff (Keith Allen). He won back the Prince's (Toby Stephens) patronage by securing him the services of a deadly European fighting force who stand behind him now. He orders the firing of a flaming missile over the town walls with his trebuchets and tells Robin he has until dawn to surrender Nottingham and Gisborne or they will all be annihilated. Gisborne offers to give himself up, but Robin tells him this is bigger than him - it's about the future of England. The outlaws say goodbye to Allan as they place his body on a small pyre. As the Sheriff's battering ram smashes through the town gates, Robin leads a team of archers to take on the invading soldiers - but the Sheriff's men keep coming. Gisborne, Robin, Archer (Clive Standen) and the outlaws all find resolve in highly unexpected ways. Episode thirteen (season/series finale) airs Saturday, December 5th @ 9:00 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America.

Isabella (Lara Pulver) and Gisborne (Richard Armitage). Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect.

Archer (Clive Standen) lends his half-brothers, Robin and Gisborne, a hand. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect.

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This Week On Robin Hood - 11 - 28 - 09

Robin (Jonas Armstrong) strikes an heroic pose! Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect.

SPOILER ALERT!! - The outlaws intercept a message from Isabella (Lara Pulver) for Prince John (Toby Stephens). King Richard's return is imminent and Isabella has agreed to supply the Prince with 300 men and supplies to help with his preparations for a battle for the throne. Robin (Jonas Armstrong), Gisborne (Richard Armitage) and Much (Sam Troughton) plan to storm the castle. If they fail to take the castle, Tuck (David Harewood) and Little John (Gordon Kennedy) will try their best to stop the convoy of men and supplies getting to Prince John. They appeal to the Locksley men to help, but to Tuck's disappointment, they're too frightened to stand up for what's right. Thanks to some surprising allies, Robin triumphantly takes the castle. But there is a delivery at the town fates - Allan's corpse followed by the old Sheriff, who they though was dead, and a huge army. Episode twelve of season three airs Saturday, November 28th @ 9:00 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America.

Sir Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage) has a contemplative moment. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect.

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This Week On Robin Hood - 11 - 21 - 09

[caption id="attachment_4461" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Archer (Clive Standen) and Robin (Jonas Armstrong). Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - Robin (Jonas Armstrong) and Guy (Richard Armitage) resolve to go to York to free their half-brother, Archer (Clive Standen), but it's not long before old tensions soon re-surface and they're fighting again. Allan (Joe Armstrong) spots them and the outlaws leap to Robin's defense, but to their surprise Robin stops them and announces that Gisborne is one of them. Meanwhile, Isabella (Lara Pulver) is anxious to know the whereabouts of Hood and Gisborne. She pays Lipscomb, who collects the tolls on the Great North Road, to gather information for her. When Robin and Gisborne rob the tollhouse, Lipscomb takes word to Isabella that her two enemies are heading to York together. Isabella grows paranoid - what are they plotting? She sends her Guard to the Sheriff of York to offer 100 crowns each for their heads - alive. In Sherwood, Little John (Toby Stephens) is still reeling from the shock of Robin working with Gisborne. They're meant to protect the people and they've joined forces with their oppressor. He storms off, but Allan chases after him. The outlaws are Robin's only hope. Episode eleven of season three airs Saturday, November 21st @ 9 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America. [caption id="attachment_4463" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="An unlikely alliance - Gisborne (Richard Armitage), Archer (Clive Standen) and Robin (Jonas Armstrong). Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_4465" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Things do not look good for Gisborne. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_4466" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="And Robin's prospects look none the better! Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] As noted above, all photos copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

This Week On Robin Hood - 11 - 14 - 09

[caption id="attachment_4234" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="Gisborne (Richard Armitage) contemplates his future. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - Thanks to Prince John (Toby Stephens), Gisborne (Richard Armitage) has gone from sheriff to outlaw and is now living in the forest. Robin (Jonas Armstrong) comes across him but their standoff is brought to an abrupt halt when they are both hit by tranquilizer darts. Robin meets his father again, who he believed had died in a house fire when he was a child. He learns his father was too ashamed to face him again after he accidentally killed Gisborne's mother, his lover, Ghislaine (Sophie Winkleman). Robin learns that his father and Ghislaine had an affair and a child was born and given away. This child, named Archer (Clive Standen), half-brother to Gisborne and Robin, is in York Jail awaiting execution. Robin's dying father appeals to Robin and Gisborne to end the cycle of violence started by their fathers and unite to save their brother. Episode ten of season three airs Saturday, November 14th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America. [caption id="attachment_4236" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="Dean Lennox Kelly as Malcolm. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] As noted above, photos copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

This Week on Robin Hood - 11 - 07 - 09

[caption id="attachment_4116" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Kate (Joanne Froggatt) and Robin (Jonas Armstrong) plan their next move. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - Robin (Jonas Armstrong) breaks into Isabella's (Lara Pulver) chamber at night to strike a deal. If she will keep him informed about Prince John's (Toby Stephens) plans, he'll protect her when the King returns. She calls for her guards but Robin escapes. Isabella presides over the trial of Meg (Holliday Grainger), a young woman charged with disobeying her father and refusing marriage-suitors. Isabella likes Meg's attitude and frees her. Isabella is determined to win the peoples' respect. Robin is hopeful for Nottingham's future but her rule is brought to an abrupt end when her husband, Squire Thornton (Nicholas Gleaves), arrives and announces he's taking over as Sheriff. Isabella orders her guards to arrest Thornton, but he tells her if his men don't receive word of his safety, they'll ride to Prince John to inform him she is a deserting wife, a criminal. Isabella would lose everything. Robin and Kate (Joanne Froggatt) surreptitiously watch Thornton dig up a Danish burial mound - the gold coins in the ground. Robin finds Isabella and agrees to get rid of Thornton if she agrees to give up the hoard and accept his deal to secretly share her power. But can he trust a Gisborne, male or female? Episode nine of season three airs Saturday, November 7th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America. [caption id="attachment_4117" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Sir Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage) has suddenly fallen from someone's grace. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_4118" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Hoping to keep his head on his shoulders, Sir Guy awaits his fate. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] As noted above, all photos copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

This Week On Robin Hood - 10 - 31 - 09

[caption id="attachment_3917" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Robin (Jonas Armstrong) takes aim as Kate (Joanne Froggatt) looks on. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - Prince John (Toby Stephens) announces that King Richard has been killed in the Holy Land and that he is to be crowned king. The outlaws are devastated by the news, but Robin (Jonas Armstrong) suspects that something doesn't add up. He investigates the claim and realizes the truth - that King Richard is not dead and that Prince John plans to steal England from under him. At the coronation, Robin and the outlaws launch an elaborate scheme to successfully expose Prince John's lie and save England. Isabella (Lara Pulver) saves Prince John's life and he rewards her by appointing her sheriff before leaving Nottingham. Episode eight of season three airs Saturday, October 31st at 9 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America. [caption id="attachment_3918" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Lord Sheridan (Robert Pugh) confers with Isabella (Lara Pulver). Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions"][/caption] As noted above, all photos copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

This Week On Robin Hood - 10 - 24 - 09

[caption id="attachment_3763" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Robin (Jonas Armstrong) and Kate (Joanne Froggatt) share a secret. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - There is a heat wave in Nottingham and the villages are short of water. Prince John (Toby Stephens) hatches a plan to block the castle's underground stream in order to control the local water resources. Isabella (Lara Pulver) and Robin (Jonas Armstrong) can no longer deny their feelings for each other and secretly meet. Without Robin, the gang launches a mission to retrieve water for the dehydrated villagers. Meanwhile, Gisborne (Richard Armitage) is furious to see his sister kissing his mortal enemy and, under instructions from Prince John, lures Robin and Isabella to the underground spring, trapping them inside as the water rises. Episode seven of season three airs Saturday, October 24th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America. [caption id="attachment_3764" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Robin must think quick if he is to save himself and Isabella. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] As noted above, all photos copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

This Week On Robin Hood - 10 - 17 - 09

[caption id="attachment_3628" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Isabella (Lara Pulver) and Prince John (Toby Stephens). Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - Prince John (Toby Stephens) arrives in Nottingham. Publicly, he is here to meet his loyal subjects, but privately he wants to put an end to the Sheriff's (Keith Allen) and Gisborne's (Richard Armitage) way of running things. The Prince feels there's only room for one sidekick, but who will it be? In the dead of night he asks Gisborne to kill the Sheriff, and, soon after, he summons the Sheriff and tells him to kill the treacherous Gisborne. The two men finally face each other in an epic duel. Tuck (David Harewood) informs Robin (Jonas Armstrong) that the Prince has been touring England, buying the loyalty of nobles to help him seize King Richard's throne. Robin decides to steal the Prince's gold to stop him and recruits the Locksley villagers to help the outlaws ambush the Prince's retinue as they travel through the forest. However, they succeed only in capturing the Prince's "double" and a treasure chest of stones. Episode seven of season three airs Saturday, October 17th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America. As noted above, photo is copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

This Week On Robin Hood - 10 - 10 - 09

[caption id="attachment_3558" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Robin Hood (Jonas Armstrong) and Tuck (David Harewood) come to Isabella's (Lara Pulver) aid. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - A beautiful and aristocratic woman, Isabella (Lara Pulver), gallops into the forest, hotly pursued by sinister men on horseback. Just as they are about to pounce, Robin Hood (Jonas Armstrong) rescues her, but not before she's shown herself to be no push-over. There is clearly more to Isabella than meets the eye, but is Robin smitten? And is he right to take her at face value and give her the benefit of the gang's protection? Elsewhere, Gisborne (Richard Armitage) returns triumphant from the court of Prince John (Toby Stephens). Armed with a formidable troop of elite soldiers and instructions from his new royal master to kill Robin Hood, Gisborne is contemptuous of the Sheriff (Keith Allen) - he does not need the patronage of the mere Sheriff of Nottingham, who is still in Prince John's bad books for debts unpaid. Before long, skirmishes break out throughout the forest as Gisborne and his men battle with our hooded heroes. When Little John (Gordon Kennedy) is separated from the others, he finds himself going undercover with Bertha of Bath (Denise Black, Queer As Folk), the larger-than-life promoter of a troupe of gladiators on their way to perform in Nottingham, But has Little John bitten off more than he can chew when he poses as a gladiator? Episode five of season three airs Saturday, October 10th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America. [caption id="attachment_3563" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Sir Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage) crosses swords with Isabella (Lara Pulver). Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect"][/caption] As noted above, photos copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

Robin Hood Returns To BBC America

[caption id="attachment_2527" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Jonas Armstrong takes aim at the bad guys as Robin Hood. Photo copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions and the BBC"][/caption] BBC America's hit revival of Robin Hood returns for a bigger, bolder third season of action adventure. Toby Stephens (Die Another Day, Jane Eyre) and David Harewood (The Vice, The Palace) join the cast of Jonas Armstrong (Teachers, The Ghost Squad), Richard Armitage (MI-5, North & South) and Keith Allen (Bodies, The Others) as Robin continues to outwit the dastardly Sheriff and his forces - but Robin is not the same crusader as he once was. Since the death of Marian, Robin is in a downward spiral fueled by anger and grief - he can think of nothing but revenge. Meanwhile, a wave of corruption and evil has been sweeping the land. Luckily, a mysterious new ally in the form of a traveling monk, Tuck (Harewood) arrives just in time to get the hooded hero back on track. This season holds incredible twists and turns - take nothing for granted! Season three kicks off when Robin and his gang of outlaws return from the Holy land. But now that he's back, Robin wastes no time - Marian's murderer, Guy of Gisborne (Armitage), is a marked man. Robin immediately breaks with his followers and races to Locksley Manor to avenge her death. Once there, he confronts Gisborne, but does Gisborne care if he lives or dies? After all, Marian was the only woman he loved and his only hope. Jonas Armstrong comments on the darker, tougher Robin Hood, hell bent on avenging his wife's tragic end, "Robin is back from the Holy Land but without Marian, the beat of his life. He's questioning everything he ever lived for. Now it's payback time, and he's become obsessed with killing Gisborne. It's great to bring Robin back as a darker, more mature hero, and fans will see that once he's come to terms with his personal loss, he's a stronger, more powerful force than ever before." Meanwhile, the wickedness of the Sheriff (Allen) continues unabated - he's sold the local men to fight a foreign war. When a feisty Locksley girl, Kate (Joanne Froggatt, Life on Mars) objects to her brother's forced conscription, she inadvertently gets caught up in the cause of Robin Hood and becomes an indispensable member of his gang. The third season also brings an unexpected addition when Gisborne's little sister Isabella (Lara Pulver) unexpectedly arrives to further complicate the lives of both Robin and Gisborne. And, as the threat of Prince John (Stephens) looms larger, Robin and Gisborne reach an uneasy truce. They soon realize they may have more in common than they thought. Season three of Robin Hood premieres Saturday, September 12th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST on BBC America. SciFiAndTvTalk will have more coverage of the series closer to that time, along with weekly episode previews, so keep checking back! As noted above, photo is copyright of Tiger Aspect Productions and the BBC, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any form. Thanks!