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Episode Synopsis

No synopsis this time: I don’t want to give away anything!  

For the record, I feel a little guilty writing this, as for all I know, Joanne Froggatt is a lovely person who did her best with a script that clearly hated her. But that doesn’t change the fact that Kate was an awful character. I could have accepted her complete uselessness, and even handled the fact that she was made of stupid, but the thing that bugged me the most about her was that she simply Wasn’t A Very Nice Person. For that reason more than any other, I wrote this fic.

(For those who don’t get all the “imagination” and “indispensable” references, go take a look at the official BBC character profile on Kate. She’s described as an “indispensable” member of the team and her weapon of choice is listed as her “imagination.” Please don’t ask me to explain this).

This episode. Oh this episode.

I’ve actually only seen this episode once, so it was nice to go over it again with more of a “fresh” feeling than I’m getting with some of the others. This is obviously a Much-centric episode, but also has plenty of little snippets of the OT3, as well as more political mumbo-jumbo in which the writers try to be relevant and just come across as pretentious. It is also an episode that is somewhat forgettable on its own, but could have very well been very important had it actually followed up on the two storylines that it raises: the ledger and Eve. But since neither of those two elements return to the show (okay, the ledger does, but not in a particularly satisfying way), the episode ends up being more or less filler.
 

Did you know that Robin Hood was once a point-and-click graphic adventure game? Well, you do now. I actually never played this myself when I was a kid, however I did play (and love) the game’s pseudo-precursor: “Conquest for Camelot”, which was designed by Christy Marx (who also developed this one), and contained extensive research into the legend and time period. I never actually made it to the end of that game (partly because the disk was bunged) and so on a trip down memory lane, I sought it out on YouTube. Though that, I discovered it’s “sequel”, and the rest is history…
 

Ep 8

"Tattoo, What Tattoo?"

Better late than never; here’s my thoughts on “Tattoo, What Tattoo?” an episode that feels like it’s important, but on close inspection, actually isn’t.

 

This is episode 12, the first part of the two-part finale of season 2. This first episode “Enter Ysabella” will be “the flashback” episode, which will hopefully explain why Robin is the way he is, whereas part two (tentatively titled: “The Night Watchman Comes”) will be the grand finale of this season and focus more on Guy. The idea of this first episode is to explore Robin’s past – which will hopefully make him more sympathetic in the process; whereas the grand finale will concentrate more on Guy and the decisions he’s made throughout his life.

Episode Synopsis:

After being ousted by his own outlaws for loosing faith in his leadership abilities, Robin takes Marian’s advice and goes on a “pilgrimage” in order to re-find himself and understand how he got to this stage in his life. Delving back into his past, Robin recalls his first meeting with Much, his betrothal to Marian, his decision to go to the Holy Land, and his friendship with a young shepherdess called Clorinda.

Meanwhile, Guy of Gisborne is seriously reconsidering his options now that the insurance policy placed upon the sheriff’s safety has been reneged by Prince John himself. But what happens when a familiar but almost-forgotten face reappears in Guy’s life?

Meanwhile, the outlaws go on a secret mission of their own.

(Okay, I know these synopsises are hokey, but I’m trying to keep them in line with the ones released by the BBC).

 

Ep 7

"Brothers In Arms"

Yay! Claps hands! It’s my favourite episode! Wheeee!

 

Ep 6

"The Taxman Cometh"

This episode seems to have gone down pretty well in general, but there’s just something a bit off about it to me. Like “Who Shot the Sheriff?” there was a good idea in place: con-artists who were also after the tax money; essentially doing what Robin and co does, but without the altruistic edge to it, and yet somehow it just wasn’t pulled off properly. After the high quality of last week’s episode, the show slumps back into mediocrity and there is little sense of continuation or foreshadowing here. As with “Sheriff” it just sort of “exists” in its own little universe.

And Marian annoyed me again.
 

Ep 5

"Turk Flu"

In which Djaq arrives, and the show suddenly starts to get good. Okay, it’s not just because of Djaq, but at least we can say it’s a happy coincidence that along with Djaq comes more interesting and coherent stories, more attention paid to continuity, and more elements of fun rather than the uncomfortable inbalance of darkness/light in the past four episodes. Djaq marks the start of the show really starting to get my attention.