Robin Hood (2025) s01e10 Episode Script

VOICE:
Previously on "Robin Hood."
TUCK: You've forgotten
the man you're supposed to be.
The man who would lead
the Saxons to something greater.
WARIN:
An enormous cave,
200 Saxons have
made it their home.
ELEANOR: To restore order
in Nottingham,
the King has dispatched
Guy of Gisborne.
- The King's favorite war dog.
- Kill them all!
ELEANOR:
But even the fiercest dog
must be put down
if it threatens
the wrong master.
- You have a plan?
- In the chaos of war,
where the blade that cuts
his throat cannot be seen.
ELEANOR: Clever John.
The Pope's blessing
isn't given,
it's paid for in blood.
You will go to Rome,
and you will end
my son's ambitions there.
- My fate is yours to command.
- Say what this is.
- Say what I am to you.
- You are
the only woman who ever
made me forget what I am.
And now I must go.
The King has sent
hundreds of men
- to kill Rob and his band.
- Where?
The Sheriff knows
where you are.
Whatever you choose,
I choose you.
HUGH: Aedric, Wild Aedric
when all others laid down
their weapons
he fought to the bitter end.
[roaring]
[screaming]
He died in battle
but his spirit still fights.
- [roaring]
- And it will forever.
[gasping]
In you.
Are you all right?
A dream?
I think so.
[dramatic music]
[soft music]
Do your prayers work?
When you and Marian left,
I prayed for you to return.
And here you are.
You saw us go?
Why'd you come back?
I
I saw something
I must answer.
You're right about hate.
But it's not easy to let go.
It's kept me alive.
It's got us this far.
I don't know
how to fight without it.
Fight for what comes next.
Not what happened.
Not what's hurt you.
Fight for peace.
- For hope.
- Hope?
Hope's a hard thing to carry.
- Heavier than steel.
- Oh, yes.
But death can't touch it.
A man who carries hope
is never forgotten.
There's too many of them,
you understand that, don't you?
Do you have a plan?
Pieces are there.
I just need to
see it clear.
The canyon will choke
their ability to move.
All we need to do
is rush them with numbers.
They'll be bottled.
They won't know we're there
until we're on them.
Hood will have prepared
for a direct assault.
He's not a soldier,
but he's no fool either.
What will it matter?
It was you who said that
he fights like a boy,
reckless, emotional,
and desperate.
Desperate men survive things
they shouldn't.
He won't survive me, Sheriff.
I admire
your certainty, Gisborne.
It's a rare thing in a man
who still breathes.
We answer their defiance
with extinction.
[distant neighing]
They've not moved position,
but the numbers have grown.
At least 500.
ROB: Drew, gather
everyone inside the cave.
I know what we have to do.
They are 500 strong now.
Armored, supplied,
war horses, trebuchets
TUCK:
And they know where we are.
That's a bit of a problem,
if you ask me.
They know where we are.
Which means we know
where they'll be.
Yeah-- here,
kicking our asses.
No, we'll be gone.
Hidden in Sherwood,
waiting for them to enter,
and letting them pass.
And then we move.
SPRAGART: To where?
- To Nottingham.
- [Spragart laughing]
Am I the only one struggling
to understand the young prince?
Why face them head-on
when we can outwit them?
Knowing them,
they'll be light on guards.
Won't be enough to stop us.
You mean we take the town?
They'll figure it out
and still come back 500 strong.
And when they do, they'll find
our archers on the walls.
And we'll drop a hundred
before they reach the gate.
But they will reach the gate
and they will breach the gate.
- Which is what we want.
- SPRAGART: Let them in?
Should we offer them wine
before our slaughter?
- Why would we let them in?
- They'll bunch up in the town.
We'll hit them
from the rooftops,
windows, alleys,
bleed them every step.
As they press on,
we'll fall back to the castle.
By the time
they breach its gate,
we'll be gone.
Out the sally port
to the forest,
- where we finish who's left.
- The forest.
Everyone but our archers
will be there.
You'll lead,
attack from behind,
- and then draw them in.
- Yeah.
The forest is our world.
We have the advantage there.
It'll fight for us
if we let it.
TUCK: Split them,
make them fight on two fronts.
Their strength is in numbers,
this breaks it.
It might just work.
It'll work because
they won't expect it.
And they won't have
a plan to counter it.
And by the time
they figure it
it'll be over.
What is the meaning of this?
I told you to stay
at Westminster.
Marshal.
He left me.
Since when does a man's absence
reduce you to this?
He left me with child.
You disgrace yourself.
Marshal wasn't any man.
He loves me,
and I love him.
Men do not leave women
they love.
Some do.
Some must!
He is duty-bound
to the Queen--
He used you!
And you let him!
No
Look at you.
The daughter of Nottingham,
undone by indulgence,
by foolishness.
I have been
too lenient with you.
You will go to the convent.
- No, no--
- You will go!
You will give birth!
And you will be silent!
- No
- There, you will confront
the weakness
that I see in you
and replace it
with the strength
I spent a lifetime
instilling in you.
- Please--
- There is no argument!
It is my command!
[door opening]
[door slams]
[dramatic music]
Something's the matter.
My father used to say
move in silence.
Blend into the trees
and track downwind.
[soft chuckle]
Every advantage matters.
Now we know they're coming
but not when.
It's a
It's a great disadvantage.
Because if we move too soon,
we reveal ourselves,
and and we'll never
make it to Nottingham.
My father will know the time.
I can get the information
from him.
- No, I'm not asking that.
- Yet I'm offering.
As you say,
it could be the difference.
No.
Marian, the risks
are too great.
Okay, what if he suspects
your motives?
Then he'll kill me.
Rob, if this gives us
our best chance, we do it.
These hours could be
our last.
Let's not spend them fighting.
[gentle music]
ROBIN:
I don't want to let you go.
MARIAN:
You don't have to.
Not tonight.
If all we have
is this one moment
it's enough.
I love you, Marian.
I love you, Rob.
[horse neighing]
Here's close enough.
I'll return here at mid-day
and again after sunset.
- I'll meet you at the treeline.
- Thank you, Milange.
- Be careful.
- Good luck.
[approaching footsteps]
You were right.
About everything.
The words I spoke to you,
my choices, my actions,
all of it led to this.
I regret everything.
Please.
Let me come home.
And the Queen?
She's released me
from my duties.
To make things right
with my family.
You're certain of this course?
The Sheriff will see
to Gisborne's end.
Gisborne is formidable.
Perhaps, but no armor can
protect against betrayal.
The Sheriff will succeed,
and so will you.
Thwart my son's ambitions,
and you shall be rewarded.
Rome will test you.
See to it
that it fears you back.
[broom sweeping]
[sighing]
Another fight?
Father always seems to be
looking for one.
Has he said
when they'll march?
No.
You shouldn't've come back.
Sometimes I think
about leaving.
Starting my own life.
No shadows, no name.
But I am
the only son now,
and that means something to him.
I suppose it should
mean something to me.
A name is fine.
Just don't let the weight of it
break your back.
[birds cawing]
I have sinned.
I gave my heart to a man
who turned his back on me.
That is not a sin.
Hm, what I did with him was.
And now I carry his child
Will you ever learn?
My father intends
to send me to a convent,
and Mother Superior
will lock me away,
and I will live out
the rest of my days
in anonymity
and silent servitude.
- That won't happen.
- No, it won't.
Because you will help
facilitate my escape.
I will do no such thing.
When my father dies,
I will become
the authority in Nottingham.
He is strong, yes,
but no man cheats time.
It has always been his intention
that the power of his office
be passed to me.
The King and Queen
have blessed this,
he has raised me for this.
As my father's ally,
you have prospered.
As mine,
your fortunes will grow.
But deny me,
and you will be gone
before the year's end--
I will make sure of it.
This is what I require.
A carriage waiting
outside the convent.
It will take me to Dover,
where there you will have
arranged passage
on a ship bound for Rome.
Your father has taught you
much about power.
My father has taught me
strength, yes.
But power
power cannot be learned, Bishop.
It can only be claimed.
[bird chirping]
It must be satisfying
to finally end this.
What are you
talking about, girl?
Dealing with Hood
and his band.
I never gave
the Sheriff much credit,
but his plans seem impressive.
The Sheriff's plans?
They're mine.
If left to him,
what would change?
Of course.
Like the Crusades,
the King once again
entrusts you to succeed
where others fail.
I know we haven't always
understood each other.
But this,
you at home, this
this is how it should be.
Yes, Father.
What if they just run?
Well, they'll have
nowhere to run to.
Later that day, Leicester
is crossing the Meden Bridge
with 300 men.
They'll be trapped.
By sundown tomorrow,
Sherwood burns.
And with it,
every last outlaw.
Bring more ale.
We should celebrate
your return.
Yes.
Let us drink to the health
of our family.
[ominous music]
Sleep doesn't
interest you, sire?
Rest is a stranger
these days.
We've not heard from Warin?
Then we can assume the worst.
Do you know what it cost
to bring peace here?
How many men were buried
so that we might live quietly?
And yet here we are,
on the edge of war.
No way around it now.
If they win
they'll write
songs of rebels.
If they fall,
they'll sing of martyrs.
But rarely
will they speak of the men
who hold the world together.
They'll know.
One way or the other.
Tell the troops
at first light we ride.
[soft music]
ELEANOR:
"'I will rise up against them.'"
"'I will cut off
from Babylon
name and remnant
offspring and posterity.'"
[cup clinking]
"'I will sweep in
with the broom of destruction,'
declared the Lord Almighty"
- [horse nickering]
- MARIAN: They march at dawn!
Leicester crosses
the Meden with 300 men
- by day's end.
- What?
Even if Rob takes Nottingham,
it won't matter.
He'll be trapped between
two armies and overrun.
If we don't warn them,
they'll die.
"'as I have planned,
so it shall be.'"
[horse neighing]
Go, Milange!
Warn them!
Hyah! Hyah!
No!
Liar!
You've shamed me
- No!
- for the last time!
What did you tell him?
ELEANOR:
As I have purpose
so it shall stand.
[door rattling]
If it's God's will
that I don't return,
do your duty.
Marian must be punished.
Father?
She warned them.
Shouldn't you change plans?
I won't look a fool because
a girl thinks she's clever.
It doesn't matter, anyway.
They're outnumbered,
outmatched, and out-armed.
This ends in slaughter.
Simple as that.
MILANGE: Rob!
Scouts report
no movement of the soldiers.
- Where's Marian?
- Her father knows! He has her.
- You can't reach her.
- I'm going.
Three-hundred men
under Leicester
will cross the Meden at dawn.
Leicester'll cut off
the North.
We'll be trapped and crushed.
LITTLE JOHN: I'll take men
and ambush Leicester's soldiers.
We split now, we'll lose
before the fight begins.
Then let's not
fight them at all.
What do you mean?
We burn the bridge, they'll have
no way across the river.
We have pitch.
It'll only take a few of us.
I'll lead.
- I'll go.
- Me, too.
I like fire.
[dramatic music]
[eerie ethereal whispers]
[ethereal whispers]
From the castle's tower,
you'll see this moat.
When you do,
we've done our part.
You've saved
my life once before.
And now you'll save us all.
Tuck?
Pray for Marian.
I have, and will again.
[soft music]
Pride has no place
in a young woman's life.
Only obedience.
One must be broken
and the other learned.
Indeed.
You are right.
[bird chirping]
[soft tense music]
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
Nerves, Sheriff?
Do you not see it?
I see nothing.
Exactly.
We're far in now,
and no scouts.
It's not usual.
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
[screaming]
[all screaming]
[townspeople clamoring]
WOMAN: The town
is under attack!
MAN: Hide!
Outlaws!
Quickly, run!
[dramatic music]
ROB:
Drew, secure the keep.
The rest,
to the battlements-- with me!
[horse neighing]
Found the cave.
No movement.
They're digging in.
A final stand.
Then let's grant them
their martyrdom.
No sign
of anyone else, Gerold?
No, sire.
[screaming]
[screaming]
[battle-cries]
Secure the gates!
[snarling]
- Where are they?
- Cowards! I knew they'd run.
They didn't run,
they moved,
and apparently
with great discipline.
Moved? To where?
To the one place
they have a chance.
Nottingham.
[soft music]
- Ralph--
- You don't.
You don't have to say anything.
I know.
Know what?
That I'll never love anyone
more than you.
But you will never love
anyone more than her.
[dramatic music]
[armor clanking]
SOLDIER: Back to Nottingham.
Quick march!
A longer journey
than I'd have liked
but necessary
to show you
where your power ends.
Here, where you will stay.
And where you will serve.
You lying
sanctimonious snake!
Do you really think
you can bury me in this place?!
You will kneel
before me one day!
I will not be caged! Ever!
[horse neighing]
[horse neighing]
LITTLE JOHN:
Saxon blood rises.
Let them fear it.
Let them see us.
[dramatic music]
Kill Hood,
and the rest will scatter.
We'll tear the gates
from their hinges.
No prisoners!
No mercy!
Let the Saxon filth see
what a reckoning looks like!
[battle-cries]
Hold for my command!
[horses neighing]
Hold
[battle-cries]
Hold
Hold
Loose!
[battle-cries]
[grunts]
[roaring]
[battle-cries]
Huntingdon!
Protect the flanks!
Take men and give chase!
We'll take the town!
Do as he says.
Drogo, go with the Earl!
With me!
To the forest!
Hyah!
[battle-cries]
[horse neighing]
Fall back!
[trumpet blaring]
Okay, uh, I didn't expect there
to be so many people.
Still gonna work,
though, right?
I think.
It should.
Theoretically.
That's not exactly
the comfort I was looking for.
Then don't ask a monk
about arson.
Okay, ready?
[eerie music]
[dramatic music]
[battle-cries]
[screams and battle-cries]
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music continues]
[screams]
We get to Hood
through the tavern.
Stairs lead to the rooftops.
[screaming]
[bird-like whistling]
Show yourselves!
[battle-cries]
[screams, battle-cries]
This way!
[arrows whizzing]
Ralph, get to the castle!
Get to the castle!
Saxons, to the castle!
To the castle!
Get in, quickly.
Get in, come on!
They're upstairs.
Move, you mule!
[battle-cries]
[screaming]
[soft gurgling]
Coward
No.
Victor.
You were a good man.
God will reward you.
ROB: To the castle!
Saxons to the castle!
[banging on door]
Here they are!
[screams and battle-cries]
Get in! Get in!
Come on, monk.
[tense music]
[horse neighing]
SOLDIER: Clear the bridge,
soldiers coming.
Bridge is closed,
bridge is closed
Get off the bridge!
[townspeople clamoring]
SOLDIER: Oi! You!
- No!
- Gamewell, hold the bridge!
[attack efforts]
SPRAGART:
They're here!
Go go!
Run!
[mournful music]
[booming]
[horse neighing]
[mournful music]
It burns.
It burns!
[screaming and battle-cries]
Get inside!
Lock it!
The bridge burns.
Leicester's men are cut off--
And now we go,
to the forest!
ROB: Hurry now! We must help
our brothers in the forest!
[battle-cries]
[both roaring]
[grunting, screaming]
[both straining]
[growling]
[dagger clangs]
[groaning]
[screaming]
[screams and battle-cries]
[mournful music]
We should go
and help the others.
There's no time.
Only our prayers will
reach them now.
[mournful music]
[attack efforts]
[Little John screaming]
[grunting]
[soldier groaning]
[roaring]
[roaring]
[groaning]
SOLDIER:
Fall back! Fall back!
2nd SOLDIER:
Run! Back to Nottingham!
SOLDIER: It's over!
The battle is over!
Hold ranks-- hold ranks!
[high-pitched
ear-splitting whine]
[groaning]
[soldier gurgling]
[whine fades, battle sounds clarify]
[tense music]
Locksley.
[screaming]
[dramatic music]
[attack efforts]
What have you done with her?
[grunting]
[Little John roaring]
To kill you would be mercy.
To kill her
will break you!
Are you all right?
We beat them.
The bridge burns.
They are too few
to give chase now.
I want you
to lead everyone back.
I must get to Marian.
[horse neighing]
[dramatic music]
SHERIFF: Locksley!
[ominous music]
All this blood.
All these men dead,
because of you.
You were the one
that hanged an innocent man.
"Innocent."
I offered your father grace,
he chose pride.
My father chose dignity.
You chose blood!
I chose order!
You brought chaos!
You poisoned Nottingham!
And for what?
No one will remember
your cause or your name.
Only your death.
[swords clanking]
[attack efforts]
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music continues]
Fight!
Fight fight!
Not today, Sheriff.
Soon.
Robin Hood!
[horse nickering]
Robin Hood!
Why?
- You betrayed us.
- No.
It's Father
who has betrayed us all!
[horse neighing]
You must let me out!
- Aleppo, please!
- [banging against door]
I had no choice.
Father has lost himself, please.
You can choose
not to be like him.
I am like him.
I am his son.
You should have never have
come back, Marian.
If you do not release me,
he will kill me,
and sooner or later you.
[distant neighing]
[dramatic music]
[horse nickering]
Father, you're hurt.
I am standing.
The key.
Marian answers for this now.
[dramatic music]
[screaming]
[both groaning]
[screaming]
[both grunting]
[groaning]
[screaming]
Rob!
Come on!
- Go!
- Marian, he'll kill you.
If you love me, ride.
Please.
[dramatic music]
[gasping]
[attack efforts]
[Huntingdon grunting]
[Rob grunting]
[battle-cry]
[groaning]
[screaming]
[Marian grunting]
[Marian screaming]
Marian, run!
You dare raise a blade
to your father.
You are no one to me.
[grunting]
[Marian groaning]
[attack efforts]
[groaning]
I would've gutted
your father myself.
I should have,
but I am a man of station
you see,
so I let
the law wear the blood.
And your bloodline
ends tonight.
[attack efforts]
[screaming]
[both screaming]
[Rob groaning]
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
It's done.
[mournful music]
[echoing thud]
[mournful music]
[mournful music continues]
They will be emboldened now.
What next?
The King will come.
Let his men find Hood.
And the King himself?
[soft music]
Henry cannot leave
England alive.
[dramatic music]
MILANGE: No movement.
They're staying in Nottingham.
Then let's strike
while they're hurting.
ROB: No.
We're hurting too.
We showed them enough.
We made them bleed.
It's for everyone we lost.
For my uncle.
Then what now?
This place isn't safe.
If we go further
into the forest,
they'll only follow.
So we hide in plain sight.
With our people
and our villagers
working our fields.
We can spread rumor
that the outlaws
went deeper
into Sherwood
and while the Normans search,
we'll plan.
While they feud,
we rebuild,
and the time's right,
we'll fight again.
Fight till we're free.
It's sharp enough.
Is a blade ever?
Where will you go?
I'll go to London.
Find work.
Wait for Rob's call.
Doubt it'll be long.
Fancy some company?
ROB: Ralph?
You may need this.
We're not done.
What about Warick's gold?
Well, we give it away.
Our tax on the Normans.
When will I see you again?
Soon.
Isn't that right, John?
- [Little John grunting]
- So
where to?
Never been to France.
France sounds good.
You're not inviting me?
Oh, please,
you two would be lost out there.
I'm practically French.
I drink, I sulk,
and I judge people
for no reason.
I'd blend right in.
LITTLE JOHN:
[sighing] Come on.
[gentle music]
I could be cast out for this.
Then be sure my correspondence
reaches His Majesty.
Tell no one what you carry.
There are truths inside
that concern
the sovereignty
of England.
Truths that touch
Henry's queen and Nottingham
and the name Robin Hood.
Do not fail.
The next chapter of this kingdom
begins with my letter.
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music continues]
Your Majesty.
The hawk returns
to the glove.
After this long,
I half-expected you wouldn't.
It wasn't you I ran from.
You're brave.
You risked everything.
Your life in the forest
and now your neck
in the palace.
People like you are rare.
So, why would I let you leave
when I might keep you
at my side?
Because you are a woman
of your word, Your Highness.
Since when can a queen
afford to keep her word?
But for you,
I'll make an exception.
By the grace of Her Majesty,
clemency for Robert of Locksley.
Are you so easily satisfied?
A quiet life won't silence
what stirs in you.
It won't be enough.
Rob is enough.
You may crave simplicity
but it does not want you.
Besides, you know
what's coming.
I needn't say it.
King Henry.
Clemency or not,
you'll still hunt him.
Yes.
And he won't stop
until Robin Hood is dead.
So ask me, Marian
what have I to offer you?
What do you offer,
Your Majesty?
Your only chance of survival.
[dramatic music]
What did she say?
You have your clemency.
And I my freedom.
[soft laughter]
She made an offer.
One that could
change everything.
Not just for us,
but for what comes next.
You're considering it.
It's complicated.
Well
we have plenty of time
to untangle things.
But tonight,
not a thought
not a whisper
of thrones or rebellions.
Just us, for once.
All right.
Just us.
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music]