I do have to say, big muscly assassin may have been a competent fighter, but since when does he win in a fight against Robin Hood. Also did anyone notice how he was very subtly able to escape being killed (or escape with the sheriff) so he can mysteriously and suddenly appear as an unknown factor in a future episode?
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I'm sorry, i've enjoyed this season of Robin Hood for the most part, but its been getting steadily worse. Aside from the fact that they conveniently forgot that Marian was a skilled fighter recently, and seemingly any man could beat her in a fight (wear-as it was a lucky blow that almost cost her life in the first season). But in case nobody studied their history, there is a villan to the Robin Hood myth. It was not guy of gisborne (a flunky) the sheriff (he was a tax collector), it was not even Prince John (a stand in doing an impossible job). It was that evil, self obsessed, self agrandising bastard King Richard, the winner of the most incompetent ruler in history award. The reason for the taxes was not to kill the king, it was to serve his eternal lust for glory. He would have happily sold London, if only he could have found a buyer. On the other hand while John raised the ire of legend (and the noblemen writing the legend) for trying to not only rebuild the country in the wake of his brother's decimation, but trying to fund said sibling's hard on for slaughter and mass genocide, the analysis of his actions suggest an exceedingly competent and capable ruler. Now i know that Richard supposedly was doing this because he was the whipping boy of the current great corrupt chief criminal of the western world (also know as the Pope), but still no King before or after has fulfilled the pointy hatted bastard's wishes so willingly. So with the stage set, i should now explain why i am so upset over the season finale of Robin Hood. Firstly, and quite obviously, the Sherif beating someone who its clearly his superior in training and ability is just frustrating (not once, but TWICE!). Secondly, that the supposedly very educated King Richard, would not find it strange that the man who had told him about the Black Knights would come to kill him on behalf of the Black Knights, and would also dismiss the words of his exceedingly talented bodyguard. Thirdly that Marian would fail to arm herself (everybody else seemed to). Fourthly that even unarmed Marian would still have been able to defend herself (were she to be still in possession of her impressive fighting skills) to a certain extent. Fifthly is more just a general ...
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