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“Parent Hood”

Robin Hood episode

Robin carries the baby past the fallen guards.

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 4

Written by

Mark Wadlow

Directed by

Richard Standeven

Production no.

104

Original airdate

October 28, 2006

Episode chronology
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"Parent Hood" is the fourth episode of the 2006 Robin Hood television series, made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One. It aired on Saturday October 28, 2006 at 7.15pm. The title refers to bringing up a baby (parenthood), and to Robin being a "parent" to the baby. It features the last appearance of Roy, who is killed in this episode.

[edit] Plot

During an ambush against Guy of Gisborne, Robin Hood and the outlaws discover a baby boy abandoned in the forest. During the fight with the outlaws Gisborne's men capture Roy and drag him back to Nottingham Castle. While in a cell, Roy discovers that Gisborne fathered a child with Annie, a kitchen-girl, and that he'd lied to the mother and abandoned the child in the forest. Later, Roy is brought before the Sheriff of Nottingham and given an ultimatum: kill Robin Hood, or watch his own mother hang.

Robin and the outlaws head to the castle to save Roy, only to find him riding away, supposedly having escaped. In order to lure Robin away from the others Roy fabricates a story about the baby's mother living in Knighton. Meanwhile, Marian attempts to deliver food to a village that the Sheriff has quarantined. The guards stop her and she is only saved from reprisals by Robin and Roy's timely intervention. Robin is wounded in a fight and chase, but he and Roy escape.

Later, Robin and the outlaws are given shelter in a villager's home. Marian tends to Robin's arrow wound and they discuss why he returned from the Holy Land: while defending the King against assassins, Robin was mortally wounded, and by the time he'd healed the King had moved on and released Robin from service. That night, while everyone sleeps, Roy tries to kill Robin but is foiled by Much and the others. He confesses that his mother is in danger, and Robin comes up with a plan to save her.

The next day, before Roy's Mother's scheduled hanging, the outlaws sneak into the castle. Alan-a-Dale finds Annie the kitchen-girl and tells her about the baby, while the others break into the dungeons to rescue Roy's mother. The Sheriff captures them and brings them to the hanging, but the proceedings are interrupted when Annie attacks Gisborne for abandoning their baby. The outlaws break free of their captors and save Roy's mother, and in the attempt Roy gives his life so that the others can escape, screaming aloud his loyalty to Robin and King Richard as the guards stab him to death. Marian helps Annie and her baby to leave Nottingham and start a new life.

[edit] Ratings

Robin Hood received 6.61 million viewers. It was beaten by The X Factor, which had 7.1 million viewers, but it beat Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which only had 6.14 million viewers. It came ninth for the week for BBC One.