Robin Hood: The Witch of Elsdon (1984)
Season 1, Episode 2
6/10
The Witch of Elsdon
21 July 2020
Robin, Marion and the band of outlaws are getting used to sleeping outdoors in the forest. I presume it is summer or global warming started early.

It was also the days when using herbal remedies could have you branded as a witch aided by turning down the amorous advances of Sir Guy of Gisburne. A fate that has befallen Jennet of Elsdon and her husband, sentenced to be executed.

When the local tax collector is robbed. The Sheriff of Nottingham plans to use Jennet to fall in with the outlaws and drug them by promising her freedom. A promise that the Sheriff has no intention of keeping.

It is another episode where the Normans are cruel. Jennet wants nothing to do with Sir Guy so he turns the entire village against her.

Robin and his merrie men also seems to have their own bit of sex discrimination. Marion is not allowed to fight with the boys and instead is expected to stay behind to cook and clean.

The episode makes little coherent sense. I think a lot of it has to be put down to visions from Herne the Hunter which gives Robin an edge such as locating the money hidden by the collector. It is a drop in quality from the first episode. However the merrie men are bonding well, it is just that Marion is not allowed to play with them. The Sheriff presumed they would all be playing with Marion!
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