Robin Hood (TV Series)

Something Worth Fighting For: Part 1 (2009)

David Harewood: Tuck

Quotes 

• Guy of Gisborne : I'll take that.

  [Takes letter from Messenger] 

  Robin Hood : Tie him up, then!

  Tuck : [Taking letter from Gisborne and opening it]  It's from Isabella to Prince John. "My Prince, I understand the urgency of your request. Richard returns from the crusades within the month. Troops loyal to him await his return in Loughborough. We must be ready."

  Allan A Dale : Richard. King Richard?

  Kate : The King's coming home.

  Robin Hood : Read the rest.

  Tuck : "You asked for 300 men, food, and supplies. I will dispatch them at sunset to join with your northern forces in Doncaster."

  Robin Hood : So where's Isabella got 300 men from?

  Tuck : "England will soon be yours."

  Robin Hood : [to Messenger]  You give the Sheriff this message. England will never be a slave to Prince John, not while Robin Hood fights for King Richard!

• Robin Hood : We have to get the rest of out supplies to Locksley, that'll keep the women and children alive until we return their crops and livestock.

  Tuck : Robin. What about the men?

  Robin Hood : What about them?

  Tuck : Well, when are they going to fight?

  Robin Hood : Tuck. These men are farmers, they're not warriors.

  Tuck : The Lord helps those who help themselves, Robin. Your protection weakens them. We are failing in our mission. We're supposed to be inspiring these men to stand up and fight for themselves, giving them real hope.

  Robin Hood : These men are terrified for their lives! They've forgotten how to hope.

  Tuck : Then, my friend, it's time we lit the flame in them again.

• Little John : TRAITOR!

  [Choking Allan] 

  Little John : What did you tell them, Judas?

  Tuck : It's all over Nottingham. Allan's been pardoned by the Sheriff for services rendered.

  Allan A Dale : WHAT?

  Robin Hood : John, let him go.

  Allan A Dale : Let me speak!

  Little John : Oh, yeah, you're good at that, aren't you? Speaking, lying...

  Robin Hood : John! John, come on! Let him go.

  Tuck : Come on.

  Little John : [as he's pulled off Allan]  Liar!

  Robin Hood : [to Allan]  All right?

  Allan A Dale : I have done anything! I swear, I haven't betrayed you! Much!

  [Much stares stony faced] 

  Allan A Dale : ... You believe me, Guy. Tuck? Robin. So you think I'm a coward? Is that it, yeah? What, that I've... sold you out to save myself somehow, yeah?

  Much : You've done that before.

  Allan A Dale : I know. And EVERY DAY I wish I could take that back, you know that! None of you? None of you believe me?... I'll be off, then.

  Much : No. You tell her about the tunnel?

  Allan A Dale : I told you, I haven't said...

  Robin Hood : Tie him up!

  Allan A Dale : What? No, no, no, no.

  Robin Hood : I can't take the risk.

  Allan A Dale : Robin.

  Robin Hood : Once we have secured the castle we will come back and we will sort this out.

  Allan A Dale : John, don't do this.

  Robin Hood : ...get it done.

• Tuck : Those of you who can fight must help us intercept the supply train. Those are your crops inside the castle, your livestock. Your brothers! Damn it, men, it's time to stand up and fight! Take back what's rightfully yours!

  Little John : Brother Tuck...

  Tuck : They've been trodden on, John, and they're taking it! If they would only stand together, they can defeat the Sheriff.

  Little John : Defeating the Sheriff is our job, Tuck! Even if it is the last thing we ever do.

• Tuck : Nearly time.

  Little John : It's quiet, isn't it? Calm. Like when you're hunting. The moment you spot your prey, your stag, there's a... stillness. Just for a moment. You wonder whether you can go through with it, whether you can slaughter this beast with so much...

  Tuck : Dignity?

  Little John : Yeah. Dignity.

• Little John : They're brave, but they can't fight, Tuck. Look at them, it'll be a massacre.

  Tuck : They're not going to fight, John.

  Little John : What?

  Tuck : Gentlemen. These gates will open soon. Now, it is our task to stop the supply train in it tracks, and that is exactly what we're going to do. As an army, as a militia, we would be crushed. The Sheriff's men would hack us down like weeds. But it's harder to cut the spirit with a blade. When these gates open, when the supply train pulls out, we are going to sit down. Just sit. In silence. My friends, we are going to turn the other cheek.

  Little John : They will be - WE will be crushed.

  Tuck : Dignity, John, dignity! Even when everything has been taken from us, we still have that. And the Sheriff's men will be faced with a choice - stand aside or carry out a massacre.

  Little John : These are the Sheriff's men. I think we know what choice they're going to make.

  Tuck : They may be soldiers, John, but they are still men. Just men. And faced with the power of truth, a man can change. If we all stand together, we can have that power. We can be unstoppable.