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The Worst Episodes of Robin Hood

Every episode of Robin Hood ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Robin Hood!

An updated series following the life of Robin Hood and his Merry Men in Sherwood forest. Together they steal from the rich and give to...
Genres:DramaAction & AdventureComedy
Network:BBC One

Worst Episodes Summary

"Sins of the Father" is the worst rated episode of "Robin Hood". It scored 6.8/10 based on 132 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Dominic Minghella, it aired on 4/18/2009. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Will You Tolerate This?".

  • Sins of the Father
    6.8/10132 votes
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    #1 - Sins of the Father

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/18/2009

    Ruthless Rufus is in town, intent on revenge. When he kidnaps Allan and Kate, Robin retaliates by snatching his son. Robin and the gang face a race against time as they try to find Rufus' hiding place. Will they succeed, or is this the end of the road for Allan and Kate?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Will You Tolerate This?
    7.1/10442 votes
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    #2 - Will You Tolerate This?

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2006

    Robin, Earl of Locksley, returns home after five years fighting the Crusades to discover his England is not the same England he once knew. He must make a choice to compromise his values of honour and justice and adapt to the new order or make a stand to save four innocent lives.

    Director: John McKay

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Lost in Translation
    7.1/10133 votes
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    #3 - Lost in Translation

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/11/2009

    The Sheriff turns the heat up on Robin and his gang by forcing the Abbot to accuse them of stealing from the church. Tuck's attempt to clear Robin's name ends with him being captured and tied to the rack. Will the gang free Tuck in time, while escaping execution themselves?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Let The Games Commence
    7.1/10137 votes
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    #4 - Let The Games Commence

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/25/2009

    Gisborne returns with Prince John's Elite Guards and a secret new weapon. Little John finds himself separated from the others and ends up in a Gladiator circus. Robin finds himself helping a mysterious woman.

    Director: Patrick Lau

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Too Hot to Handle
    7.1/10142 votes
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    #5 - Too Hot to Handle

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/9/2009

    Prince John has all the local wells blocked when a heat wave hits the area leaving the outlaws forced to take desperate measures to save those at risk. Robin and Isabella's secret relationship is discovered by Prince John and he orders Gisborne to get rid of them. Robin finds himself having to make a difficult decision.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Chris Lang, Dominic Minghella

  • Sheriff Got Your Tongue?
    7.3/10317 votes
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    #6 - Sheriff Got Your Tongue?

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2006

    Little John and his band of outlaws are proving a difficult problem to overcome for Robin and his men. The Sherrif retaliates against the Robin's defection by threatening the people of Locksley. Robin is given a choice: Surrender or allow the people of Locksley to suffer.

    Director: John McKay

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Who Shot the Sheriff?
    7.3/10270 votes
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    #7 - Who Shot the Sheriff?

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2006

    The Sheriff's bailiff is murdered and rumours point to Robin being the culprit. However, he believes it to be a do-gooder known as the night watchman. Robin and the Sheriff form an unholy alliance to find the true identity of the murderer.

    Director: Richard Standeven

    Writer: Paul Cornell

  • Cause and Effect
    7.3/10173 votes
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    #8 - Cause and Effect

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/4/2009

    When the Sheriff of Nottingham decides to sell all the local men to Finn, the rightful King of Ireland (who seeks to liberate Ireland), a young village girl named Kate does everything she can to save her brother from conscription- which involves betraying Robin...

    Director: Douglas Mackinnon

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Parent Hood
    7.4/10270 votes
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    #9 - Parent Hood

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2006

    Roy is captured by the Sheriff and he is given a choice - kill Robin or watch his mother hang. The Outlaws find a baby in the forest and try to find the parents. Marian defies the Sheriff and he plots her punishment.

    Director: Richard Standeven

    Writer: Mark Wadlow

  • Sisterhood
    7.4/10223 votes
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    #10 - Sisterhood

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2007

    Robin and the gang have been busy constructing their ingenious new camp, but, when Knighton Hall is razed and Marian and Edward are taken to the castle under house arrest, it's clear that the rules have changed.

    Director: Ciaran Donnelly

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Total Eclipse
    7.4/10206 votes
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    #11 - Total Eclipse

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/2009

    The Outlaws return from the Holy Land and Robin breaks up the gang- all he cares about is getting revenge on Gisborne. However, a traveling monk named Tuck makes him realize exactly how much the country needs him.

    Director: Douglas Mackinnon

    Writer: Dominic Minghella, Michael Chaplin

  • The King is Dead, Long Live the King
    7.4/10149 votes
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    #12 - The King is Dead, Long Live the King

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/2009

    The Royal Keeper of the Keys and Robin's former mentor, Lord Sheridan announces that King Richard has been killed in battle. Prince John orders a hasty coronation at Nottingham and forces the Archbishop to preside over it. Can Robin unveil a hidden secret before John is crowned King?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • A Thing or Two About Loyalty
    7.5/10237 votes
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    #13 - A Thing or Two About Loyalty

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2006

    Lambert, a friend of Sir Guy of Gisborne and castle scientist, realises that lives could be at risk if his latest invention were to fall into the Sheriffs hands. When Lambert won't make more of the invention, an "explosive" black powder, he is put into the dungeons by the furious Sheriff. Much volunteers to get himself arrested so he can help Lambert from within, but will he get more then he has bargained for?

    Director: Graeme Harper

    Writer: Paul Cornell

  • Peace? Off!
    7.5/10230 votes
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    #14 - Peace? Off!

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2006

    Robin saves an arsonist from burning Locksley Church and brings him back to the forest, the gang are reluctant to feel sympathy for him - until they realise who he is and where he's been. Peace is on the table as an emisary from Saladin visits England to negotiate with Prince John, but instead the Sheriff attempts to hold him for ransom. When Robin discovers the plot, he makes plans for the ransom money - but what will he have to face to get it?

    Director: Graeme Harper

    Writer: Bev Doyle

  • The Taxman Cometh
    7.6/10240 votes
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    #15 - The Taxman Cometh

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2006

    When Robin and his gang encounter Flaxton, a farmer, and his son while on their way to Nottingham it doesn't take them long to discover all is not as it seems. When they discover that Flaxton is actually a tax inspector, on his way to count the mountain of tax silver in Nottingham Castle a plan is hatched to allow Robin access to the castle vault.

    Director: Richard Standeven

    Writer: Bev Doyle

  • Dead Man Walking
    7.6/10232 votes
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    #16 - Dead Man Walking

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2006

    When Little John's son is arrested in Locksley, John moves to protect his son from the Sherrif's law - and is quickly thrown in Nottingham's dungeon. Alice is suprised to find her husband is still alive.

    Director: Graeme Harper

    Writer: Simon Ashford

  • Do You Love Me?
    7.6/10154 votes
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    #17 - Do You Love Me?

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/2009

    Prince John causes mischief when he shows up in Nottingham. Gisborne and the Sheriff are assigned on a royal mission.

    Director: Patrick Lau

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • The Enemy of My Enemy
    7.6/10195 votes
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    #18 - The Enemy of My Enemy

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 6/13/2009

    The gang are shocked when Robin announces that Gisbourne is joining their fight against Isabella, but can their uneasy truce survive? Robin and Gisbourne then travel to York to save their half-brother Archer from execution, and find that he has made a formidable enemy in the Sheriff of York.

    Director: Graeme Harper

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Turk Flu
    7.7/10253 votes
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    #19 - Turk Flu

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2006

    Robin must be patient when the Nottingham Fair comes to town bringing with it the temptation of the silver arrow competition. Before he can compete Robin must first deal with the Sheriff's latest plan of using Saracen slaves as labour in his deadly mine. Can Robin, with the help of the Nightwatchman, defeat Nottingham's plan in time for the competition?

    Director: Declan O'Dwyer

    Writer: Debbie Oates

  • A Dangerous Deal
    7.7/10162 votes
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    #20 - A Dangerous Deal

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/30/2009

    Gisborne awaits his execution in a Nottingham dungeon, and meets a fellow prisoner who has a profound effect upon him. Robin thinks he can strike a deal with Sheriff Isabella, but his plans are thwarted when an unexpected stranger from her past arrives, looking for revenge.

    Director: Graeme Harper

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Bad Blood
    7.7/10177 votes
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    #21 - Bad Blood

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/6/2009

    It's a step back in time as a mysterious figure forces Robin and Gisborne to hear the story of their past. The truth about their parents is exposed and a huge revelation rocks them both to the core. As the strange figure shows his face, Robin and Gisborne know their lives will never be the same again.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Something Worth Fighting For (1)
    7.7/10203 votes
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    #22 - Something Worth Fighting For (1)

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 6/20/2009

    Robin and his men battle against Isabella as she rounds up men to send to Prince John. Archer works with his sister and attempts to catch Robin and Gisborne.

    Director: Matthew Evans

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Brothers in Arms
    7.8/10257 votes
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    #23 - Brothers in Arms

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2006

    Returning from a visit to teach the Sheriff's bent pawnbroker a lesson, Robin and his gang encounter another gang of outlaws - just in time to save them from a beating. When their leader turns out to be Alan-A-Dale's brother, Tom, Robin must decide if he should allow the other outlaws to join his gang.

    Director: Declan O'Dwyer

    Writer: Joe Turner

  • The Return of the King
    7.8/10233 votes
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    #24 - The Return of the King

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2006

    The news of King Richard's return to England reaches Robin and the gang - and it means one thing; Marian's marriage to Gisborne is looming closer. Marian attempts to steal Gisborne's money and distribute it to the villagers, Robin tries to find out more about Gisborne's crimes. But then tragedy strikes for the Nightwatchman at Locksley Manor...

    Director: Matthew Evans

    Writer: Dominic Minghella

  • Walkabout
    7.8/10187 votes
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    #25 - Walkabout

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2007

    Prince John's army is summoned to raze Nottingham to the ground at sunset. Gisborne risks his life standing by Marian as they fight to save the townsfolk from oblivion.

    Director: Matthew Evans

    Writer: Dominic Minghella