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Look here he comes!!!

Oh my GOD! Its Robin Hood himself! I have wandered these woods for a long time and brought plenty of tourists on site-seeing trips, but I have never gotten to see Herne's Son this close before!!

Robin of Sherwood is a charismatic leader capable of inspiring great numbers of peasants to do amazing things for noble causes. But he doesn't need great numbers of peasants mostly because he has got the most notorious gang of outlaws in these parts. He does have a tendency to break into long, impassioned speeches at the drop of a hat, though.

Michael Praed played Robin Hood for the first two seasons of the show, eventually he was lured away by better prospects and replaced by Jason Connery as Robert of Huntington. Richard Carpenter made a good choice by not pretending nothing had happened when they made the actor switch. Instead, Robin of Locksley sacrifices himself to save Marion and Much and is the second member of his biological family to be made a pin-cushion by the Sheriff. Robert saves Robin's faithful outlaws in the very last episode of the second season. But he is unwilling to be Herne's son and returns to Huntington. A year later Marion and her father Sir Richard at the Lea come to Huntington Castle for a feast. Robert is smitten with Marion, who has been suffering social ostracism despite a King's pardon and still mourns her dead husband. Also attending the feast is Lord Owen of Clun. He too is taken with the Lady Wolfshead and makes rude advances on her. Robert demands that Owen apologize, a sword fight ensues. Of course Robert is the victor, but his father is appalled at his actions towards a guest, no matter how barbaric the guest. Two more guests present, are none other then the Sheriff and Gisbourne--still bitter about Marion's escape from "justice". The Sheriff tells Owen which road Marion and her father took, knowing full well what the Lord intended. Marion is captured and Robert rushes off to save her. After rounding back up the old gang he launches an assault on the Castle of Clun and saves Marion. He decides to stay on as Robin in the Hood then, taking his place as the second son of Herne.

Personally, I never cared for Jason's Robin. He seemed wooden, and most of the time his delivery felt forced. The third season featured more time about the outlaws, and spotlighted Robin less. Understandable, an ensemble cast was more necessary to pick up Jason's slack. Richard Carpenter didn't write all the episodes in the third season, like he did in the first two. And many times the stories suffered for it. But despite all that the other actors continued to shine, saving the final season for absolute failure.