That you are weak. That you have returned weakened from your exertions in the Holy Land.
My master returns with honours, honours from the King!
Mmm. Well, the greater honour would have been to have stood and fought with him, surely?
[sternly] I have visited my peasants in your dungeons. They have committed grave crimes...
... which would make all the more compassionate your gesture of pardoning them!
Pardoning them? I will see them hang in the morning. You yourself said that we risk rebellion. We must have order.
It is custom for the Sheriff to hear his nobles' requests for clemency--!
La-di-da-di-da! Oh, by the way, in your absence we nominated you to oversee tomorrow's entertainment.
Oh, you don't want these rumours of weakness to spread, hm? Better scotch them now, otherwise we'll all pay.
[As Bendedict Giddens, Will and Luke Scarlett and Allan-a-Dale are about to hang]
JJeffrey
[disguised as a priest] WAIT!
[exasperated] "Oh, nah, nah, nah! Please don't kill my brother, my little baby, my INBRED COUSIN!"
JJeffrey
On behalf of Anthony, our bishop, I claim benefit of clergy for these men. They cannot hang.
These are not holy men. These people cannot plead the cloth. Get on with it.
JJeffrey
I came last night to administer their last rites.
JJeffrey
And each one came to God through me, repenting their sins and asking to take the cloth. I felt duty-bound to consult the bishop, and he in turn confers status of novice unto each man.
JJeffrey
[reading from a piece of parchment] "I, Anthony, very Reverend Vicar Apostolic, hereby confer—"
SHUT UP!!!! [turns to Canon Richard] Is this possible?
CRCanon Richard
They could not have become novices overnight.
JJeffrey
They are become postulants!... Novice novices, if you like. And so are under the protection of the Church!
[Awkward silence]
Novice novices! How novel. Well, [points to the gallows] hang them [points to Jeffrey] and arrest him.
DSDan Scarlett
I love you, Will! Love you, Luke! I'll see you in heaven!
[Robin has flashbacks of returning to Locksley and of Will and Luke Scarlett]
[He shoots through one of the hangman's nooses, freeing Allan]
Robin: These men have committed no crime worth more than a spell in the stocks.
[He shoots through another hanging rope, freeing Will]
Will you tolerate this injustice? I, for one, will not!
[He shoots through the two remaining nooses with two arrows at the same time, freeing Luke and Benedict]
[About the Sheriff.] Stop him. I'm going to stop him.
We can't... stop... the Sheriff. Only the Crown can withdraw his license.
When the King returns, he will have his comeuppance. Until then we will scupper his sadistic punishments. We will stop his insane taxes and give them back to the poor, where they belong!
We will rob him! And if you dead men had had spines in your backs, that's what you would've been doing for the last five years.
[After visiting Knighton Hall in order to ask for help in saving Robin]
What can I do? I warned him - the Sheriff.
He should have listened to my father, and now he is an outlaw.
And not a very impressive one.
That is...! Forgive me, but that...is not fair. He is most impressive.
He is caught after one day, does that impress you?
He gave himself up to save tongues.
In Locksley. The Sheriff was cutting out peoples tongues until someone told him where Robin was.
[Pause]
I hate the Sheriff. [he stands] And I hate you if you aren't going to help Robin.
[He starts to leave]
Young man, I will speak in court of course, but...your master has doomed himself. His fate is...resign yourself.
In the Holy Land, my master had dreams. [to Marian] He spoke your name. [pause] Good night. [he leaves]
Ugh, what is it with men and glory? Glory above sense and above reason?
Principle is about making a difference and you can't do that if you're dead. You could have stayed here in the first place instead of following your king to the Holy Land if you cared so much about your precious people. But you didn't. You chose war. You chose glory.
[softly] What is this about?
It is about you saying that you care about the people of Locksley when the truth is you ran off to battle thousands of miles away.
[Grabbing onto Robin's sleeves.] Master, no! You cannot go back in there. If you go back in and die, then I will die. Of grief. So you must come now, if only to save me.
[Likewise holding Much's arms.] Yes, and that is why I love you. [To Roy] You, I need your help. It will be dangerous.
[Roy looks at Little John, who nods]
[They walk off]
Him. Why him when you love me?
Stop! STOP! Do not harm those men, they're free to go. I have an announcement to make.
I, Vaisey, Sheriff of Nottingham...
Of my illegal actions yesterday in Locksley...
Do humbly apologise to the innocent people who have suffered... at my hands!
[Robin slips away]
I promise to pay... No. No! I cannot. Go on. [turning to Robin] You will have to kill-- [notices Robin has gone] GUARDS! GUARDS! HERE! [goes back to the window] STOP THOSE MEN!
[The guards continue fighting Robin's men]
