[After Allan returns from his failure to catch McClellan, with one of his two helpers dead with an arrow in his chest]
GisborneWhere is he?
[sheepishly] Err... he's dead.
Gisborne
What about the message?
Well, we got part of it, yeah, but Robin turned up--
TURNED UP?! And got his message?!
I don't know. Look, he kind of took us by surprise! All we heard him say was "Lardner", that was it.
[grabs the arrow in the soldier's chest; simmering] "Lardner"? That's what he said?
[Long, tense silence, as the Sheriff pulls the arrow all the way out; suddenly, he explodes with rage and throws it at Gisborne]
I BLAME YOU FOR THIS!!! [throws food and utensils from the table at him and Allan] YOU HAD HIM ON YOUR DOORSTEP, AND YOU LET HIM ESCAPE!!! YOU AND YOUR IMBECILES!!! SIX... LEGS... AGAINST... ONE... AND THE ONE... GOT AWAY?!?!
Ah, Gisborne the Gullible! Got something to show you. [holds the Fool's lid over an apple on the platter, and puts it down repeatedly] First you see it... then you don't. There it is... and there it isn't.
Gisborne
[impatiently] Yeah, what's your point? [the Sheriff puts both hands on the handle and lifts up the lid; the apple is gone] How'd you do that?
You simply pull up on the handle here, the claw grabs hold of the bird. You lift up the lid, the bird's gone. The cooked bird has been hollowed out, you put a live dove inside it, and then la-di-da-di-da - plateful of bird's wings! Your fool, he's no "sorcerer"! He's no "soothsayer", and he cannot predict the future!
[Seeing Gisborne threaten to cut off a finger of a woman who can't get her ring off, as Gisborne, Allan and his men search for Lardner's ring] Stop!
[Gisborne turns and Will and Djaq are now standing up]
I know who Lardner is...and I know about his ring.
Gisborne
You're in Robin Hood's gang, aren't you?
[Gisborne raises the woman's hand and drops it]
Gisborne
Now tell me about Lardner.
You'll have to catch us first!
[Djaq runs off, Will smiles at Gisborne and runs. Djaq unties her horse, gets on and rides of. As guards chase after Will, he struggles to untie his horse]
[To himself, quietly] Come on!
[Guards arrive and Will kills one with his axe and knocks out another one with his elbow. He flips his axe in his hands and runs away, but is tackled by a guard]
Gisborne
My lord, what happened? Where did you go?
Just thought I'd see how you'd cope without me for a day.
Gisborne
Hood found you.
Gisborne
He could still be here. We could still get him.
No, no! I don't need him any more! Single-handedly-- Eh? I, single-handedly, managed to infiltrate Hood's secret camp and retrieve the pact! [cackles dementedly] The pact! [pats his trousers, only to find it gone] The pact! The pact! No... [grabbing Gisborne's shoulders] THE PACT!!! THE PAAAAAAACT!!! GET HIM!!! GET AFTER HIM!!!
Gisborne
[To the Nightwatchman] Let's find out who you really are!
[He takes a hot poker from the coals]
[Allan grabs his hand holding the poker]
Leave him! He's had enough, Guy!
[Gisborne takes off the mask to reveal Marian]
Gisborne
[Quietly] No. Not you.
[He runs away]
[After Gisborne and Allen faked the Nightwatchman's escape]
Good news, Gisborne - only good news. Tell me you have caught him. Tell me you're ready to string him up. Tell me I can have my execution!
Gisborne
He escaped. The Nightwatchman is gone.
[furious] You have failed me again...! [smacks Gisborne, then holds a dagger to his neck] I WILL NOT TOLERATE INCOMPETENCE!!! There is too much at stake now! A KINGDOM!!! Last chance, Gisborne.
[The Sheriff storms off, while Gisborne returns to his duties; Marian watches, stunned]
[Gisborme and Allan visit Marian after they faked the Nightwatchman's escape. Marian smiles. Allan is holding the Nightwatchman's outfit]
[She smiles]
Gisborne
You're safe.
[To Gisborne] You did this for me?
[She smiles]
Er... [Allan points to himself]
[Laughing] So, both of you.
[She smiles]
Well, what's getting chased by angry soldiers between friends, eh?
[Marian laughs]
Gisborne
[To Allan, regarding the Nightwatchman outfit] Burn that. [To Marian] The Nightwatchman is no more. You will not get another chance.
I've heard that one before.
[Marian laughs]
Gisborne
No-one asked for your opinion, you can go.
[Marian walks over to Allan and hugs him and he laughs]
[They stop hugging. Allan is smiling]
[They smile at each other and Allan leaves]
Ah, news from Nettlestone! Nice? Nasty? Both? [chuckles]
MMessenger
Small problem...
[Cut to the War room; the Sheriff bursts in angrily, followed by Gisborne and the Messenger]
"EXPLODING FIRE"?! WHADDAYA MEAN, "EXPLODING FIRE"?!
Gisborne
Black powder.
MMessenger
We want permission to burn down the barn. They'll be toast.
[irritated] Are you deaf? I told you: I want Hood's pretty little face, on his pretty little head, attached to his pretty little body, ON A PRETTY BIG SPIKE OUTSIDE MY CASTLE!!!
MMessenger
Then what do we do? He's got food in there for a week.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO, I DON'T CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES!!! BRING ME HOOD'S BODY ON A SPIKE!!!
You missed all the fun, Gisborne. [indicating Marian] Your leper friend tried to kill me.
Gisborne
[to Allan] Did you know about this?
Why would he know anything about this?
Gisborne
She knocked him out and took his sword.
Well, I wasn't expecting it, was I? Or it wouldn't have happened. Yeah, she's good. But I'm better, though.
[Marian winces, knowing Allan has made a mistake. The Sheriff approaches Allan, who realises his mistake]
"She's good, but I'm better." That means you knew she was capable of this. [to Gisborne] You knew, too, didn’t you?
Gisborne
My lord, please, I can explain.
[angrily] Well, you better had explain! Because she just made an attempt on my life!
Gisborne
[hesitantly] I recently discovered that Marian... was the Nightwatchman.
[Deadly silence]
... What?! ... AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!?!
Gisborne
I believed Marian's days as the Nightwatchman were over! I believed I had dealt with it--
BY TRICKING ME?!?! BY FAKING HER ESCAPE?!?! Who was it who ran away?
[Gisborne turns away; the Sheriff looks at Allan]
Look, I was just following orders, all right?
Gisborne
Yeah, I gave the orders.
Gisborne
Because I thought Marian’s charitable instincts were misguided. I did not think they merited hanging!
[sarcastic] Oh, how very noble of you, dear boy! Although I can't help thinking that maybe you wanted a little something in return! Huh?! A display of gratitude?! [pats Marian on the shoulder] The Nightwatchman! I'm impressed!
GUARDS!!! [guards enter] PACK A TRUNK FOR LADY MARIAN!!! [the Guards leave] She's coming with us!
Gisborne
To the Holy Land?
[Marian looks up]
[Whispering] Oh. Oh, look. The look. Hmm? So eloquent. [imitating Marian] "Oh, Guy! What's going to happen?" Well we just don't know, do we, missy?
[Gisborne is walking back from Marian's "cell"]
[Whispering to Nasir] He is a Black Knight. I would trust him with my life. Ah, here he comes.
[Gisborne enters the room]
Well.... How is our leper friend?
Gisborne
Whingeing, as usual.
You are going to pay for what you did.
Gisborne
No, it was you, you forced me to.
You murdered her! She didn't love you, you couldn't have her.
Gisborne
She should have been mine!
[shouting] She was my wife!
Gisborne
Noooo!!!
[They tackle each other and begin fighting]
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