NGTV Guide: Saturday, February 20
Olympic coverage is on most of the day, but here’s the juicy bits saved for primetime.
Winter Olympics – 8/7c NBC
Lindsey Vonn in the super-G, plus U.S. speedsters (live ET/CT) on tracks both short (Apolo Ohno, 1000m) and long (Shani Davis, 1500m).
NGTV Guide: Saturday, December 5
In the final episode of the series, Robin Hood battles for all of England.
Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c
Jonas Armstrong in the series finale of Robin Hood / BBC America
“Something Worth Fighting For, Part 2″ – Robin and Gisborne ride out to meet the Sheriff. He won back the Prince’s patronage by securing him the services of a deadly European fighting force who stand behind him now. He orders the firing of a flaming missile over the town walls with his trebuchets and tells Robin he has until dawn to surrender Nottingham and Gisborne or they’ll all be annihilated. Gisborne offers to give himself up but Robin tells him this is bigger than him—it’s about the future of England. The outlaws say goodbye to Allan as they place his body on a small pyre. As the Sheriff’s battering ram smashes through the town gates. Robin leads a team of archers to take on the invading soldiers—but the Sheriff’s men keep coming. Gisborne, Robin, Archer, and the outlaws all find resolve in highly unexpected ways.
NGTV Guide: Saturday, November 28
We’re counting down to the series finale of Robin Hood with tonight’s penultimate episode. Battles, surprise guests, and even a death set up part one of the two part finale.
Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c
“Something Worth Fighting For, Part 1″ – The Outlaws intercept a message from Isabella for Prince John. King Richard’s return is imminent and Isabella has agreed to supply the Prince with 300 men and supplies—Prince John is preparing for a battle for the throne. Robin, Gisborne, and Much plan to storm the castle. If they fail to take the castle, Tuck and Little John will try their best to stop the convoy of men and supplies getting to Prince John. They appeal to the Locksley men to help but to Tuck’s disappointment, they’re too frightened to stand up for what’s right. Will they take the castle? And at what cost?
NGTV Guide: Saturday, November 21
Robin and Gisborne united against a common foe? Be still my heart!
Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c
“The Enemy of My Enemy” – Robin and Gisborne resolve to go to York to free their brother, Archer, but it’s not long before old tensions soon re-surface and they’re fighting again. Allan spots them and the outlaws leap to Robin’s defense but to their surprise Robin stops them and announces that Gisborne is one of them. Meanwhile Isabella is anxious to know the whereabouts of Hood and Gisborne. She pays Lipscomb, who collects the toll on the Great North Road, to gather information for her. When Robin and Gisborne rob the tollhouse, Lipscomb takes word to Isabella that her two enemies are heading to York together. Isabella grows paranoid—what are they plotting? She sends her Guard to the Sheriff of York to offer 100 crowns each for their heads—alive. In Sherwood, Little John is still reeling from the shock of Robin working with Gisborne. They’re meant to protect the people and they’ve joined forces with their oppressor. He storms off, but Allan chases after him. The outlaws are Robin’s only hope.
NGTV Guide: Saturday, November 14
As if Robin and Gisborne’s relationship wasn’t already complicated, tonight comes word that they’re tied together in a way the never expected.
Robin Hood - BBC America 9/8c
“Bad Blood” – Thanks to Prince John, Gisborne has gone from Sheriff to outlaw and is now living in the forest. Robin comes across him but their stand-off is brought to an abrupt halt when they are both hit by tranquillizer darts. Robin meets someone from his past and learns that he and Gisborne share more in common than either of them could have thought.
NGTV Guide: Saturday, November 7
Things are heating up in Nottingham between Robin and Isabella, but how will it play out?
Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c
“A Dangerous Deal” – Robin breaks into Isabella’s chamber at night to strike a deal. If she will keep him informed about the Prince’s plans, he’ll protect her when the King returns. She calls for her guards but Robin escapes. Isabella presides over the trial of Meg, a young woman charged with disobeying her father and refusing marriage-suitors. Isabella likes Meg’s attitude and frees her. Isabella is determined to win the people’s respect. Robin is hopeful for Nottingham’s future but her rule is brought to an abrupt end when her husband, Squire Thornton, arrives and announces he’s taking over as Sheriff. Isabella orders her guards to arrest Thornton but he tells her if his men don’t receive word of his safety, they’ll ride to Prince John to inform him she is a deserting wife, a criminal. Isabella would lose everything. Robin and Kate surreptitiously watch Thornton dig up a Danish burial mound—the gold coins in the ground. Robin finds Isabella and agrees to get rid of Thornton if she agrees to give up the hoard and accept his deal to secretly share her power. But can he trust a Gisborne, male or female?
NGTV Guide: Saturday, October 31
Happy Halloween!
Robin Hood - BBC America 9/8c
“The King Is Dead, Long Live The King” – Prince John announces that King Richard has been killed in the Holy Land and that he is to be crowned King. The outlaws are devastated by the news but Robin suspects that something doesn’t add up. He investigates the claim and realizes the truth—that King Richard is not dead and that Prince John plans to steal England from under him. At the coronation, Robin and the outlaws launch an elaborate scheme to successfully expose Prince John’s lie and save England. Isabella saves Prince John’s life and he rewards her by appointing her Sheriff before leaving Nottingham.
NGTV Guide: Saturday, October 24
You know, I think BBC America wins for most detailed synopses of upcoming episodes. Crazy.
Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c
“Too Hot To Handle” – There is a heat wave in Nottingham and the villages are short of water. Prince John hatches a plan to block the castle’s underground stream and to control the local water resources. Isabella and Robin can no longer deny their feelings for each other and secretly meet. Without Robin, the gang launches a mission to retrieve water for the dehydrated villagers. Meanwhile, Gisborne is furious to see his sister kissing his mortal enemy and, under instructions from Prince John, lures Robin and Isabella to the underground spring, trapping them inside as the water rises.
NGTV Guide: Saturday, October 17
Thieves and vampires – it’s all about the rogues tonight!
Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c
“Do You Love Me?” – Prince John arrives in Nottingham. Publicly, he is here to meet his loyal subjects, but privately he wants to put an end to the Sheriff and Gisborne’s way of running things. The Prince feels there’s only room for one side-kick, but who will it be? In the dead of night he asks Gisborne to kill the Sheriff and, soon after, he summons the Sheriff and tells him to kill the treacherous Gisborne. The two men finally face each other in an epic duel. Tuck informs Robin that the Prince has been touring England, buying the loyalty of nobles to help him seize King Richard’s throne. Robin decides to steal the Prince’s gold to stop him and recruits the Locksley villagers to help the outlaws ambush the Prince’s retinue as they travel through the forest.
True Blood – HBO2 10/9c
“First Taste” – Bill returns Sookie’s favor by rescuing her from the Rattrays’ revenge, healing the wounded waitress with his own blood and leaving her with temporarily heightened senses. After being invited into Gran’s (Lois Smith) house for a “get-to-know-you” gathering with Jason and her family, Bill joins Sookie for a nocturnal sojourn. They end up at Bill’s dilapidated antebellum estate, where he fights off his primal vampire urges for the acquiescent Sookie. Later, Sookie’s desires get the better of her as she returns to Bill’s – and is greeted by a gaggle of his bloodthirsty vampire friends. (HBO2 is rerunning season 1 of True Blood; perfect for those who found the show in season 2 or those who want to relive the magic.)
NGTV Guide: Saturday, October 10
So Kate has officially joined Robin Hood’s gang. Not sure I’m cool with that; you?
Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c
A beautiful and aristocratic woman, Isabella, gallops into the forest, hotly pursued by sinister men on horseback. Just as they are about to pounce, Robin Hood rescues her, but not before she’s shown herself to be no push-over. There is clearly more to her than meets the eye, but is Robin smitten? And is he right to take her at face value and give her the benefit of the gang’s protection? Elsewhere, Gisborne returns triumphant from the court of Prince John. Armed with a formidable troop of elite soldiers and instructions from his new royal master to kill Robin Hood, Gisborne is contemptuous of the Sheriff—he doesn’t need the patronage of the mere Sheriff of Nottingham, who he reminds is still in Prince John’s bad books for debts unpaid.
