Usually, I try to stay clear of too many spoilers. Today, I don’t try so hard.

Guy of Gisborne, as played by Richard Armitage, is dead sexy. There. I finally said it out loud. It’s been two seasons coming. He’s a bad guy, I know, but his character arc this season has been splendiferous. And while the Sheriff of Nottingham, as rendered to us by Keith Allen, is not very sexy at all, his sheriff is deliciously evil.

In a way, it is disappointing to see Guy as a “good” guy. Don’t get me wrong. Getting to cheer for him and his curly dark locks has been fun, but when he’s good, he’s not brooding and for our little hearts to pitter patter, Guy of Gisborne needs to brood.

I thought it was a mistake to kill Marion at the end of last season. I still watched each episode expecting her to reappear, but it didn’t happen. Kate is a poor man’s Marion and we all know it. Killing Allan a Dale almost made me tear up. Killing Guy of Gisborne made me cry. It is also definite that part of his brooding eyes came from eyeliner. Watching Robin die with his Gladiator-esque soliloquy and walk through a field of wheat that magically appeared outside of Nottingham Castle made me weep like a baby. Then he went off into the woods to find himself a foxhole in which to die.

And there she was. As reported before the season. Marion coming to carry Robin off to Glory.

It was weird seeing Much without his scarf, seeing his hair, which prompted me to think, “wash that shit!” But dang if he wasn’t pretty without it. Who woulda thunk some greasy woodsmen/women could be so attractive.

I have a friend that won’t watch the BBC’s Robin Hood. He thinks he’s seen the story, that it’s been told so many times that there will be scant enjoyment and no expectation of entertainment. It’s a show you have to commit to, that’s for certain. Jonas Armstrong wasn’t able to pull off recrimination as well Richard Armitage. Despite the writing not letting the characters grow, Jonas Armstrong was the weakest link. However, am I glad he’s gone? No. Just like losing Marion, losing Robin Hood was hard. Jonas Armstrong is very charismatic and simply the right person thus far to pull off what the writers were giving him.

I predict that Archer becomes the new Robin Hood. It would have been interesting if Guy had lived to be the new Hood, but I can see how that wouldn’t work. If they do a 4th season [there's been rumours of a revamp] then the writers need to concentrate on growth arcs for characters where they grow strong in their convictions or move in new, more interesting directions. The problem with characters who are as utterly noble as the merry men of Robin Hood is that being saviours makes you lazy. You’re always in the right. Tuck is always able to figure something out (saving Robin, making Byzantine fire, etc.), John is always a hothead and that gives him strength, Much is always a little slow on the uptake but very handy in a fight, and so on and so forth. Maybe it’s time to start getting into their heads a little and messing around a bit, Dr. Frankenstein style.

Anyway, if there’s more, I’ll be there. If not, you did at least make me cry, which means I care. And you like it when I care.