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Too Many Earls

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Sep 25, 1955

The outlaws of Sherwood are desperately in need of money, and Marian hatches a scheme involving her bird-watching uncle, an archery tournament, and a letter of safe conduct signed by the sheriff.

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Season 2, 39 episodes

A Village Wooing,

Robin Hood is as loyal as they come, always looking out for his fellow outcasts. When he comes across a particularly endearing one, he and his men help this stowaway escape a life of servitude.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The Abbot entrusts Friar Tuck with the safe escort of master of science Albertus of Oxford, a man wanted by Prince John to construct a destructive device. The Sheriff pursues Albertus as well.

26m Sep 25, 1955

A wine merchant overhears overhears an important conversation between Robin and Lady Marian, and threatens to expose their plan to intercede in Prince John's visit to Nottingham.

26m Sep 25, 1955

A year and a day,

Robin Hood comes of the aid of a surgeon attempting to escape serfdom. While treating Little John, the surgeon comes dangerously close to being found by the Sheriff and returned to bondage.

26m Sep 25, 1955

Sir Richard has found himself in debt and entangled with an alchemist named Lepidus. Worried for their comrade, Robin and Marian must help Sir Richard untangle his finances and evade the Sheriff.

26m Sep 25, 1955

Robin Hood and Maid Marian come to the aid of Lady Pomfret, who has required the help of an imposter in order to keep her estate after losing her husband to the Crusades.

25m Sep 25, 1955

When the heavily taxed villagers must also raise the 500-crown ransom for the Count's son, they turn to Robin for help. Guy Quentin reveals the reason for the ransom, and Robin turns the tables.

25m Sep 25, 1955

Prince John plans to marry Princess Isabella. Princess Avice of Gloucester, Prince John's wife, secretly summons Robin to the Tower of London with the hopes that he will stop their impending divorce.

25m Sep 25, 1955

The murder of a tax collector in an impoverished village makes a wrongly accused stranger—a petty thief named Mark—a local hero. Mark seeks protection amidst Robin's band of merry men.

26m Oct 11, 1955

The Haunted Mill,

Believing his mill to be haunted, a local baker seeks Robin Hood's help. Robin comes to believe that other, less paranormal forces may be at play when the cutthroat Sir William comes to the mill.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The Black Patch,

Sir Dunston of Travers arrives in Sherwood to set a trap for Robin. Dunston tells Marian of his plan, not aware she is a friend of Robin. She must warn Robin without revealing her true identity.

26m Sep 25, 1955

With the help of Henry the minter, Robin Hood and his men try to help the over-taxed denizens but find themselves in trouble with the Sheriff when his new minter begins making impure coinage.

25m Sep 25, 1955

The Friar's Pilgrimage,

Friar Tuck and Robin Hood make a journey to Canterbury, where they discover a web of local corruption. After saving a young woman from drowning as an accused witch, they uncover a plot by the Count.

25m Sep 25, 1955

With Tom O'Gaunt locked in the Sheriff's dungeon, a new outlaw joins the ranks of the merry men. Suddenly, rumors of Robin's true alliances begin to surface and a chalice is found in his belongings.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The merry men capture a knight who turns out to be looking for them. Their captive, Sir Hubert seeks Robin's help to reunite him with his true love, Rowena, before she is married off to another man.

26m Sep 25, 1955

Maid Marian has a premonition that Robin is in grave danger. Initially Robin scoffs at the information, but events soon show that Marian may be more right than anyone could have imagined.

25m Mar 10, 1955

Little John is captured by the Sheriff's men, and the Sheriff decides quickly to hang him as an example. Unfortunately, the Sheriff cannot find anyone willing to be the hangman.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The Shell Game,

A con man joins Robin's group. Although he is not well liked, Robin sees potential in his skill set to plan a daring robbery of the Queen's jewels. Little John, however, is suspicious of the con man.

26m Sep 25, 1955

Friar Tuck has a plan to do away with a burdensome property tax that the nobles have placed on the poor serfs, but he needs the help of Robin and his men to put his plan into action.

26m Sep 25, 1955

A young prince, who is the rightful heir to the throne of England, has fallen into the clutches of his uncle, the evil Prince John. Robin and his men set out to develop a plan to rescue the young boy.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The Bandit of Brittany,

Robin Hood and Friar Tuck escort the young Prince Arthur and his mother to the safety of France, only to be captured by the self proclaimed Robin Hood of France, who plans to hold Arthur for ransom.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The goldmaker's return,

Lepidus, a somewhat hapless alchemist, announces that he has found a way to turn lead into gold. The Sheriff, dubious of his claim, threatens him with execution if his plan doesn't succeed.

26m Sep 25, 1955

Flight from France,

While on a secret mission in France, Robin and Friar Tuck begin to suspect that a local wine merchant is actually an agent of Prince John. Robin and Tuck contact the French underground for help.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The Secret Pool,

While fishing in a secret pool, Robin and Marian see Sir Cedric's men arresting a poor, hungry serf for poaching fish from Cedric's lake. Robin and Marian both try to free the man.

26m Sep 25, 1955

Three of Robin's men travel undercover as a group of Bavarian acrobats. A greedy fortune teller betrays them to the Sheriff of Nottingham, who immediately arrests them.

26m Dec 25, 1955

A prosperous London merchant and his daughter, Bess, are on their way to Nottingham with 1,000 gold crowns. Gareth, a recent recruit to Robin's band, decides to relieve them of the money.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The York Treasure,

Robin and Little John head for the coast, to help their friend Joseph of Cordoba in his secret plan to bring a shipload of Jewish refugees, escaping persecution in their own country, to England.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The Borrowed Baby,

Robin and his men are accused of stealing a gold shipment, and Maid Marian comes under suspicion for being a spy for Robin and trying to protect him. The Sheriff's men set a trap for Robin.

25m Sep 25, 1955

The black five,

Robin and the Sheriff declare a temporary truce to rid the country of the monstrous Duke DeMoreville, a murderous psychopath that the terrified citizenry refers to as "The Hangman of Leicester."

25m Sep 25, 1955

Food for thought,

A delegation of villagers from Upper Minton come to Robin's camp and tell him of an oppressive new tax that was recently imposed on them by the greedy Count Olivier.

26m Apr 22, 1955

Too many Earls,

The outlaws of Sherwood are desperately in need of money, and Marian hatches a scheme involving her bird-watching uncle, an archery tournament, and a letter of safe conduct signed by the sheriff.

26m Sep 25, 1955

Highland fling,

On a mission for King Richard, Robin and Friar Tuck visit Scotland in order to collect 500 gold crowns owed to Richard by King William of Scotland. However, King William is reluctant to pay.

26m May 19, 1955

The mystery of Ireland's eye,

Word reaches Marian that her uncle is in danger. She and Robin head to Ireland to save him. What starts as a simple task develops into a complicated situation involving the clash of old and new gods.

26m Sep 25, 1955

The little people,

Robin, Marian, and Friar Tuck are traveling through Ireland. Initially dismissing the local tales of leprechauns, the trio is astounded to actually come across some of the wee folk.

26m Sep 25, 1955

Sir James devises a plot to inherit his uncle's fortune and place the blame on an innocent man. Can Robin teach Sir James a lesson in sportsmanship and clip the Sheriff's wings at the same time?

26m Sep 25, 1955

The frightened tailor,

A list is circulating of those loyal to King Richard. When the list is on the verge of being discovered, a tailor is entrusted with the list's safety and takes a novel course of action to hide it.

25m Sep 25, 1955

The path of true love,

While visiting the countryside around his family's old manor, Robin discovers that Sir Charles plans to break an agreement made with Robin's father and deny the tenant farmers their security.

25m Sep 25, 1955

The road in the air,

Robin must think of a way to cross the land approaching Tom's mill. Tom's landlord has imposed an import duty on grain taken from the mill, and his guards are gathered to repel intruders.

25m Sep 25, 1955

Robin and his band plan to steal a gold shipment planned for Prince John's coffers, but Little John is nowhere to be found. Has the gentle giant finally been smitten by love of a fair lady?

25m Sep 25, 1955