Robin Hood

Have you seen this show?


My roommate and I have been working through the existing seasons for at least a month now.

It entered our home because of him


who you may recognize from this.

He's pretty.

This production of Robin Hood is from the BBC, but it's, um, different then most of the BBC period pieces I've seen. It's kind of really super cheesy.

AJ and I spend part of most episodes saying things like:

"Do you think they realize how cheesy this is?”
“How could they not? Robin just backflipped off that scaffolding in slow motion, triple replay.”
“Yeah, they must know. (pause) But why would they intentionally do that?”

And then Marian comes out in one of her stellar Middle Ages meets the 1980s outfits and we laugh at her for awhile.


Seriously. What's she wearing?

And THEN we watch another episode, because it's a surprisingly pleasing series despite the crazy costumes and the anachronistic dialogue and the Islamic girl named Jack.

Word on the reference desk (THE place to stay abreast of all BBC production scuttlebutt) is that Toby Stephens will be appearing in season 3.

The BBC has smiled upon us.