Robin Hood (TV series)/Recap/S01/E06 The Tax Man Cometh

The Sheriff hires a group of con-artists to catch Robin Hood for him. Under the guise of being a tax inspector, Flaxton and his son Cedric are stopped by the outlaws, who use them to devise a plan to steal the Sheriff's tax money. Elsewhere, the Abbess of Rufford collapses at the castle gates and is given sanctuary by the Sheriff and Gisborne.

At Knighton Hall, Marian and her father argue; having learnt she is the Nightwatchman, Edward insists she "could do worse" than marrying Gisborne, but she says she should be proud of the daughter he has rather than the one he thinks he ought to. Meeting with the Abbess at the castle, Marian decides to become a nun. Flaxton and Cedric spring their trap, and Robin and the outlaws are locked in an empty room; however, they escape because of Will's knowledge of locks. Too late, the Sheriff realises that the Abbess was working with the con-artists, and that she has made off with the tax money, which was hidden in the castle chapel.

Back in the forest, Robin and the outlaws ambush the conmen, who were planning to escape to Holland, and make off with the tax money. Marian informs Edward that she will not be leaving after all, as the Abbess was a fraud; he says he realised he was proud of the daughter he had all along.