Sherwood S1 E6

## Plot

Taking place where the last episode left off, the sub eventually stops sinking. Iniko says that if they don't fix the main generator, they'll run out of air. He refuses to let Robin help. Thomas is trying to figure out who Robin is, but Gisbourne interrupts him. He tells him that the Sheriff is angry. He wants to check for survivors, but Thomas tells him that his resources are to be used on rebuilding the probe, not on pointless searches. Gisbourne wants to operate it himself. The new deep sea Drobos have geo-map tracking that runs off heat-augmented sonar cells. Their scanning range is wave-form dependent and pressure-sensitive. Thomas is impressed. Gisbourne tells him that it's his best update yet, and he likes watching him work. The updates aren't stable yet. Taking them down that deep is a risk, but Gisbourne promises to be as careful as he can. Thomas agrees, as long as he supervises him, and that he aborts if anything looks off. Gisbourne thanks him. Iniko still doesn't want Robin's help, especially with the gauntlet. Her dad is the one who poisoned Zoobie, who designed the new Drobos, who is trying to kill them. If she played his game to find out who he is, then he definitely figured out who she is. She tells Iniko that she can't change who her father is, but she's not like him. She still wants to get out of here and stop the Sheriff. Her dad being on his side doesn't change any of that. It doesn't change that she's on Iniko's side. He agrees to let her help, but she still can't use the gauntlet. Something is shorting the power unit, and they have Juba fix it, since she's the only one who can fit. This reminds me of similar scenes in *The Mandalorian* and *Ahsoka*, except it's far more successful here, and Juba doesn't end up comically electrocuting herself. It works, and they all hug, which is awkward for Robin and Iniko once it stops being cute. However, they're wedged in a canyon. One of the external thrusters is damaged. They have to fix it from the outside. They have one air mask left, but it's been used already, so it won't have much left. Iniko volunteers to go instead of Robin, since he doesn't need one, but she tells him to stay there and pilot the sub. There are rocks stuck in the thruster, but when she pulls them out, she's blasted far away. Gisbourne operates the deep sea Drobo, and while this is bad for our heroes, he's never looked more comfortable or in his element before. Robin's air mask is yellow. She sees the Drobo, and is able to tell Iniko to cut the power before they're discovered. The Sheriff enters Thomas's lab. Gisbourne finds the sub, but according to its scan, no human life is detected. Thomas tells Nottingham that his son is doing well, but then he sabotages him by turning the Drobo off, which naturally damages his already low self-esteem and confidence and just leads to his father yelling at him again. Congrats Tom, you're an enabler of abuse now. God, what an asshole. I know it's helping the heroes, but still, no one deserves to be treated like Gisbourne *by anyone*, especially a parent, and other people shouldn't ignore or enable that kind of manipulation and abuse either. I would know, because I've seen other people go through that, where a parent or guardian treats them like crap just for existing, and they feel hopeless because there's no one else to take care of them and they're still a minor, or they have to take care of someone else, and leaving their abusive situation would mean leaving that person that they love behind, and they're not willing to do that. And I admit, the first time I saw someone go through that firsthand, I just ignored it. There were other people around who knew her better than I did. I was a total bystander. It definitely explained the way she acted though. As far as I know, she's much better now. But the other two times where I did do something, I have no idea what happened to either of them or their shitty parents/guardians. Granted, said guardians are probably dead by now, especially given all of the alcohol and drugs, but still. And no, I never saw any kind of abuse firsthand, but I didn't have to. Just hearing about it was one of the worst things I've ever had to listen to in my entire life. Anyway, Thomas tells Gisbourne to abort, claiming that the fallout from the test with the probe is affecting the Drobo's systems. This could mean long term damage. The Sheriff is against aborting the mission, but Thomas tells him that no insurgent could've survived the fallout. They'll lose the new Drobo unless they pull it from the danger zone. If they do, the other insurgents will see it as a win. Thomas kills the monitors and powers down the tracking system. The Drobo will automatically return to the surface where they can retrieve it. The Sheriff and Gisbourne leave the lab. Gisbourne tells his father that the controls for the Drobo should work with any screen, so he asks him to do one more sweep. When Gisbourne mentions what Thomas said and tries to say that he can't risk it, his father tells him that it wasn't a request as he takes out a strange looking oxygen mask. Robin has the gauntlet, and whether she's dead or alive, they have to get it back. This time, Gisbourne finds Iniko and Juba, which is weird, because the sub's power is still off. I guess he would've spotted them if he got close enough, and that's why Thomas shut off the power? Robin's mask turns red, indicating that she's almost out of air. Iniko and Juba hit the Drobo with the anchor. Robin attaches the anchor to it so it can pull the sub out of the canyon. Then she deactivates it with the gauntlet. Her air mask is blinking red though. She won't make it back to the sub in time. She falls unconscious, and Iniko saves her from drowning. He gives her mouth to mouth, but when it looks like it doesn't work, he almost kisses her for real before she wakes up. Juba tells her what he did, but they don't dwell on it. In fact, they literally never bring it up again. They finally head back home. Meanwhile, the Sheriff tells Gisbourne that his patience is now as nonexistent as his son's brain cells. They're moving up the Ascension Project. In order to get the food they need, they'll launch a massive raid on every farm and market in Sherwood. No one below will be needing it, because the fallout from the probes will kill them all.