The Outcast carries over the class subtext from ITC's Robin Hood series.
Lancelot wants the servant Brian to be trained as a knight. However he is not of noble stock despite Merlin's insistence based on the information contained in his parchment regarding Brian's heritage which is written in invisible ink.
Brian does go to knight school but dastardly Sir Glavin (Patrick McGoohan) who had a dispute with Lancelot is determined that Brian fails. He certainly does not think lowly people like Brian deserve to be knights.
Brain is accused of stealing. He also wins the affections of Mary, one of the young women in King Arthur's castle. She speaks up for Brian and she despises Glavin who wants to marry her.
This is a Lancelot light episode, he is barely in it. McGoohan broods and plots. The acting quality goes up a notch or two.
No surprise that at the end Sir Glavin ends up as a prisoner.
Lancelot wants the servant Brian to be trained as a knight. However he is not of noble stock despite Merlin's insistence based on the information contained in his parchment regarding Brian's heritage which is written in invisible ink.
Brian does go to knight school but dastardly Sir Glavin (Patrick McGoohan) who had a dispute with Lancelot is determined that Brian fails. He certainly does not think lowly people like Brian deserve to be knights.
Brain is accused of stealing. He also wins the affections of Mary, one of the young women in King Arthur's castle. She speaks up for Brian and she despises Glavin who wants to marry her.
This is a Lancelot light episode, he is barely in it. McGoohan broods and plots. The acting quality goes up a notch or two.
No surprise that at the end Sir Glavin ends up as a prisoner.