St. Clair & Harry Spin Out as the Victims Pile Up at 'Sherwood's Midpoint

The Sherwood Season 2 premiere showed how entangled the Nottingham community is. The second-week episodes make an even bigger mess of those entanglements by throwing in some miscommunication. No one is talking to anyone, or if they are, they are talking to the wrong people. As expected, things will get a lot worse for the police department, the Sparrows, and everyone around them.

St. Clair, try as he might, is brought back into the force to help after the double homicide at the Bottomleys. He's adamant that he's not staying full-time, but he's already all in on this case and making an impressive amount of headway.

The first significant wrinkle in the investigation is the discovery of Kaia Branson's body in the unmarked van near the Bottomley residence. He is conveniently discovered while St. Clair and DCS Harry Summers have Ann and Roy in for questioning. The crime duo are shaken by the reveal that their nephew is dead, especially since they just told the cops that he was with them at their niece's birthday party. Ann pivots quickly and demands police protection because clearly, the Bransons are a target now. (They're not.) This forces St. Clair to treat them like victims when he and Harry are pretty sure the Bransons are responsible for the Bottomley murders.