[4][5] Set in a Nottinghamshire mining village, two shocking killings shatter an already fractured community with a dark past arising from divisions created by the 1984–85 miners' strike which have persisted.
[6] A village in Nottinghamshire is preparing for the wedding of Neel Fisher and Sarah Vincent, with his father, Andy, delivering a speech, covering his son's upbringing and his enthusiasm for the railway in the region.
Local DCI Ian St Clair is among the wedding guests, and later finds himself investigating the death of former trade unionist Gary Jackson who was killed by an arrow.
Looking into Jackson's past, St Clair discovers that he was arrested and then quickly released on bail during the 1984 miners strike, but some parts of the documents are redacted.
St Clair and his team learn of Scott Rowley, who has missed a court hearing about his prison sentence, and storm his house, but he isn't present, only his father and stepmother.
The website's critical consensus reads "A gripping mystery that draws immense power from its sterling cast and the specificity of its location, Sherwood is such a rich series that it makes the competition look all the poorer.
[11] Lucy Mangan of The Guardian also gave the finale five out of five stars, remarking that the series "didn’t falter in its intricate plotting, attention to detail or its perfect evocation of place".