Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".
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Not much you can say about this, other than it's exquisite, for me it rates as one of the best things ever made. Is it the show's best ever episode? It's surely a contender.
Thirty years on, I still remember its original transmission, my family and I all sat in silence, as that astonishing ending delivered its powerful hammer blow.
The jokes are great, once again the performances are phenomenal, the script is about as good as it can get.
Powerfully moving, Darling's appointment, and that final scene, I hadn't forgotten it, absolutely heart breaking, it's staggering how a sitcom can move like this.
Clucking Bell that was good, 10/10.
I don't mind admitting, I had tears in my eyes.
I felt that doing WW1 in Blackadder Goes Forth was the best series of all Blackadders. I loved the ending especially as it was silent, which made it more poignant and respectful.
This is where the writers and actors showed their own respect and humility in regards to the sacrifices of all those who gave their lives for their countries; but in the right context - made light of the casual brutality, senseless wastage and callous disregard for life by the generals & politicians of the age in the conduct of war. An amazing feat in a comedy, after all. One of the best "entertainment" programmes made by the BBC ever.
The final episode of this EPIC British comedy is timeless as the message it conveys. Blackadder is black humour at it's best. War is banal. Stupid. Ridiculous. The perfect subject for comedy with writing at it's best and delivered by a stellar cast.
Utterly peerless. As are the men and women who gave their lives. What a fitting ending for this wonderful series. What a fitting epitaph to the memory of The Greatest Generation. How could anyone miss the point of how important this comedy is. *blows whistle and climbs into no man's land*
Did you know
- TriviaHugh Laurie said that filming was sad because "even for comic effect, we were representing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people".
- GoofsWhen Darling gives his "bugger" line toward the end, he's still wearing an overcoat. After a two-second cut to Blackadder's response, we see Darling again, now without the overcoat.
- Quotes
Private Baldrick: I have a plan, sir.
Captain Blackadder: Really, Baldrick? A cunning and subtle one?
Private Baldrick: Yes, sir.
Captain Blackadder: As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?
Private Baldrick: Yes, sir.
Captain Blackadder: Well, I'm afraid it'll have to wait. Whatever it was, I'm sure it was better than my plan to get out of this by pretending to be mad. I mean, who would have noticed another madman round here?
Captain Blackadder: [whistle blows] Good luck, everyone.
- Crazy creditsThis episode has no closing credits, save for the title "Blackadder" (not "Blackadder Goes Forth") and the copyright date, over a field of poppies.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008)
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- 30m
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