Goodbyeee
- Episode aired Nov 2, 1989
- TV-PG
- 30m
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".
- Director
- Richard Boden(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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)
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.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Apr 24, 2022
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color