It turns out Blackadder is not as well off as he likes people to believe; indeed he owes a thousand pounds to the Bank of the Black Monks and if he doesn't pay up by evensong the baby eating Bishop of Bath and Wells will shove a head hot poker up his backside! He has nowhere near enough money and what he does have he loses thanks to silly bets between the Queen and Lord Melchett; the 6d he makes prostituting Baldrick down the docks goes just as fast as the thousand pounds he earns from selling his house. If Blackadder is to escape the priest's poker he will have to come up with a truly debased scheme.
For the most part this was a pretty good episode; the Bishop of Bath and Wells was a delightfully vile character and Edmund's various schemes to raise the cash were pretty funny. The Queen and Melchett's tricks did seem a little too cruel meaning our sympathies are entirely with Blackadder. As one would expect the humour is fairly course but it doesn't seem overly crude as it is done in a witty way. The scene down the docks was a slightly weaker part of the episode; not terrible but it just was not as funny as it could have been; the house selling scene was much better, especially he uses 'estate agent speak' to explain that one goes to the toilet via the window! Overall and good episode with plenty of laughs.
For the most part this was a pretty good episode; the Bishop of Bath and Wells was a delightfully vile character and Edmund's various schemes to raise the cash were pretty funny. The Queen and Melchett's tricks did seem a little too cruel meaning our sympathies are entirely with Blackadder. As one would expect the humour is fairly course but it doesn't seem overly crude as it is done in a witty way. The scene down the docks was a slightly weaker part of the episode; not terrible but it just was not as funny as it could have been; the house selling scene was much better, especially he uses 'estate agent speak' to explain that one goes to the toilet via the window! Overall and good episode with plenty of laughs.