Blackadder

Plan F: Goodbyeee

Season 4, Episode 6, Aired 11/2/89

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Blackadder tries everything he can think of to get sent back to England when orders come in to go over the top in the first charge against the Germans since 1914. ''

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Stephen Fry

Lord Melchett [ 2 ]/King Charles [ Specials ]/General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett [ 4 ]
Rowan Atkinson

Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh
Tony Robinson

Baldrick

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One of the greatest episodes ever!

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By AdrenalinDragon, Mar 08, 2011 Report Abuse

"Plan F: Goodbyeee"

Grade: A*

One of the darkest, best written, and funniest episodes of any show ever. Goodbyee was a perfect example of a British Comedy tackling both humour and very serious moments at the same time. As we see Blackadder and the rest of the squad head up for "the big push", we realise that this is more than a Comedy show, it's reality of what happened back in the First World War. As our heroes go over the top, firing happens and certain death is for sure, but just as it ends we see a field of poppies, realising what the soldiers did for us and our freedom.

Goodbyeee not only relies on a powerful ending, but the episode is quite possibly the funniest of all the Blackadders. Blackadder pretending to be mad was awesome, and Baldrick singing the "Boom! Boom! Boom" song was fantastic, as well as the Hot Mud drink being milked by Spit. As the episode goes on though, the tone gets darker and less funny as expected, due to us viewers knowing how it's all going to end, but it's done so brilliantly. By far the best episode of this series!moreless

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Better than any textbook

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By damanray, May 29, 2010 Report Abuse

The final episode of this show pays homage to the sacrifices made by the soldiers during the bloodbath that was World War I.
Tony Robinson turns Baldrick into a memorable character with a stunnig performance in this episode
Baldrick: (about the war) I heard it started when some guy called Archey duke shot an ostrich cause he was hungry.
And his war poem
'Boom boom boom boom, boom boom boom boom, boom'
Famous stuff
Blackadder fears death more than anything and does everything to get our the war, however all his efforts fail. 'Who would notice another mad man around here' Powerful line. Jutxtaposed by Melchett's line about Blackadder
'Why he's as sane as I am,, bahhh!!' I love Melchett
The final minute is one of the most poignant moments from one of the most silly and emotionally void shows off all time. I couldn't believe the way it ended, it was heartfelt but painful.
A better representation of the war than any text book or documentary could ever createmoreless

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Heart-breaking

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By eva1307, Nov 27, 2008 Report Abuse

This is the end of it all. The big push has finally come and the battle is to be held at dawn. The characters recall the beginning of the war, how they joined the army and how all their friends have died.

What I love about this episode is that it handles the subject delicately. The beginning contains funny one-liners and silly acts, but as we approach towards the end, the laughter fizzles out and the ending is superb and spot-on. One has to mention the character development, especially in the case of Darling: I believe everyone was moved by his actions and words. Blackadder has always been against the war, but Baldrick and George also change their attitudes: they start out as eager soldiers but as the time comes, they are afraid of death.

This episode is a remarkable moment in TV history: it shows us the pointlessness of the war more clearly than any history teacher or any book could.moreless

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A memorial to those lost

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By kisskiss666, Nov 27, 2006 Report Abuse

To see a programme which takes a subject,which should be handeled with lots of caution, make such an episode including comical jokes, is just amazing.
As an avid Blackadder fan since childhood, this by far is the best.
The ending was so emotional, a real tear jearker, a episode which minutes before the end you gain a lump in your throat because you know what is going to happen.
However, hardly anybody expected the ground which all the characters dead bodies were, to suddenly turn into a field full of red poppies spread across into the distance.
Overall - This is a fantastic episode, it would be very difficult to compete for such a honorable episode.moreless

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some of the best quotes and the best scenes in british comedy. Includes a big tear jerker at the end.

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By rety5, Sep 02, 2006 Report Abuse

So this is it. The final PROPER blackadder episode. the british army has advanced no further than an asmatic ant with heavy shopping and Melchard has ordered Edmunds men over the top. But Blackadder will not go without a final attempt to leave the frontlines. The major plan includes a pair of pants and two pencils and the word "wooble" the best blackadder episode of the lot with a very serious and powerfull ending fading to a field of poppys. I genuinly cried first time I saw that sequence.moreless

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Trivia
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- Blackadder can't die without an heir, else how would one manage to go on an adventure through time in "Back & Forth". The show never explicitly shows an heir, but it is always plausible. In this series he has sex with the nurse in the hospital, who is later shot due to her being a German spy. Even if George was a leak, she failed the subtle traps Blackadder left for her, and would still be tried and executed. Edit
- There is another interesting timeline error in this episode featuring Captain Blackadder's military career. As pointed out below, he mentions Umboto Gorge (1892) and knowing having met Field Marshal Haig twenty years ago (which would be 1897). When talking about his career to George he says that had "fifteen years military service" before the horror of World War I. Assuming he meant the start of the war in 1914, that would mean his career started in 1899. Edit
- Captain Blackadder says he only met Field Marshall Haig once. "It was twenty years ago." When he calls Haig, he talks about the Battle of Umboto Gorge in 1892. That would make it Blackadder and Haig's first conversation in 25 years, since all episodes of Blackadder Goes Forth were set in 1917. Edit
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- This episode is the only one in this season that didn't have a military rank fitted in the episode title. Edit
- Rowan Atkinson (Edmund Blackadder), Tony Robinson (Baldrick) and Tim McInnerny (Percy/Lord Topper/Captain Darling) are the only actors to appear in all four seasons. Edit
- Rowan Atkinson (Edmund Blackadder) and Tony Robinson (Baldrick) are the only actors to appear in every episode. Edit
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- Baldrick: Shall I do my war poem, sir? Blackadder: How hurt will you be if I give the honest answer, which is, "No - I'd rather French-kiss a skunk?" Edit
- Blackadder: We've been sitting here since Christmas 1914, during which time millions of men have died, and we've moved no further than an asthmatic ant with heavy shopping. Edit
- Baldrick: I heard that [the war] started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry. Edmund: I think you mean it started when the Archduke of Austro-Hungary got shot. Baldrick: No, there was definitely an ostrich involved, sir. Edit
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- Two of George's classmates are lost to poison gas at the Battle of the Somme, which took place over weeks during 1916. It involved an incredibly huge British artillery bombardment, meant to obliterate the German defenses, which was to be followed by a huge infantry attack. The bombardment was ineffective as the Germans were dug in too deep or beyond the range of the British guns. George's chums were "Titch" and 'Mr. Floppy" who were "gassed back to Blighty (Britain). Edit
- George also lost his classmates "Bumfluff," "Drippy," and "Strangly Brown,"at the Battle of Gallipoli (1915), which was part of an allied effort to force open the Dardenelles strait in order to re-supply Russia from the south and take Turkey out of the war. Most of the fighting was done by Australian troops, as evidenced by his line "Copped a packet at Gallipoli with the Aussies." Edit
- George: Well, Jocko and The Badger bought it at the first Ypres unfortunately. This refers to a battle in Belgium, which occured 31 October to 17 November, 1914. Edit