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Horatio Hornblower Season 1 Episode 2

The Fire Ships (aka The Examination for Lieutenant)

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The Fire Ships (aka The Examination for Lieutenant)

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AIRED: 11/18/98

In order to prove himself worthy of promotion to Lieutenant, Hornblower must deal with a hungry crew, a rebellious sailor, and a fire that threatens to spread to the entire fleet.

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We see both ends of Hornblower’s personality.

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By RJ-viewer, Aug 15, 2006

In this episode, we see both ends of Hornblower’s personality. On one hand he is as nervous as can be preparing for the Lieutenant’s exam, on the other hand we see him in charge of the supply ship. When he is at sea and in command he is at his best. Men who are much older than him and have more time at sea follow his commands easily as they recognize his natural authority. The civilian, Tapling, illustrates this best because he is not in the navy and immediately looks down on Horatio because of his age. When Horatio orders him around he is offended, but by the end of the journey he feels grateful for having had the opportunity to learn.moreless
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Robert Lindsay	Sir Edward Pellew
Ioan Gruffudd	Horatio Hornblower
Sean Gilder	Styles
Paul Copley	Matthews

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Denis Lawson	Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster	Guest Star
Ian McNeice	Tapling	Guest Star
Andrew Tiernan	Bunting	Guest Star

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QUOTES (3)
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- Hornblower: What's that smell, Matthews?
  Matthews: It's the cattle, sir. They haven't got the sense to get their rear-ends over the side.
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- Tapling: You would withhold rations from a dying man?
  Hornblower: I would consider it my duty to help speed your release from this world, sir.
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- Hornblower: Each of us can find a maggot in our past which will happily devour our futures.
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- The events in this movie are taken from the book "Mr. Midshipman Hornblower" by C.S. Forester
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- Supplies are purchased at Oran.
  Oran is a city in nothern Algeria. At this point in history it was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
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