Chains (Blackadder)
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"Chains" | |
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Blackadder episode | |
Episode no. | Series 2 Episode 6 |
Directed by | Mandie Fletcher |
Written by | Ben Elton Richard Curtis |
Original air date | 20 February 1986 |
Guest appearances | |
Hugh Laurie as Prince Ludwig the Indestructible Mark Arden as Torturer Lee Cornes as 1st Guard Max Harvey as 2nd Guard | |
"Chains" is the final episode of the
Plot
In the throne room, Blackadder informs Queenie and Nursie of an unspecified incident that saw Blackadder insulting the unidentified individual before he pulled up his tights and jumped out of the privy window. Melchett arrives, telling Queenie that his former tutor's son has been kidnapped and begs for her to pay the hefty ransom. Queenie consults Lord Blackadder on the matter – he tells her to tell Melchett's tutor's son to "get stuffed", stating that "only an idiot" would be so foolish as to be kidnapped. However, literally seconds later, after he has left the room, Blackadder meets two men, one of whom asks him something while another hits Blackadder over the head and knocks him unconscious with Melchett suffering the same fate after he has convinced Queenie to pay the ransom. The two then awaken in a damp cell in a dungeon accompanied by a deranged Spanish torturer. Blackadder does not speak Spanish, so after Melchett has translated that he is to be tortured, Blackadder and the
At Ludwig's request, Lord Melchett is dragged in by Ludwig's two guards, screaming. Melchett does not recognise Ludwig, until Ludwig tells him that he once impersonated Flossie, a sheep at a monastery in Cornwall. Melchett is also aghast, having unknowingly had a sexual encounter with the madman, with an amused Ludwig adding in a "Baaa". Ludwig departs the dungeon with his two guards, laughing evilly, as Blackadder and Melchett remain in the dungeon. Percy then reads a message back to Queenie, informing her she only has a week to decide as to who will be freed: Melchett or Blackadder. At Queenie's suggestion, with Baldrick's help, Percy plays a quick singing game to help influence Queenie's decision.
A week later, Ludwig returns with the message from
After the credits have rolled, the characters are shown lying dead on the floor, with Ludwig, disguised as Queenie, standing over them holding a blood-soaked dagger in his right hand, implying he used it to kill them. Ludwig then claims that impersonating the queen is a role he will enjoy – if he can "just get the voice right."
Cast
- Lord Edmund Blackadder
- Prince Ludwig the Indestructible
- Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett
- Lord Percy Percy
- Tony Robinson as Baldrick
- Queen Elizabeth I
- Nursie
- Max Harvey as the Torturer
- Mark Arden as the 1st Guard
- Lee Cornes as the 2nd Guard
References
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Blackadder Blackadder II, Episode 6 – Chains". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
External links
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- "Chains" at BBC Online
- "Chains" at IMDb