04x05 - General Hospital

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Blackadder". Aired: 15 June 1983 – 2 November 1989.*
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04x05 - General Hospital

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I spy with my little eye

something beginning with..."M".

Mmm...

Mmm...

Mmmm... Mmm...

Mmmm...

Mmm...

- Mmmuh...
- Mmmuuu...

- Ya, ya!
- Mmuu... Mmuu...

Mug!!!

Oh, I say, well done, Sir. Your turn.

I spy with my bored little eye
something beginning with "T".

- Breakfast!
- What?

My breakfast always begins with tea,
then I have a little sausage,

then a egg with some little soldiers.

Baldrick, when I said it begins with "T",

I was talking about a letter.

Nah, it never begins with a letter.

The postman don't come 'til : .

I can't go on with this.

- George, take over.
- All right, Sir.

Um... I spy with my little eye

something beginning with "R".

Army!

For God's sake, Baldrick!

"Army" starts with an "A".

He's looking for something
that starts with an "R".

Rrrrrrrr!

Motorbike!

What?

A motorbike starts
with a "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrm"!

All right, right, right, right.

My turn again.

What begins with "come here"

and ends with "ow"?

I don't know.

Come here.

Ow!

Well done.

No, I don't think you've quite got

the hang of this game,
to be honest, Sir.

I tell you what,
let's try another one.

Um... I hear with my little ear,

um, something beginning with "B".

What?

b*mb.

I can't hear a b*mb.

Listen very carefully.

Ah, yes.

Finished.

Come on, then.

All right, and then you can
tell me what you think,

but be honest now.

- I will!
- All right, then.

Dear uncle H., how are you?

Yeah, it's good, isn't it?

It's beastly rotten luck
being laid up here,


but everyone's very nice,

and at least now I can
write to you every day.


Oh, then I put in
a silly bit about, um...

What? What?

No, it's, um...

Oh, come on, you can tell me.

And the nurse is an absolute peach.

Anyway,
After the expl*si*n,


Captain Blackadder was marvellous.

He joked and joked.

'You lucky, lucky, lucky bastard!'

he cried, then he lay on his back,

stuck his foot over
the top of the trench


and shouted, 'Over here, Fritz!
What about me?'


Well, Captain Blackie does indeed

sound a most witty
and courageous chap.

Yes, and he's very amusing
and brave, as well,

not to mention being as clever
as a chap with three heads!

Thanks ever so much.

You really are terribly kind,

as well as being dash pretty, to boot.

A fluffy pillow and a big cheery smile

is the least my lovely boysies deserve.

Now, you take a little trip to dozeyland.

You've got visitors coming

and we don't want to be
all tired and cross, do we?

Absolutely not, no.

It'll be so jolly to see
Baldrick and the Cap' again.

They'll have been worried
sick about me, you know.

All right, where is
the malingering git?

Hello, Cap! Pip pip, Balders!

Here I lie.

Nice to see the lieutenant
looking so well, Sir.

Of course he's looking well.
There's nothing wrong with him.

Pff!

Didn't I tell you the Captain
was a super cove!

You did!

Well, Captain,
you are indeed fortunate

to have a loyal friend
like darling Georgie.

Mm, I think you might be under

a slight misapprehension here, Nurse.

I lost closer friends than "darling Georgie"

the last time I was deloused.

Now, if you'll excuse me,
I've got better things to do

than exchange pleasantries
with a wet blanket.

Would you get out?

We've got some important
m*llitary business.

Well, minutes only, then.

Right, porkface, where's the grub?

Pardon?

Come on, the moment that
collection of inbred mutants

you call your relatives
heard you were sick,

they'll have sent you a hamper
the size of Westminster Abbey.

My family is not inbred!

Come on, somewhere outside
Saffron-Waldon

there's an uncle who's
seven feet tall with no chin

and an Adam's apple
that makes him look

as though he's constantly
trying to swallow a ballcock.

I have not got any uncles like that!

Anyway, he lives in Walton-on-the-Naze.

Well, exactly. Now, where's the tuck?

Well, there were one or two things, yes.

There was, uh, a potted turkey,

a cow in jelly, three tinned sheep,

and, uh, , chocolates.

- But, in my weakened state...
- Yes?

- L, uh, I ate them.
- What?!

Well, Nurse Mary nibbled a trotter or two,

but oh, Cap, she's such wonderful girl.

She helps me with all my letters.

She can do all the German spelling,

and she's terribly good at punctuation.

I don't care if she can sing

I May Be A Tiny Chimney Sweep
But I've Got An Enormous Brush.


Come on, Baldrick.

The only thing we're going to get

for free around here is dysentery.

But, Sir, I haven't given

Lieutenant George my bunch of flowers yet.

All right, hurry up, hurry up.

Here you are, Sir,
I got you these.

Unfortunately, they've had
their heads sh*t off.

Where others choose
to say it with flowers,

Baldrick says it with st*lks.

Well, Captain, I'm afraid
you'll have to leave us now.

Oh, really?

Yes, you must report
to General Melchett immediately.

Oh, great.

Yet another tempting opportunity

for su1c1de beckons.

Gosh, I wish I could come
with you, you know, Sir.

Oh, no. You must take care,
my brave hero.

Brave hero, Nurse?

I was more wounded

the last time I clipped my toenails.

Take no notice of him.

Yes, pay no attention

to the nasty man.

Look, if I can't give my brave boys

a kind word and a big smile,

what can I give them?

Well, one or two ideas
do suggest themselves...

but you'd probably think
they were unhygienic.

Come on, Baldrick.

Hello, what's your name?

My name is Mr. Smith.

I'm sorry that you've
been landed opposite

such a total git, Smith.

It's bad enough to be wounded

without having to share
a ward with Banana-Brain.

Danke schön, danke schön

"Ich bin ganz" comfortable, old fruit.

Yes.

Enter.

Hello?

Hello?

Ahhh!

Right, spread 'em!

Right, he's clean, Sir.

Baahh!

Can anyone tell me what's going on?

Security, Blackadder.

Security?

"Security" isn't a dirty word, Blackadder.

"Crevice" is a dirty word,
but "security" isn't.

So, in the name of security, Sir,

everyone who enters
the room has to have

his bottom f*ndled by
this drooling pervert.

Only doing my job, Blackadder.

Oh, well, how lucky you are, then,

that your job is also your hobby.

Now there's another dirty word ..."job".

Sir, is there something the matter?

You're damn right there
is something the matter...

something sinister
and something grotesque.

And what's worse is that

it's going on right here
under my very nose.

Sir, your moustache is lovely.

What the general means,
Blackadder, is...

there's a leak.

Now "leak" is a positively
disgusting word.

The Germans seem to be able
to anticipate our every move.

We send up an aeroplane,

there's a Jerry squadron parked
behind the nearest cloud.

We move troops to Boulogne,

the Germans have bought

the entire town's supply
of lavatory paper.

In short, a German spy
is giving away

every one of our battle plans.

You look surprised, Blackadder.

I certainly am, Sir.

I didn't realize we "had" any battle plans.

Well, of course we have!

How else do you think
the battles are directed?

Our battles are directed, Sir?

Well, of course they are, Blackadder,

directed according to the grand plan.

Would that be the plan

to continue with total slaughter

until everyone's dead

except Field Marshal Haig, Lady Haig,

and their tortoise, Alan?

Great Scott!

Even "you" know it!

Guard! Guard! Bolt all the doors!

Hammer large pieces of crooked wood
against all the the windows!

This security leak is far worse
than we'd imagined!

So you see, Blackadder,

Field Marshal Haig is most anxious

to eliminate all these German spies.

Filthy Hun weasels fighting
their dirty underhand w*r!

And, fortunately, one of our spies...

Splendid fellows, brave heroes,
risking life and limb for Blighty...

...has discovered that the leak
Is coming from the field hospital.

You think there's a German spy
in the field hospital?

I think you might be right, there.

Your job, Blackadder,
is to root this spy out.

How long do you think you'll need?

Uh...

You'll have to be away from
the trenches for some time.

Six months?

Too bad, Blackadder.
You've got three weeks.

Yes, three weeks
to smoke the bugger out!

Use any method you see fit.

Personally, I'd recommend you

get hold of a cocker spaniel,

tie your suspect down on a chair

with a potty on his head,

then pop his todger between
two flowery baps

and shout, "Dinner time, Fido"!

However, if you are successful,

I shall need you back here permanently

to head up my new security network,

Operation Winkle.

- Winkle?
- Yes, to winkle out the spies.

You never mentioned this to me, Sir!

Well, we have to have some
secrets, don't we, Darling?

Right, well, I'll be back in three weeks.

Excellent.

And if you come back
with the information,

Captain Darling will
pump you thoroughly

in the debriefing room.

Not while I have my strength, he won't.

Damnation, Sir!

His insolence makes my blood boil!

What's more, I don't trust him, Sir.

I think it would be best

if I went to the hospital myself

to keep an eye on him.

What, spy on our own spy
as he searches for their spy?

Yes, why not?

Sounds rather fun.

You'll have to go undercover.

Oh, definitely, Sir.

You'll need some kind of wound,

a convincing wound.

- Naturally, Sir.
- Yes.

Aah!!

Yes...

that looks quite convincing.

Right, pack me a toothbrush, Baldrick,

we're going on holiday.

Hurray! Where to?

Hospital.

Oh, no, I hate "hostipals."

My grandfather went into one,

and when he come out, he was dead.

He was also dead when
he went in, Baldrick.

He'd been run over
by a traction engine.

I don't like them doctors.

If they start poking around inside me...

Baldrick, why would anyone wish

to poke around inside you?

They might find me interesting.

I find the Great Northern and
Metropolitan sewage system interesting,

but that doesn't mean that
I want to put on some rubber gloves

and pull things out of it
with a pair of tweezers.

Still, I tell you what, Sir,

you might have a chance to get to know

that pretty nurse.

No, thank you, Baldrick.

She's as wet as a fish's wet bits.

I'd rather get to know you.

I'm not available, Sir.

I'm waiting for Miss Right to come along

and gather me up in her arms.

Yes, I wouldn't be too hopeful.

We'd have to get her arms out
of a straitjacket first.

Now get packing!

So very interesting!

Please do continue, old bean.

Right, then I go on to say,

The orders came through
for us to advance


at hours
in a pincer movement.


Gosh, how exciting!

Yes, well, hmm...

Afternoon, George.

Ah, hello, Cap!

Ah, Captain.

I hope you're going to conduct yourself
with a little more decorum this time.

No, I am going to conduct myself
with "no" decorum.

Shove off!

Oh!

Ah, "jawohl, Herr Kapitän"

So, Cap, what's going on?

Well, there's a German spy
in the hospital,

and it's my job to find him.

A Ger... ?

Well, snakes alive!

Exciting stuff, eh?

Wait a minute!

I think I might have a plan already.

What is it?

Have a look through the list of patients

and see if there's anyone here

whose name begins with "Von."

Well, it's almost bound to be your bloke!

I think we may find that
he's using a false name.

Oh, crikey.

Well, that's hardly fair, now, is it?

I, too, have a cunning plan
to catch the spy, Sir.

Do you, Baldrick, do you?

You go round the hostipal
and ask everyone,

Are you a German spy?

Yes, I must say, Baldrick,

I appreciate your involvement
on the creative side.

If it was me, I'd own up.

Of course you would.

But, sadly, the enemy have not added

to the German Army entrance form
the requirement,

Must have intellectual capacity
of a boiled potato.


- Now, Baldrick, see that man over there?
- Yeah.

I want you to stick to him like a limpet.

Make sure he doesn't leave the hospital.

Yes, Sir.

Hello, Darling.
What are you doing here?

b*llet in the foot.

Well, I can understand
people at the front

trying to sh**t themselves in the foot,

but when you're miles
behind the line...

I did not sh**t myself.

The General did it.

Finally got fed up with you, did he?

No, it was a mistake.

Oh, he was aiming for your head.

He wasn't aiming for anything.

Oh, so he was going
for between your legs, then.

Very funny, Blackadder.

You'll be laughing
on the other side of your face

if you don't find this spy.

Don't you worry, Darling.

I intend to start interviewing
suspects immediately.

This is completely ridiculous,
Blackadder!

You can't suspect me.
I've only just arrived.

The first rule
of counterespionage, Darling,

is to suspect everyone.

Believe me, I shall be asking myself

some pretty searching questions later.

Now, tell me, what is the color

of the Queen of England's favorite hat?

How the hell should I know?

I see.

Well, let me ask you another question.

What is the name
of the German head of state?

Well, Kaiser Wilhelm, obviously.

So, you're on first name terms
with the Kaiser, are you?

Well, what did you expect me to say?

Darling, Darling, shhh...

Cigarette?

Thank you.

All right you, stinking piece of crap!

I beg your pardon?

Shut your cakehole!

Tell me, von Darling,

what finally won you over, eh?

Was it the pumpernickel,

or was it the thought of hanging around

with big men in leather shorts?

I'll have you court-martialed
for this, Blackadder!

What, for obeying the general's orders?

That may be what you do in Munich,

or should I say Munchen?

But not here, Werner!

You're a filthy Hun spy, aren't you?

Baldrick, the cocker spaniel, please!

No! No! No!

Wait! No, look, I'm English!

I was born in Croydon!

I was educated at
lpplethorpe Primary School!

I've got a girlfriend called Doris!

I know the words to all three verses
of "God Save the King"!

- Four verses.
- Four verses!

I meant four verses!

Look, I'm as British as Queen Victoria!

So your father's German,
you're half-German,

and you married a German?

No! No!

Look, for God's sake,
I'm not a German spy!

Good. Thanks very much.

Send in the next man, would you?

What is all this noise about?

Don't you realize this is a hospital?

You'll regret this, Blackadder.

You'd better find the real spy

or I'll make it very hard for you.

Please, Darling, there are ladies present.

Well, well, Captain Blackadder,

this is an unexpected pleasure.

What?

Nice to have you back with us.

A spy-catcher, eh? Huh!

That silly kid George was right.

You are a bally hero.

Wait a minute.

I thought you liked George.

That's just my bedside manner.

What I call my "fluffy bunny act."

So you're not a drip after all.

Oh, no.

So, Mr. Spy-Catcher, how's it going?

Well, not much luck so far.

I think he might be as difficult to find

as a piece of hay in
a massive stack full of needles.

So you're going to be around
for quite a while, then.

Looks like it.

Good, because, uh...

it can get pretty lonely
'round here, you know.

God, it's nice to have
someone healthy to talk to!

- Cigarette?
- No, thank you.

I only smoke cigarettes
after making love.

So, back in England,
I'm a -a-day man.

A man should smoke.

It acts as an expectorant

and gives his voice a deep,
gravely, masculine tone.

God, I love nurses.

They're so disgustingly clinical!

Tell me, Captain Blackadder...

Edmund.


Edmund,

when this w*r is over, do you think

we might get to know
each other a little better?

Yes, why not?

When this madness is finished,

perhaps we could go cycling together,

take a trip down to
the Old Swan at Henley

and go for a walk in the woods.

Yes, or we could just do it
right now on the desk.

Yeah, okay.

Ah, Baldrick.

Have you seen Nurse Mary?
I need someone to post this letter.

She's in her office with the Captain, Sir.

Ah, poor girl,

tied to her desk, day and night.

Ah, Cap!

I hear you've been seeing
a lot of Nurse Mary.

Yes, almost all of her, in fact.

How is she, Sir?

Unbelievable!

What I really want to know is,

are you any closer to finding the spy?

Yes, I think I'm getting there, George.

Everything all right, Smith?

Oh, "ja", excellent, excellent.

Jolly good.

Smithy, you haven't seen

any suspicious characters
hanging around, have you,

who might be German spies?

Nein

Nine?!

Well, the Cap's got
his work cut out, then.

Tell me, Edmund,

do you have someone special in your life?

Well, yes, as a matter of fact, I do.

- Who?
- Me.

No, I mean someone
you love and cherish

and want to keep safe

from all the horror and the hurt.

Um... still me, really.

No, but back home, in England,

there must be someone waiting,

some sweetheart.

Oh, a girl. Nah.

I've always been a soldier,
married to the Army.

The Book of King's Regulations
is my mistress,

possibly with a Harrod's
lingerie catalogue

discreetly tucked between the pages.

And no casual girlfriends?

Skirt? Hah!

If only...

When I joined up,

we were still fighting colonial wars.

If you saw someone in a skirt,

you sh*t him and nicked his country.

What about you?
Have you got a man?

Some fine fellow in
an English country village?

A vicar, maybe?

Quiet, gentle, hung like a baboon.

There was a man I cared for a little.

Wonderful chap...

strong, athletic...

What happened to him?

He bought it.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't realize that
that was the arrangement.

Um, so what's it been?

Uh, nights and, let's say,
afternoons.

How much is...

I mean he d*ed.

Oh, I'm sorry.

He was test-driving one
of those new t*nk contraptions,

and the bloody thing blew up.

What a waste.

God, I hope they've scrapped the lot.

Ha! Fat chance.

They're going to use
of them next week at, oh...

Sorry, I mustn't talk about that.

You never know
who might be listening.

No, of course.

Oh, God, I miss him so much.

He was such a wonderful chap.

Clever too, I expect.

Brilliant.

Went to one of the great
universities, I suppose...

Oxford... Cambridge...

Hull...

Mmm.

But why are we making small talk

when we could be making big love?

Good point.

This could be our last chance.

My three weeks are up.

I'm going back to staff HQ tomorrow.

Look, why don't you come with me?

It could be fun.

We could have supper or something.

How about something first,
then supper?

Good idea!

Ah, hello, Blackadder.

Good morning, Sir.

Uh, may I introduce
Nurse Fletcher-Brown.

She's been very supportive
during my work at the hospital.

How do you do, young lady?

Do sit down.

So, any news
of the spy, Blackadder?

- Yes, Sir.
- Excellent.

The Germans seem
to know every move we make!

I had a letter from Jerry yesterday.

It said, "Isn't it about time

"you changed your shirts, Walrus-Face"?

So, do you have any ideas
who it might be, young lady?

Well, Sir, I'm only a humble nurse,

but I did at one point think it might be...

Captain Darling.

Well, bugger me with a fish fork!

Old Darling, a Jerry Morse-tapper?

What on earth made you suspect him?

Well, he poo-pooed the Captain here

and said that he'd never find the spy.

Is this true, Blackadder?

Did captain Darling poo-poo you?

Well, perhaps a little.

Damn it all, what more evidence
do you need?

The poo-pooing alone
is a court-martial offence!

I can assure you, Sir,

that the poo-pooing
was purely circumstantial.

Well, I hope so, Blackadder.

You know, if there's one thing

I've learned from being in the Army,

it's never ignore a poo-poo.

I knew a major, got poo-pooed...

made the mistake
of ignoring the poo-poo.

He poo-pooed it.

Fatal error, because
it turned out all along

that the soldier who pooh-pooed him

had been poo-pooing
a lot of other officers

who poo-pooed their poo-poos.

In the end, we had
to disband the regiment,

morale totally destroyed...

by poo-poo!

Yes, I think we may be

drifting slightly from the point here, Sir,

which is that, unfortunately,

and to my lasting regret,

Captain Darling is not the spy.

Oh? And then who the hell is?

Well, Sir, there is a man in the hospital

with a pronounced limp

and a very strong German accent.

It must be him... it's obvious.

Obvious, but wrong.

It's not him.

And why not?

Because, Sir, not even
the Germans would be

stupid enough to field a spy

with a strong German accent.

Well then, who is it?

Well, it's perfectly simple.

It's you.

Edmund!

Baldrick!

Explain yourself, Blackadder,

before I have you sh*t
for being rude to a lady.

Well, Sir, the first seeds
of suspicion were sown

When Lieutenant George unwittingly

revealed that she spoke German.

Do you deny,
Nurse Fletcher-Brown...

or should I say
Nurse Fleischer-Baum? ...

that you helped Lieutenant George

with the German words in his letters?

No, I did, but...

my suspicions were confirmed
when she probed me

expertly about t*nk movements.

Oh, Edmund, how could you,

after all we've been through?

And then the final, irrefutable proof.

Remember you mentioned
a clever boyfriend?

Yes.

I then leapt on
the opportunity to test you.

I asked if he'd been to
one of the great universities...

Oxford, Cambridge, or Hull.

You failed to spot

that only two of those
are great universities.

You swine!

That's right, Oxford's a complete dump!

Well, quite.

No true Englishwoman

could have fallen into that trap.

Oh, Edmund, I thought there was

something beautiful between us.

I thought you...

Ioved me.

Nah.

Take her away, Baldrick.

Raus! Raus!

Well, good work, Blackadder.

Now I'd better go
assemble a f*ring squad.

Watch out, Sir!

Darling, what on earth do
you think you're doing?

I'll tell you exactly
what I am doing, Sir.

I'm doing what Blackadder

should have done
three weeks ago, Sir.

This is the guilty man!

Darling, you're hysterical.

No, Sir!

No, I'm not, Sir!
I'll ask him outright, are you a spy?

Yes, I am a spy!

You see, Sir?!

Well, of course he's a spy, Darling...

A British spy!

This is Brigadier
Sir Bernard Proudfoot-Smith,

the finest spy in the British Army!

B-but he can't be, Sir,

He... he doesn't even sound British.

Unfortunately, I have been working

undercover in Germany
for so long that I have

picked up a teensy-weensy bit

of an accent.

This, Darling, is the man
who told us that there was

a German spy in the hospital
in the first place.

Ah.

Right, well,

that's that, then.

- Blackadder.
- Yes, Sir?

You are now head of Operation Winkle.

- Thank you, Sir.
- Darling.

Yes, Sir?

You are a complete arse.

Thank you, Sir.

Right, Bernard, let's go
and watch the f*ring squad.

Jawohl, mein General!

Sir, what the devil is going on?

I've just seen Nurse Mary

being led away to a f*ring squad!

Nurse Mary is the spy, George.

- What? Lmpossible!
- Afraid so.

Well, cover me with eggs and flour

and bake me for minutes.

Who'd have thought it, eh?

Nurse Mary,
a Bosche nose-poker-inner!

Oh well, lots of exciting stuff to put in

my next letter to my
Uncle Herman in Munich.

Sorry?

Those letters I've been
writing in hospital to my German uncle.

New information, Blackadder?

George.

Oh, yes, well, I know there's a w*r on,

but family is family

and old Uncle Hermie does so love

to be kept abreast of what's going on.

I even wrote and told him about

old Walrus-Face Melchett
and his smelly old shirts!

Would you like me to tell
this one to the General,

or would you enjoy that
very special moment?
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