What was your favorite season of Blackadder?

[Drathnoxis]

Blackadder II has always been my favorite. I think it has the best cast and best time period. In Blackadder 1, Edmund is kind of dumb and silly and the show has a lot of bits that fall flat. Blackadder the Third, the prince is just too dumb, and Baldric is a little dumb for my taste too. I haven't rewatched the fourth season yet, but I remember not liking it as much as the second either.

I think the second has the perfect mix of wit and sillyness. Baldric isn't as smart as he was at first, but still has his moments. Lord Melchett, is a fun little rivalish character. The queen is psychotic, which is fun. And everybody just looks really good with a beard.

Worst part of the show is that season 2 is only 6 episodes long.

 

[Hawki]

It's been ages since I saw anything of Blackadder. Saw some of season 4 (and enjoyed it), and some of season 1 or 2, and...that's it. So I guess season 4?

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

I find myself torn between Blackadder II and Blackadder Goes Forth, since they're both rather brilliant for different reasons. I like BlackAdder the Third well enough - the Dictionary episode with Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Johnson is a hoot, as is the the episode with the Scarlet Pimpernel - but between Atkinson being at his cunning and devious best in II and the dark comedy that evolves into straight tragedy in Goes Forth it can seem a little lacking.

On the whole I'll give the overall enjoyment gong to Blackadder II, but in terms of finales, "Goodbyeeee" from Goes Forth is the best.

 

[the December King]

This is a great topic with a simple answer from me: All. All of the Blackadder is best Blackadder.

Season 4 did have some serious gravitas.

Also the Blackadder Kweezmus Special is brilliant too.

 

[dscross]

How random that this topic came up. The 3rd series has the best episodes in my opinion. My favourite episode is The Dictionary episode. The worst seires is 1 by far - Ben Elton didn't write those and it shows. The other series are good.

I'd rank them... 3 > 4 > 2 > 1

 

[Drathnoxis]

Rewatching 4 now, and it is really is a great season pretty close to being tied with 2 in my opinion. I never really enjoyed Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy, be he makes a great comeback as Captain Darling. On the other hand Melchett is far stupider than he was in 2, and is a bit more tedious to watch. Baldrick is about the same as he was in 3. George is about the same as in 3 but is slightly more tolerable as a lieutenant than prince.

But overall once again I am shocked and disappointed this show only got 4 seasons with a piddly 6 episodes each. It really is a travesty, but I guess it's better to end on a high note rather than drag it out until everybody is sick of the show.

My ranking would probably go 2>4>1>3. I just really didn't enjoy 3 all that much.

 

[Squilookle]

It's a British show- 6 episodes is par for the course. That's why the writing is generally such great quality, they are forced to distill it into a half-dozen excellent episodes, rather than dilute all the good stuff out among 13 episodes of mediocrity

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Series 3. I like the time period, Hugh Laurie as George is great, Mrs Miggins, I remember far more episodes and lines of it.

2 was good, but I found Queenie a bit of an irritating character although Miranda Richardson did it well. It also feels a bit dated and looks unbelievably cheap, which it was given the BBC budgets at the time.

4 was a good series but I can't really remember episodes very well, just the odd scene. I think the setting put a bit of a downer on it for me.

1...eeesh,

 

[Batou667]

All of them except 1. 1 has its moments but also has some absolutely diabolical writing.

It's mostly an absolute crime that there weren't more - series or episodes, I'd have happily had more of either. The Comic Relief specials just didn't have the same appeal.

 

[Tiger King]

I showed my American girlfriend the blackadder show. the first world war series she loved and understood . for the rest I can't say

 

[Agema]

I'd rate them 2-3-4-1. I don't know anyone who'd rank the first season other than the worst, but it's pretty tight between the first three.

I actually think perhaps 3 and 4 are possibly more sophisticated than 2, but I have nostalgia for Blackadder the Second as the first I saw.