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| You have a woman's link, my Lord! |
Lord Blackadder is disdainful of Sir Walter Raleigh's recent return, and attempts to upstage him by claiming to be preparing an expedition around the much-feared Cape of Good Hope. The captain who is purported to know the safe route is Redbeard Rum, played by Tom Baker.
Unfortunately, Redbeard is completely deranged and delightfully over-the-top. He claims that every part of Blackadder's body is a woman's, because it has not been exposed to hardships of maritime life. Exposure which sounds really exaggerated. This wears thin on Blackadder, leading to the captain's disdain until our protagonist insults him.
While we're following a more dashing and intelligent Blackadder in this series, it's kind of funny that he doesn't really have a witty retort to being called "a lapdog to the slip of a girl".
Other than "Better a lapdog to the slip of a girl than a...git."
However, this works, and Redbeard takes the job as captain. Following another ridiculous story about having a woman's legs, Blackadder tempts fate and calls out Redbeard's claim...only for one of the funniest payoffs which I'll leave the attached link to show.
While Tom Baker has said this may not be his favourite role, he provides most of the comedic gold in the episode from his ridiculous stories to the later reveal that his sailing expertise is not even minimal.
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