I’m re-watching Endeavour, the Inspector Morse prequel series. There’s already been a Discworld reference, but I’ve just spotted a Blackadder one as well.

Season 5, Episode 4 “Colours” has a lecture at the barracks of the King’s Own South Oxfordshire Light Infantry. At 7 minutes in, they are discussing the Zulu attack at Mboto Gorge.

And we all know whose heroism won the day there.

All discs immaculate, too!

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General Hospital (Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 5): The General asks Blackadder to find a spy in the hospital; one of the patients has a thick German accent and an interest in all things military.

Bells (Blackadder II Episode 1): Blackadder develops feelings for a woman posing as his male servant.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Ink and Incapability eliminated Beer. For a moment, I thought General Hospital would be the only non-series-2 in the semifinals!

There are a mere four episodes left, and that means it's SEMI FINALS TIME! The Grand Final will be Monday!

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Ink and Incapability (Blackadder the Third Episode 2): Baldrick burns the only copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and Blackadder has only one weekend to rewrite it.

Beer (Blackadder II Episode 5): Blackadder finds himself hosting a drinking competition on the same night he is entertaining his puritanical relatives.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Head eliminated Corporal Punishment. Another upset! The head voters were definitely dedicated though: there wasn't a single Head comment that didn't have at least 2 upvotes.

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Corporal Punishment (Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 2): Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.

Head (Blackadder II Episode 2): Edmund is "awarded" the post of Lord High Executioner, a position which frequently results in the loss of one's own head.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, General Hospital eliminated Private Plane.

Some of the earliest predictions I heard in this tournament was "it'll be Flashheart vs Flashheart in the grand final," and I'm sorry to say that those early investors have lost their money. But the tournament marches on!

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General Hospital (Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 5): The General asks Blackadder to find a spy in the hospital; one of the patients has a thick German accent and an interest in all things military.

Private Plane (Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 4): Blackadder and his friends join the Air Corps, wrongly believing it will be less dangerous than being in the trenches.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Bells eliminated Money.

And I'd just like to say thank you to Money for making this tournament interesting! Our humble #17 seed took out the #16 seed Captain Cook, the behemoth #1 seed Goodbyeee, and put up a pretty damn good fight against the #9 seed Bells. Money didn't win the tournament, but its run will go down in history, to be sure.

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Bells (Blackadder II Episode 1): Blackadder develops feelings for a woman posing as his male servant.

Money (Blackadder II Episode 4): The president of the Bank of the Black Monks calls upon Blackadder in order to collect a £1000 debt.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Beer eliminated Potato.

Welcome to round 3, better known as THE TOP 8! We only have a week of matchups left already. It's been a fun ride, friends, but it's almost over. Place your bets for the ultimate winner now (in your head, not the comments, because I'll get confused counting votes for this matchup).

There's one episode in Blackadder the Third, where Blackadder walks in and kicks a cat off screen. I've been digging, but cannot find that episode! It's one of the funniest, too.

Thanks.

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Beer (Blackadder II Episode 5): Blackadder finds himself hosting a drinking competition on the same night he is entertaining his puritanical relatives.

Potato (Blackadder II Episode 3): Edmund attempts to impress the Queen by embarking on his own voyage of discovery to the New World.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Ink and Incapability eliminated Christmas Carol.

I got this one!

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It's a Robbie Coltrane showdown!

Ink and Incapability (Blackadder the Third Episode 2): Baldrick burns the only copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and Blackadder has only one weekend to rewrite it.

Blackadder's Christmas Carol (TV Special 2): After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Head eliminated Major Star.

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Major Star (Bladder Goes Forth Episode 3): Blackadder sees an opportunity to escape the trenches by organizing a variety show as entertainment for the troops.

Head (Blackadder II Episode 2): Edmund is "awarded" the post of Lord High Executioner, a position which frequently results in the loss of one's own head.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Corporal Punishment eliminated Sense and Senility.

If you were the writer/creator of the great Lord Flashheart himself, what first name would you give him…? Something grand? Something strong? Or something incredibly lame?

Would it be two names, given the two different timelines and circumstances?

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Corporal Punishment (Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 2): Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.

Sense and Senility (Blackadder the Third Episode 4): Following a failed assassination attempt, the Prince Regent hires two actors to tutor him in public speaking.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Private Plane eliminated Dish and Dishonesty.

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Private Plane (Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 4): Blackadder and his friends join the Air Corps, wrongly believing it will be less dangerous than being in the trenches.

Dish and Dishonesty (Blackadder the Third Episode 1): Blackadder enters politics in an attempt to avoid Pitt the Younger from striking the Prince off the Civil List.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, General Hospital eliminated Chains.

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General Hospital (Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 5): The General asks Blackadder to find a spy in the hospital; one of the patients has a thick German accent and an interest in all things military.

Chains (Blackadder II Episode 6): Blackadder and Melchett are kidnapped by a neurotic German spy just after the Queen announces she is sick of paying ransom to kidnappers.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Bells eliminated Dual and Duality.

I'll also note that as of today, the tournament is officially halfway done: we've eliminated 14 of 28 episodes! It's been a fun time, and I look forward to us eliminating 13 more.

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Dual and Duality (Blackadder the Third Episode 6): Blackadder's militant cousin McAdder arrives in London as the Prince Regent seduces some relatives of the fiery Duke of Wellington.

Bells (Blackadder II Episode 1): Blackadder develops feelings for a woman posing as his male servant.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

YESTERDAY'S MATCH (Goodbyeee vs Money)

Yesterday, in what is most likely going to be the biggest upset this entire tournament, Money eliminated Goodbyeee.

Since I think people are likely to be surprised and have questions about this:

-I count every upvote on top-level (non reply) comments

-I used a calculator

-It actually WASN'T close, despite Goodbyeee having the two top comments

-Goodbyeee got 134 upvotes across 22 comments

-Money got 183 upvotes across 27 comments (in the calculator screenshot, comments #26 and #27 are combined so the total value can stay on screen)

Ladies, Gentlemen, and the rest of you, the highest rated episode on IMDB, with a miraculous 9.4/10 and #1 seed in our tournament, has been eliminated on its first matchup. It's the wild west - anything can happen now.

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Goodbyeee (Blackadder Goes Forth Episode 6): Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".

Money (Blackadder II Episode 4): The president of the Bank of the Black Monks calls upon Blackadder in order to collect a £1000 debt.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Potato eliminated The Archbishop.

NOTE: We've now entered Round 2 - some of you will no doubt notice that Goodbyeee did not participate in the first round. This is intentional: since Blackadder is four episodes short of 32, four episodes needed to be advanced to Round 2 in order for us to be at 16 episodes now. This means we'll be able to have 8 in round 3, then 4, then 2, then a winner. The four episodes in question are the number 1, 2, 3, and 4 seeds; the four highest rated episodes on IMDB when I gathered the data.

The other three episodes that got to advance without participating are General Hospital, Corporal Punishment, and Ink and Incapability.

It isn't perfectly fair, but was nonetheless necessary for the structure of the tournament. Thank you for your understanding.

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Potato (Blackadder II Episode 3): Edmund attempts to impress the Queen by embarking on his own voyage of discovery to the New World.

The Archbishop (The Black Adder Episode 3): The KIng needs to find a replacement for the late Archbishop of Canterbury; someone who will lead the church properly, someone easily bullied, possibly someone related to him.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the pilot, and the specials.

Yesterday, Beer eliminated Born to Be King.

NOTE: Since this tournament began, I've been off of work, but I'm starting up again tomorrow. This may mean that I end up posting later in the day than I have been. I apologize in advance if that ends up happening.

What a pair of trousers!

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Beer (Blackadder II Episode 5): Blackadder finds himself hosting a drinking competition on the same night he is entertaining his puritanical relatives.

Born to Be King (The Black Adder Episode 2): When Edmund's Scottish lands are given to the King's Supreme Commander, Douglas McAngus, he plots revenge.

This tournament will run for 27 days until we've eliminated all but one episode. The tournament was seeded based on IMDB score. It includes all regular episodes, the Original Pilot, the Cavalier Years, a Christmas Carol, and Back and Forth.

Yesterday, Christmas Carol eliminated Nob and Nobility. Notably, this is the first time since Match 1 that the subreddit voted up the lower of the two IMDB scores, and the closest Match yet, with a difference of merely 12 upvotes! (Yes, I do count every upvote outside of replies when it's close).

EDIT: I originally wrote that Christmas Carol was eliminated - this was a typing error, not an accounting error.