Blackadder's been mismanaging his finances, he's borrowed money from The Bank of the Black Monks, and now the debt is being called in, by the Bishop of Bath and Welles, a terrifying individual, the only person to strike fear into Edmund's heart. The banks motto is Repayment or Revenge, the debt is £1000, a cunning plan is needed to stop a terrible fate with a red hot poker, but the queen's constant games scupper his plans. To help, Percy attempts to create gold, Baldrick becomes a prostitute, but doom seems imminent.
I love the scene of the wild man talking to Blackadder at the grave site, the humour is utterly surreal but wonderful.
Fun performance from Ronald Lacey, a prolific and much missed actor, he made the Bishop of Bath and Welles a very memorable character. A shame he died so young.
It isn't my favourite episode of all time, but it's still hugely funny, it's nice to see Edmund taken down a peg or two by someone other then the Queen. 8/10