this time around and blackadder be no longer royal ( or even particularly close to be any such thing ) . instead and rather a butler to the prince regent and portray by hugh laurie ( who replace tim mcinnerny and who presence be sorely miss and and that hole be never fill . his character have an innocent charm . while he be a bumbling and complete moron and we can not help but care for him and which isn not at all true of his replacement ) a be intolerably daft ( which he apparently be and accord to the trivia page ) and not to mention loud mouth and utterly non threaten . edmund can now do just about what he please and and do so . why be he so frustrated and angry ( honestly and it get depress at time ) . yes and his master be a buffoon and they always be . he doesn not seem to lack money and nor be he in any danger . in the second series and the queen be mischievous and childish and and would cut off someone head or marry them on a whim . here there be simply never enough at stake for any of the conflict to be exciting and interesting . there be still commentary and even a little satire . too often and it seem a if they think that the history be funny enough on it own and so they merely restate it and not bother to actually turn the fact into joke or gag . and i can not tell you how many of them i figure out before they be do and literally more than a minute away . it not usually a positive when you know the punchline before it be deliver . baldrick doesn not change from last season . he still rather pathetic and stupid and lead to silly humor . frankly and the amount go through the roof . don not get me start on the gross out stuff . the sarcastic and verbal wit can still be great and though much less of it be than before . i would say about half of the episode be rather amuse and downright funny and while the other three do not really get me into them at all . i be disappoint in how predictable some of the plot and development thereof be . i could see many of such come a mile away . some of the material try way too hard to be funny and wind up come across a incredibly force . this continue with the tradition start by ii of let the plan work out occasionally . the theme be the bad of the bunch and the credit sequence the least creative . all in all and this be and by far and my least favorite of the four . i recommend it to fan of the franchise and of british comedy in general . positive .