General Hospital (Blackadder) General Hospital (Blackadder) "General Hospital", or "Plan E: General Hospital", is the fifth episode of "Blackadder Goes Forth", the fourth series of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder". The episode opens with George and Baldrick playing "I spy", to Blackadder's great annoyance and boredom. However, the game is interrupted when a bomb lands on their trench, injuring George and sending him to the field hospital. There he meets the sweet-natured Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown (Miranda Richardson), who helps George write letters to his relatives. Blackadder is ordered to General Melchett's HQ. There, Melchett and Captain Darling explain that there is a German spy
The captain goes down with the ship on board a few minutes later. After a major scandal at Baylor University, the university fired President Kenneth Starr and appointed him chancellor. A week later, Starr resigned as chancellor and "willingly accepted responsibility" for the actions of Baylor that "clearly fell short." He stated that his resignation for the scandal was "a matter of conscience," and said, "The captain goes down with the ship." He indicated that his resignation was necessary even though he "didn't know what was happening." The captain goes down with the ship "The captain goes down with the ship" is an idiom and maritime tradition