Black-Adder II

Six episodes of nigh-perfect British comedy. Hugely enjoyable and imminently rewatchable.

The best series of Black-Adder, hands down. Fry and Laurie are hilarious, and upgrading Black Adder from being a bumbling idiot to being a devilish sarcastic genius who is constantly undone by his moronic accomplices was a stroke of brilliance. Right up there as some of the best material ever produced for British TV.

One of the best comedy series ever made

My favorite Edmund performance.

Probably the funniest of the four Black Adders. It strikes good balance between the leads sleaziness and his cleverness.

Vast improvement on the first. Atkinson has fully adopted the weaselly, intelligent persona of Blackadder that works so well against the foil of Baldrick. This is what he should be remembered for, not Mr. Bean and Johnny English.

Brimming with wit and improving and expanding upon its characters, the second Blackadder series is the first in the trifecta of absolutely definitive, highly rewatchable TV entertainment rounded off by "Black Adder the Third" and "Blackadder Goes Forth". The actors are stellar and their interplay majestic; all episodes are consistently funny and the Elizabethan setting amusing; the dialogues are extremely quotable and Blackadder's newfound acidic sarcasm in particular simply delicious.

My favourite of the BlackAdder series, simply because this is my favourite incarnation of Blackadder. Loads of great characters and brilliantly written. The best thing Curtis and Atkinson have ever done by a mile. "Bells" is an almost perfect sitcom episode.

Clasic

The jokes didn’t land; they’re mostly dry and mean spirited. lol Sounds great, right? But the characters were too unlikeable.