 Melchett even offers George a way out of the trenches for the "final push", which he refuses, much to Blackadder's incredulity.Although George is shown to have benefited from his background of privilege, he still remains a generally kind and hopeful individual, and shortly before the big push at the end of the final episode George finally expresses some genuine fear and sadness that he may indeed die.In the 1989 sketch Shakespeare Sketch Laurie portrays a very George-like William Shakespeare.