in the first episode, "captain cook", he claims to be the first baldrick in the entire family tree to have a brilliant plan (becoming cooks for hq to escape the trenches), giving a speech saying, "permission to write home immediately sir! this is the first brilliant plan a baldrick's ever had. for centuries we've tried, and they've always turned out total pig swill! my mum will be pleased as punch." this mood was however, slightly dampened when blackadder pointed out the minor flaw: baldrick is "the worst cook in the entire world". he also hates hospitals because his grandfather went into one and when he came out, he was dead. blackadder then points out that he was also dead when he went in, because he'd been run over by a traction engine.