Gascoigne's fabulously wealthy - not to mention insufferably rude and pompous - father is at St.Swithins, being treated for a head injury. He manages to make everyone around him miserable, including Loftus, with whom his wife had once had an affair.
He refers to James somewhat disparagingly as 'Florence'. Stuart-Clark tries fleecing the old man with a gambling scam, but he does not fall for it. Whenever Mr.Gascoigne upsets anyone, he insists its 'for your own good'.
A brief return to writing duties for Graham Chapman, working in collaboration with the then-unknown Douglas Adams. Don't expect any Hitch-Hiker-style humour here, however; its an enjoyable if standard episode, based on the old 'problematic patient' cliché, used countless times in the series before. Derek Francis is delightful as the bombastic Gervaise Gascoigne.
Funniest moment - the look on Dick's face as the old devil turns the tables on his betting scam!
He refers to James somewhat disparagingly as 'Florence'. Stuart-Clark tries fleecing the old man with a gambling scam, but he does not fall for it. Whenever Mr.Gascoigne upsets anyone, he insists its 'for your own good'.
A brief return to writing duties for Graham Chapman, working in collaboration with the then-unknown Douglas Adams. Don't expect any Hitch-Hiker-style humour here, however; its an enjoyable if standard episode, based on the old 'problematic patient' cliché, used countless times in the series before. Derek Francis is delightful as the bombastic Gervaise Gascoigne.
Funniest moment - the look on Dick's face as the old devil turns the tables on his betting scam!