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  • Sharpe finds General Simmerson tied to the sun in the fort.
    From Sharpe's Peril: On their way home to England, Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper reluctantly agree to escort Marie-Angelique Bonnet to the hill fort of Kalimgong, where her fiancé, Major Joubert is stationed. They encounter a baggage train heading to Madras, made up of soldiers from the King's and the East India Company's armies, commanded by the young Ensign Beauclere, engineer Major Tredinnick, and Subedar Pillai.
    Arriving at Kalimgong, Sharpe and Harper find the entire garrison killed, with the exception of the fort's commander, General Sir Henry Simmerson, Sharpe's old enemy. Strung up naked in the courtyard, Simmerson's mind is addled with the heat and he seems to only speak nonsense, such as "save the harvest." Major Joubert is not among the dead, to Marie-Angelique's relief, but neither are the Company ledgers that reveal what has been stolen from the fort. The Subedar dies.
    Continuing on, the train finds a farming village destroyed by bandits, the entire harvest stolen, and everyone dead but a young girl who witnessed the attack. Between what the girl saw and Simmerson's addled ramblings, Sharpe realises that not only were these people growing opium for the Company, but Colonel Count Dragomirov and Major Joubert were responsible for the slaughter in the village and at Kalimgong, using bandits as scapegoats.
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  • @dhunter1133
    @dhunter1133 2 роки тому +362

    Wellington: "You have three choices: you can hide in England, be a hero in Spain, or sunbathe in India. I will help you get a tan."

    • @DogSerious
      @DogSerious 6 місяців тому +4

      And a tur'ban.

  • @darrenerrington8105
    @darrenerrington8105 3 роки тому +2400

    On first engaging the blistering sun, I lay in it with no sun factor on, that's my style sir!

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 3 роки тому +114

      *Deep, cold, barely repressed rage stare*

    • @bertfrantic
      @bertfrantic 3 роки тому +18

      Very good !

    • @fredgodling5914
      @fredgodling5914 3 роки тому +304

      Wellington: "I have here a report from the sun that somewhat differs from your account Sir Henry".
      Sir Henry: "With all due respect, the sun is merely a ball of fire".
      Wellington: "The suns coat buttons up over a number of duties".

    • @MrJohnycomelately21
      @MrJohnycomelately21 3 роки тому +158

      The fault was not mine sir! Major Sunhat must answer n

    • @ViscountSandwich
      @ViscountSandwich 3 роки тому +185

      MAJOR SUNHAT ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE!

  • @Jeffko78
    @Jeffko78 3 роки тому +1910

    - "This is a report from Major Sunshine which differs somewhat from your account, Sir Henry."
    - "Major Sunshine is merely a main-sequence star, sir."
    - "Major Sunshine’s coat buttons up tight over a number of other duties, Sir Henry. Major Sunshine reports a number of losses, Sir Henry. He says you first lost your head, when instead of putting on a sunhat, you went without it. He says you then lost your nerve and ran from a small Sunglass Hut. He says you lost your towel, your bathing suit and two bottles of water. He says you then lost your sense of honour and destroyed the beach cabana, cutting off shade for a beach party led by Lieutenant Sharpe. Major Sunshine leaves the worst to the last... He says you lost the King’s Suncream.

    • @WNShadow814
      @WNShadow814 3 роки тому +387

      That fault was not mine sir, major cloud cover must answer......

    • @Jeffko78
      @Jeffko78 3 роки тому +373

      @@WNShadow814 MAJOR CLOUD COVER ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE, AS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD ANY SENSE OF HONOUR!! You lost the Suncream of the King of England!

    • @WNShadow814
      @WNShadow814 3 роки тому +353

      @@Jeffko78 I have a cousin at climate control sir, and I have friends at the weather channel

    • @Jeffko78
      @Jeffko78 3 роки тому +333

      @@WNShadow814 He who loses the King’s Suncream, loses the King’s friendship. You have two choices, either peel in England or wear proper SPF in Spain. I shall help you to wear SPF.

    • @WNShadow814
      @WNShadow814 3 роки тому +89

      @@Jeffko78 now look here, you both dip into my sun loungers. Those loungers are now closed as long as Sharpe struts about sneering with his new tan!

  • @Daz555Daz
    @Daz555Daz 3 роки тому +1259

    Sharpe is so badass he even managed to keep Sean Bean alive.

    • @davidtuttle7556
      @davidtuttle7556 3 роки тому +54

      Playing Sharpe is the reason Bean now has to die in pretty much every movie hes been in since.

    • @dlmofva51
      @dlmofva51 2 роки тому +15

      Now that's soldiering !!

    • @scorpiongod101
      @scorpiongod101 2 роки тому +8

      His death in everything else helps maintain the illusion of sean beans mortality

    • @crazyrabbits
      @crazyrabbits 2 роки тому +4

      @@davidtuttle7556 - Which is doubly hilarious because he's supposed to die in the Silent Hill film series (his character, Harry, is explicitly said to be dead in the first film), and yet he somehow survives Revelation 3D.

    • @davidtuttle7556
      @davidtuttle7556 2 роки тому +1

      @@crazyrabbits Never viewed Silent Hill. I’ll have to check it out.

  • @jordanhicks5131
    @jordanhicks5131 3 роки тому +855

    General Simmerson became General Simmer-In-The-Sun

    • @seanchan7167
      @seanchan7167 3 роки тому +23

      GOD DAMMIT

    • @james87367
      @james87367 3 роки тому +9

      😂 He'll need a extra bleeding after that.

    • @EJ160E
      @EJ160E 3 роки тому +16

      now THAT'S soldiering!!!

    • @MrRugbylane
      @MrRugbylane 3 роки тому +6

      You are goin to Hell for that one 🙂

    • @GreedlingRush
      @GreedlingRush 3 роки тому +1

      kek

  • @HenriHerbert88
    @HenriHerbert88 3 роки тому +862

    You may say the ground is tied to me by rope. Is it a tie of rope to tie my tongue and deprive a sunburned man of water? No sir.

    • @michaelwhittaker5432
      @michaelwhittaker5432 3 роки тому +26

      Now thats funny !!! and rather slightly clever - good show

    • @pixsilvb9638
      @pixsilvb9638 3 роки тому +44

      The newly gazetted Captain Hindi Sun.

    • @modernsophist
      @modernsophist 3 роки тому +5

      👏👏👏👏👏

    • @munta1967
      @munta1967 3 роки тому +6

      brill comment :)

    • @EricWilke1141987
      @EricWilke1141987 3 роки тому +22

      THE SUN ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE AS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD ANY SENSE OF HONOUR!!

  • @dlxmarks
    @dlxmarks 2 роки тому +508

    Simmerson appears in only two novels and is mentioned in a third. Michael Cochrane turned him into such a fan favorite that he got to play him in five Sharpe productions.

    • @SuperSparrow45
      @SuperSparrow45 2 роки тому +137

      "Well sir, upon first sighting the new material, I inserted myself into it. That's my style sir!"

    • @DrTelf
      @DrTelf 2 роки тому +96

      "I have a cousin at HarperCollins Publishing, sir, and friends with the Cornwells"

    • @schubertuk
      @schubertuk 2 роки тому +18

      Everybody loves someone to hate in a good story, and Michael Cochrane ensured that Simmerson was every bit that person!

    • @handpaper6871
      @handpaper6871 2 роки тому +16

      @@schubertuk I think Bernard Cornwell is on record as regretting killing off Obadiah Hakeswill at the end of 'Sharpe's Enemy,' saying that a good antagonist is priceless.

    • @adunreathcooper
      @adunreathcooper 2 роки тому

      He's such a vicious, unprincipled arsehole lol

  • @TherealSBlair
    @TherealSBlair 3 роки тому +260

    "Sweetest name in all the world" I'm surprised Sharpe didn't fall down in hysterical laughter at that.

  • @Maulinator69
    @Maulinator69 3 роки тому +396

    I always liked the scene at the end of this film where Simmerson thanks Sharpe and wishes him well... and Richard can't believe what he's hearing 🤣

    • @elamplough1
      @elamplough1 3 роки тому +49

      When Simmerson offers his hand, the look on Sharpe's face is priceless. He was utterly lost for words.

    • @forlornhope7121
      @forlornhope7121 3 роки тому +38

      Loved that scene. Simmerson was so genuine too. Sharpe, well, he was speechless.

    • @dallassukerkin6878
      @dallassukerkin6878 3 роки тому +35

      Aye, a shock indeed. Even the vilest and weakest of men can on occasion rise to be decent.

    • @WackadoodleMalarkey
      @WackadoodleMalarkey 2 роки тому +8

      It's kind of the face Kong makes when godzilla uses his breath to supercharge the ancestral axe

    • @kettch777
      @kettch777 Рік тому +4

      In the books, Sir Henry, despite his earlier wicked ways, was a loyal ally of Sharpe from that point on, and eventually a friend.

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 3 роки тому +419

    And Simmerson thought the worst thing that, could happen to him was being beaten in a sword fight with an Irish priest. 😆

    • @MrBendylaw
      @MrBendylaw 2 роки тому +10

      In my personal head-canon, the Irish priest visited him just before Sharpe. "Just droppin' by to say a word, and glory in this beauty of a daybreak, eh Henry? Anything you want to say to our Lord the Redeemer"?

  • @talavera9515
    @talavera9515 3 роки тому +653

    "But he's MY stupid malicious bastard - and I say he lives.
    "
    That is not only soldiering, it's being the bigger man. I hope Sharpe doesn't come to regret it.

    • @richardmoore5347
      @richardmoore5347 3 роки тому +51

      What is the point in being the bigger man, if it so often leads to regret?
      How much evil could be prevented if Sharpe (or others in similar circumstances) got over their scrupples and just shot the bastard?

    • @talavera9515
      @talavera9515 3 роки тому +29

      @@richardmoore5347 That's a fair point and I tend to agree, but when all is done we have to live with ourselves. I'm missing the context here as I have not seen the full episode, but by this stage in his life Sharpe has had experience of a different world, one where he didn't have to be alert for kill-or-be-killed every single minute, and that perhaps allowed him to develop aspects of his personality which could not mature while on campaign.

    • @richardmoore5347
      @richardmoore5347 3 роки тому +27

      @@talavera9515 I would agree with the assessment of character maturity on the part of Sharpe (probably why he chose to not shoot him), but after what we have all seen of Simmerson (Sharpe included), he is the type of person who is arogant enough, and vindictive enough to try to ruin Sharpe for saving his life (shame, or some such reason).
      An enemy like that is dangerous to be left alive, and Sharpe most of all should realize that.

    • @talavera9515
      @talavera9515 3 роки тому +6

      @@richardmoore5347 I'm sure you're right, and I look forward to finding out what happens next. At the same time though, I've only just discovered this little community and these uploads, and I don't want it to end too soon!

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 3 роки тому +10

      @@talavera9515
      Appreciating our motley group and making a major event from the series a part of your screen name?
      That's soldiering.

  • @donaldcampbell3043
    @donaldcampbell3043 3 роки тому +137

    I actually liked the way things ended between Simmerson and Sharpe... it was actual growth on the part of the Simmerson character...

  • @OlrikMeister
    @OlrikMeister 3 роки тому +305

    Dammit all he needed was for someone to bleed him and he would be up and at em in no time.

    • @TheMicroTrak
      @TheMicroTrak 3 роки тому +6

      As a man of science, I would only bleed him if he exhibited Marthambles.

    • @digitalradiohacker
      @digitalradiohacker 3 роки тому +11

      Whilst your doctoring is not soldiering, it IS ripe. A lashing always brings on a spleen don't you find?
      Let him again dammit!

    • @storbokki371
      @storbokki371 3 роки тому +3

      @@TheMicroTrak Pretty sure everything under the sun was 'exhibited' already.

  • @skintrader100
    @skintrader100 2 роки тому +65

    "Sweetest name in all the world". Even being his enemy hearing his name gave him joy that he had been saved. Sharpe also had a familiar attachment to Simmerson and felt sorry for him. They were on the same side.

  • @runner1181
    @runner1181 3 роки тому +194

    "A good flogging will make Simmerson a better solder" - Simmerson

  • @Tapsomebong234
    @Tapsomebong234 3 роки тому +141

    Major Lennox won't be able to answer for this one.

    • @bartoszpinczewski3346
      @bartoszpinczewski3346 3 роки тому

      Hmmm its different but Mayor Lennox didnt die in Sharpe's Eagle?

    • @garvendreis1685
      @garvendreis1685 3 роки тому +4

      @@bartoszpinczewski3346 that's the joke my friend

    • @bartoszpinczewski3346
      @bartoszpinczewski3346 3 роки тому

      @@garvendreis1685 oh ok i understand

    • @edipires15
      @edipires15 3 роки тому +6

      @@bartoszpinczewski3346 yes because of Simmerson’s incompetence. When Simmerson said to Wellington that Lennox should answer for the lost of the King’s Colours , an enraged Wellington brilliant replied: “MAJOR LANNOX ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE, AS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD ANY SENSE OF HONOR!!!”

    • @bartoszpinczewski3346
      @bartoszpinczewski3346 3 роки тому

      @@edipires15 yeah I remember this scene

  • @Rapscallion2009
    @Rapscallion2009 2 роки тому +103

    Sharpe is right, too. Killing in battle is one thing, killing for your own satisfaction is another. You have to be able to live with yourself at the end of the day.

    • @richtheunstable3359
      @richtheunstable3359 10 місяців тому +1

      He did take a shot at the prince of orange.

    • @slygoose7740
      @slygoose7740 9 місяців тому +4

      @@richtheunstable3359 that was at battle, so its fine

  • @levilevis9032
    @levilevis9032 2 роки тому +57

    "With no more adversaries in sigh, I decided to challenge the sun to a staring competition, rudely interrupted by Mister Sharpe, sir."

  • @mywifesboyfriend5741
    @mywifesboyfriend5741 3 роки тому +435

    Sean Bean actually surviving through a show, now that's soldiering!

    • @benjaminosterloh3605
      @benjaminosterloh3605 3 роки тому +3

      A feat only repeated with the Silent Hill movies with Bean somehow surviving both. haha

    • @protoculturejunkie
      @protoculturejunkie 3 роки тому +1

      There was a second Silent Hill movie?

    • @benjaminosterloh3605
      @benjaminosterloh3605 3 роки тому +1

      @@protoculturejunkie ~ Silent Hill: Revelation was the title of the sequel. Came out in 2012, with Bean starring (and surviving!) along with Kit Harrington aka Jon Snow along for the ride.

    • @julianmhall
      @julianmhall 2 роки тому +2

      Now that's being the title character..

    • @peterclarke7240
      @peterclarke7240 2 роки тому

      An interesting open world game based on dark souls?
      That's Elden Ring!

  • @Rekaert
    @Rekaert 2 місяці тому +8

    I love how the comments section on every Sharpe vid you can find the following three types of comments.
    1: Variations on the "That's Soldiering!" line.
    2: Variations on the "That's my style, sir!" line.
    3: Observing that Sharpe is one of the precious few characters to survive being portrayed by Sean Bean.

    • @Puffngruff
      @Puffngruff Місяць тому +4

      Now, that's commenting! You have an observation and you post it. That's your style, sir.

  • @s208richard8
    @s208richard8 3 роки тому +71

    No clothes on your body, an equatorial sun that's high in the sky, and a firm platform to lie on ... that's sunbathing!

  • @robschannel4512
    @robschannel4512 3 роки тому +67

    Simmerson, that's what you get when you lose the Kings Colours.

  • @patrickturner6878
    @patrickturner6878 3 роки тому +66

    I love how after Simmerson takes a sip of water he says "Oh praise God! Sweet Jesus have mercy... meeeerrcyyyyy". A most detestable character indeed, but not without his redeeming qualities.

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper 2 роки тому

      It is only a tiny percent of the populace that is truly evil and beyond redemption, but only a small percent that ever get a chance at redemption under the right circumstances

    • @spasjt
      @spasjt 2 роки тому +6

      Rotting in the sun to die of dehydration for a few days tends to force one to realize your sins and regrets.

  • @elestromusicgamesfun1101
    @elestromusicgamesfun1101 3 роки тому +84

    Leaving a brit out in the sun like that is just cruel

    • @janpiet4740
      @janpiet4740 3 роки тому +2

      Wonder if Simerson has ever gone to Ibiza or Magaluf for that matter.

    • @ryans756
      @ryans756 2 роки тому +2

      You kidding? We do this to ourselves every summer. It's a national pastime.

    • @wz7285
      @wz7285 Рік тому +2

      Don't call them Lobsters for nothing!

    • @FormerGovernmentHuman
      @FormerGovernmentHuman 10 місяців тому

      @@ryans756You can see the sun in London?

    • @PrivateMcPrivate
      @PrivateMcPrivate 24 дні тому

      ​@@ryans756Lie. There is no sun in the UK.

  • @NothingHumanisAlientoMe
    @NothingHumanisAlientoMe 3 роки тому +234

    This somehow feels more healthy than binge watching Sopranos clips.

  • @ThroatSore
    @ThroatSore 3 роки тому +22

    Simmerson!
    If a hero is only as good as he nemesis then we k ow why this was such a great series. Bean and his men were super, and the villains were so well played.

  • @eddievhfan1984
    @eddievhfan1984 3 роки тому +88

    3:36 Actually a smart move, not unlike how one shouldn't plop a full Sunday roast in front of someone who's been emaciated for weeks. Overdo their replenishment, and they'll either barf it all back up from the sudden shock to the body, or trigger a heart attack/shock.

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper 2 роки тому

      or drown in the case of water

    • @sarahudson108
      @sarahudson108 2 роки тому +9

      Heard that's what's happened after WWII , when the concentration camps were liberated, some of the poor souls died because they were given to much food too quickly, at the time they didn't know you had to slowly build them back up again, so their bodies could cope .

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper 2 роки тому +7

      @@sarahudson108 thankfully, that didn't happen too much before word got around
      also, fortunately, some people did know about that before hand.

    • @dandavis8300
      @dandavis8300 Рік тому +1

      @@sarahudson108 --Yes. They saw they were starving so gave them K rations which they had a lot of. People started dropping dead of heart attacks. I was told this happened in Dachau by a relative who was there in the US army.

    • @johnroscoe2406
      @johnroscoe2406 Рік тому +1

      @@sarahudson108 No, at the time people did know that. Just the average GI didn't. Once the medics got wind what was happening they put a quick stop to it.

  • @RunningWithRoses
    @RunningWithRoses 3 роки тому +34

    probably the most underrated series of all time. FANTASTIC work

    • @ryans756
      @ryans756 2 роки тому +1

      It was very highly rated when first shown here in the UK.

    • @gameburn178
      @gameburn178 Рік тому

      It's the writing, including the attention to detail. The acting is good too. Just needed a much larger budget. It's in the small scenes --- in offices, in tents, between less than 5 actors that the show really shines.

  • @FLAMINGBABYHEAD
    @FLAMINGBABYHEAD 3 роки тому +37

    That look on their face when they walk into the fort like "Ohhhhhhhh.... we're gonna be burying bodies for a month."

  • @JohnSpringate
    @JohnSpringate 3 роки тому +230

    Not applying Factor 50. That's soldiering.

  • @konstantinosnikolakakis8125
    @konstantinosnikolakakis8125 3 роки тому +200

    What do you know, Simmerson just needed a vacation

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 3 роки тому +5

      Lol he looks just like I did after a whole day out on a catamaran where I forgot sunscreen

  • @joshthomas-moore2656
    @joshthomas-moore2656 3 роки тому +70

    Of all the hells and all the demons that follow Sharpe, Simmerson is the one that he can't get rid of.

    • @dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791
      @dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791 3 роки тому +5

      So true

    • @forlornhope7121
      @forlornhope7121 3 роки тому +2

      I feel like by then of the book, he'd found peace and justification . His last enemy settled, has money to live, a family and position, respect and friends earnt by sticking to his sense of honour.

    • @dwgale01
      @dwgale01 2 роки тому

      If you reverse the names, you have the same situation.

  • @jmc6687
    @jmc6687 3 роки тому +144

    Sean Bean did for period drama what Daniel Craig did for James Bond. Brilliant acting, gritty and raw and just damn good entertaining.

    • @joperhop
      @joperhop 3 роки тому +15

      Turn a great set of films into bland boring generic action films?

    • @TheAzureNightmare
      @TheAzureNightmare 2 роки тому +8

      Daniel Craig was so Simmerson's Lieutenant, a man by name of Berry.

    • @Xingmey
      @Xingmey 2 роки тому +7

      Daniel craig was one of the worst bonds....

    • @michaelkeha
      @michaelkeha 2 роки тому +7

      No Craig ruined Bond

    • @wlewisiii
      @wlewisiii 2 роки тому +5

      @@joperhop Saved a vile series from the trash and made them worth watching is more like it. best Bond of them all.

  • @kevinbaker6168
    @kevinbaker6168 2 роки тому +23

    Sharpe may have rose from the "rabble" of the enlisted, but he has always shown himself to be a man of duty, honor and bravery. The very things Henry Simmerson is totally lacking

  • @TheBrianp1
    @TheBrianp1 3 роки тому +198

    A pale white guy tied down in the Indian sun. Doesn't get even the slightest bit burned.
    That's WASPing.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 3 роки тому +7

      You get dross from dross! But no tan from the sun

    • @stevenkimdmd
      @stevenkimdmd 3 роки тому +1

      I call that genuine whitewashing...

    • @superslash7254
      @superslash7254 3 роки тому +1

      They do make it look like he's got blistering beginning around his eyes.

    • @cognitivedisability9864
      @cognitivedisability9864 3 роки тому

      Im pearly white, only time i got burned so bad i got blisters around my eyes was when skiing in the mountains for 8 hours straight in the sun and blistering multi-phased laser(sunlight) that reflects of the snow

    • @thundercat2000ca
      @thundercat2000ca 2 роки тому +1

      They most likely didn't have the budget for a more realistic effect.

  • @Lightingwarrior
    @Lightingwarrior 3 роки тому +47

    Sharpe showed more mercy than I would have for Simmerson

    • @georgebuller1914
      @georgebuller1914 2 роки тому

      Ha-Ha! Then - Sir - you hadn't read the script! ;-)

    • @Lightingwarrior
      @Lightingwarrior 2 роки тому

      @@georgebuller1914 And what was in that

    • @georgebuller1914
      @georgebuller1914 2 роки тому

      @@Lightingwarrior Good Lord Sir, are you a nincompoop? - 'Tis whatever occurred in this piece of theatre!

    • @Lightingwarrior
      @Lightingwarrior 2 роки тому

      @@georgebuller1914 not everything that is in a script appears smart ass as often enough stuff is taken out or removed from script when filming. Furthermore ur comment makes no sense since it doesn't change the point l made which was Sharpe showed more mercy to one of his most hated enemies than most people would and more than he deserved

    • @RealShrigmaMale
      @RealShrigmaMale Рік тому +2

      @@georgebuller1914 Are you having a stroke?

  • @internetperiodista
    @internetperiodista 3 роки тому +17

    Sharpe is for the British Army the same character that Hornblower is for Royal Navy...

  • @Southern_Crusader
    @Southern_Crusader 3 роки тому +40

    Achievement Earned:
    *What Would Jesus Do?*
    Seriously, I could count the amount of people who show that kind of mercy on a single hand.

    • @cudwieser3952
      @cudwieser3952 3 роки тому +4

      Achievement 2:
      Better the Devil you Know
      Who can you trust?

    • @Southern_Crusader
      @Southern_Crusader 3 роки тому +3

      @@cudwieser3952 That’s a good one... this is why I like this community.

    • @talavera9515
      @talavera9515 3 роки тому +3

      I'm always amazed when I see that interview where Bernard Cornwell says Sharpe is not an honourable man. He absolutely is.

    • @Southern_Crusader
      @Southern_Crusader 2 роки тому

      @Tala Vera95
      You know how many war crimes and traitorous acts. He’s dressed in enemy uniforms, acted like a medic, used chemical warfare, and stabbed others in the back. He does what he must to win no matter how dishonourable, nothing more than what’s needed but still dishonourable.

  • @the98themperoroftheholybri33
    @the98themperoroftheholybri33 3 роки тому +13

    I guess he lived up to his name,
    Left to simmer in the sun

  • @EmpireOfLuciferSatanson666
    @EmpireOfLuciferSatanson666 Рік тому +4

    Sir Henry Simmerson simmered in the sun 😂😂

  • @NewGuy2534
    @NewGuy2534 3 роки тому +26

    Not only did he lose the Kings’s Colors, but he couldn’t gain an once baking in the Indian sun.

  • @cameronschofield6440
    @cameronschofield6440 3 роки тому +140

    He's a stupid malicious bastard but he's my stupid malicious bastard.
    Even if he lost the king's colours.

    • @cudwieser3952
      @cudwieser3952 3 роки тому +3

      And his reds

    • @noldorwarrior7791
      @noldorwarrior7791 3 роки тому +13

      Sharpe may be a rogue but its Lord Wellington's rogue.

    • @JBGARINGAN
      @JBGARINGAN 3 роки тому +5

      And try to blame his incompetence on Lennox who answered with his life because he has no sense of honor! Also because he tried to rape that Spanish nun

    • @favre4ever39
      @favre4ever39 3 роки тому +8

      To be saved by the newly gazetted Captian Gibbons?

    • @jamesdonoughue4557
      @jamesdonoughue4557 3 роки тому +4

      Well he does have a cousin at horse guard

  • @HereticDuo
    @HereticDuo 3 роки тому +80

    Thats got to be the most savage thing Simmerson has ever done to Sharpe.
    After all he's put Sharpe through, he doesn't even remember him, thats like saying "you aren't even worth remembering" in the most profound way.

    • @Jacktherippa84
      @Jacktherippa84 3 роки тому +59

      No, simmerson can't remember sharpe because he has sunstroke.
      It's clear from the fact that he's raving mad and thinks he's probably dead or something.

    • @bakatzen6243
      @bakatzen6243 3 роки тому +30

      sun stroke and dehydration makes your brain function less

    • @thechosenone1533
      @thechosenone1533 2 роки тому +22

      @@bakatzen6243 Tbh Simmerson's brain always functioned less.

    • @realburglazofficial2613
      @realburglazofficial2613 2 роки тому +17

      Later on, Simmerson recovers enough to remember Sharpe and thanks him for saving his life. It’s quite a touching resolution to their story.

  • @thehuntsman7087
    @thehuntsman7087 3 роки тому +50

    the ending when simmerson and sharpe shake hands and call each other "Richard" and "Sir Henry" is one of my favorite scenes.... and when sharpe tells sir henry that the village leader is the prince regent! lol

    • @bartoszpinczewski3346
      @bartoszpinczewski3346 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah i remember it. Its sad but this Series will end soon:(

    • @bartoszpinczewski3346
      @bartoszpinczewski3346 3 роки тому

      @Movegas1 yeah. You have right

    • @thehuntsman7087
      @thehuntsman7087 3 роки тому

      @Movegas1 your probably right

    • @elamplough1
      @elamplough1 3 роки тому +3

      When Simmerson offers his hand to Sharpe I find the look on his face so funny. It's as if he doesn't know what to make of the situation!

  • @georgemorgan5906
    @georgemorgan5906 2 роки тому +5

    What a great series! Awesome actors! Outstanding crew!

  • @pissedoffturtle7333
    @pissedoffturtle7333 3 роки тому +15

    Simmerson was actually only there for about 5 minutes. He was just burned and driven mad because he's a Brit.

    • @pvtbuddie
      @pvtbuddie 4 місяці тому

      And yet they go out in the midday sun 😕.

  • @imfromtambunan
    @imfromtambunan 3 роки тому +12

    Saving your enemy? That's redeeming
    Being tied up naked in the scorching sun? That's Simmersoning

  • @slimfoliprojects4512
    @slimfoliprojects4512 Рік тому +7

    Piecing together all these bloody clips to make sense of an entire episode, now that’s soldiering!

    • @csch1510
      @csch1510 10 місяців тому

      That's A-clips-Ing

  • @adamsergeant9486
    @adamsergeant9486 3 роки тому +22

    Major Hogan reports a number of losses, Sir Henry. He says you first lost your head and instead of putting on your suncream, you discarded it. On sighting a small glint of sun, you removed your clothes before panicking and also removing your hat, effectively cutting off any chance of escaping without sunburn. He says you lost two boots, two stockings a tunic and your breeches. Major Hogan leaves the worst till last. You lost the sunglasses of the King of England.

    • @Shadowdoc26
      @Shadowdoc26 Рік тому +3

      The fault was not mine sir. Major umbrella must answer.

    • @schaferhundschmidt1798
      @schaferhundschmidt1798 Рік тому

      @@Shadowdoc26 Major Umbrella answered with the very fabric of his life, as you should have if you'd had any sense! You disgraced your self, Sir! I'm surprised you weren't found lying in a pool of your own excrement, Sir! You will answer!
      You will be demoted to Ensign. If I wipe your nose in it, I shall gain great delight. I shall appoint you to serve as Major Sharpe's Aide de Toilette. You will wipe and wash. Major Sharpe put up a good defense of the fort, I shall promote him to Col.

  • @mrwindsor9082
    @mrwindsor9082 9 місяців тому +4

    This is not a Sharpe canon story. Nevertheless it is my favorite Sharpe TV film. The decision to have Sharpe save Simmerson's life was pure genius. The cherry on the cake was to have Obidiah's son as a heroic character. Pure TV gold!

  • @paradox7358
    @paradox7358 3 роки тому +33

    I hope Simmerson was wearing his factor fifty?

  • @mysticdragonwolf89
    @mysticdragonwolf89 2 роки тому +52

    A near death experience can change a person - Simmerson nearly went mad and couldn’t comprehend his surroundings
    The fact he recovered enough to realize who had saved his life and even thanked Sharpe, shows a little redemption
    His actions of the past are unforgivable, but accepting it as much his as is ours - he is only human, we can not truly be flawless and that is what makes a great character
    Sharpe was not a perfect soldier or officer - he slept around with women, abandoned his daughter (if I’m incorrect, tell me it’s been a while), and more in occasion overstepped his bounds
    So is Simmerson. That’s why we hated him so much - we see his flaws
    Which is why when Simmerson apologizes to Sharpe and shakes his hand, it comes off as a surprise; but Simmerson wasn’t the only one who needed to change
    Sharpe needed to too, he nearly beat Haikswel’s son to death, solely because he was related to an old enemy who killed his wife - the son carried the sins of the father - even though he wasn’t the one who killed Sharpe’s wife
    Sharpe needed to forgive too

    • @ADobbin1
      @ADobbin1 2 роки тому +5

      He didn't abandon his daughter. He left her with teresa's family in spain. The family was well off and could provide a far better life that a simple soldier could.

    • @theradgegadgie6352
      @theradgegadgie6352 Рік тому

      Yeah, the Moreno family was upper middle-class at least. Sharpe made the best arrangements he could for her, given the limitations of the age.

  • @mr.pavone9719
    @mr.pavone9719 3 роки тому +9

    That foreign legion fort was one of my favorite places in FarCry 2.

  • @mervynstroulger
    @mervynstroulger 3 роки тому +37

    Forgetting the final vowel in a main character's name. Now that's misspelling.

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher 3 роки тому +13

    Laying out naked during the day?
    That's sunbathing.

  • @abnunga
    @abnunga 3 роки тому +3

    The last line with auto-generated captions is hilarious.

  • @MegaZeta
    @MegaZeta 18 днів тому +1

    Unfair of Sharpe to call out _Sharpe_ for the lack of extras on the wall

  • @marcbeck7830
    @marcbeck7830 3 роки тому +2

    Simmering in the hot summer sun with no sunscreen on, now that's simmersonning!

  • @lloydthomas2896
    @lloydthomas2896 3 роки тому +22

    Hasn’t been staked out long during the daylight or he’d be burnt red.

    • @talavera9515
      @talavera9515 3 роки тому +2

      Good point. Either the perpetrators are not far away or the budget wouldn't run to a bit of red makeup. Though once he's in the Infirmary they do show his face as being sunburnt.

    • @jdavison8551
      @jdavison8551 3 роки тому

      Looks more like a weekend by the pool in Benidorm!

  • @SCHRUBBE1966
    @SCHRUBBE1966 2 місяці тому +1

    You can’t but help love Simmerson. He turned out ok after getting seriously sunburned

  • @garysergeant9086
    @garysergeant9086 3 роки тому +5

    Loved this series

  • @michaelgove9349
    @michaelgove9349 5 місяців тому +2

    Lying out in the baking heat all day, disdaining the use of sun cream. Now that's smouldering. 👍

  • @alcohol-freebeer3642
    @alcohol-freebeer3642 Рік тому +14

    The question of how the fort fell was answered seconds after the discovery of who was in command.

  • @minerat27
    @minerat27 3 роки тому +20

    Honestly, how much difference does placing the men I skirmish order make when there's only 3 of them?

    • @laszlokaestner5766
      @laszlokaestner5766 3 роки тому +4

      And the Colour Sargent is carrying his rifle at the end of his arm in no way ready to fire it.

  • @maxbrazil3712
    @maxbrazil3712 2 роки тому

    Simmerson was such a delightfully slimy creep you couldn't help but love the actor that played him.

  • @generaladvance5812
    @generaladvance5812 3 роки тому +8

    Sharpes a good man really. Id have just run Simmerson through and be done with it. Im not a good man.

  • @ArshadHussain-cp4vc
    @ArshadHussain-cp4vc Рік тому +1

    Which episode is this?

  • @jamesmcquillan3725
    @jamesmcquillan3725 3 роки тому +2

    Tied down getting heat stroke, now that's soldiering!

  • @kensmith8152
    @kensmith8152 3 роки тому +9

    Well that put the simmer in Simmerson

  • @stevenc123
    @stevenc123 Рік тому +2

    At least he was trying to get a bit of colour in the sun instead of losing them for a change.

  • @jean-louislalonde6070
    @jean-louislalonde6070 7 місяців тому +1

    Simmerson: ''After losing the King's colours, I tried to get some on myself".

  • @Tiresias55
    @Tiresias55 2 роки тому +1

    b4:09 "Sweetest name in all the world." I know he's raving, but still points to him for having humility when begging for mercy. I'd have spared him.

  • @christinebabygirl9174
    @christinebabygirl9174 3 роки тому +3

    I love Sharpe 💕

  • @Orangefan77
    @Orangefan77 3 роки тому +7

    Imagine spelling "Sharpe" wrong in both the video title and the description, when it's the channel name and the subject. Such a Simmerson thing to do.

    • @johnroscoe2406
      @johnroscoe2406 Рік тому

      Did I seriously just randomly stumble upon one of my fav WT content creators while scrolling through the comments of Sharpe clips?!

    • @Orangefan77
      @Orangefan77 Рік тому +1

      @johnroscoe2406 Now *that's* Youtubing!

  • @robertwaid3579
    @robertwaid3579 2 роки тому

    That's another Small but Tantalizing Tidbit too the Acclaimed Series, I've Heard spoke of & then the Little bits you Give to us on UTube.
    Really I should like too View the Whole Series if that were possible.
    Thank You for Graciously Sharing Though. May God Bless Thy.

  • @WillCarter1976
    @WillCarter1976 2 роки тому +7

    "You had the bridge blown, and Major Lennox was shot in the back as you ran away. A hero at a thousand paces."
    "I'm sorry. I don't remember any of it."
    "You don't remember?"
    "For you, the day Simmerson visited your 95th rifles was the most important of your life, but for me it was Tuesday."

  • @JM-dy4ty
    @JM-dy4ty 3 роки тому +10

    I must say the East India company in the show had some very nice uniforms particularly the shakos

    • @binghampton3425
      @binghampton3425 3 роки тому +1

      Those are the belgic shakos, they were first used in 1812 and at Waterloo.

  • @christopherrobinson972
    @christopherrobinson972 3 роки тому +3

    Bloodless death, that’s clean soldiering

  • @henrygaervell3251
    @henrygaervell3251 3 роки тому +13

    The Soldier at 2:26, wasn't he in the first episode of Sharpe as a Seargent in the 95th? He was sleeping outside the farmhouse before Sharpe first meets the chosen men

  • @stephenclues2948
    @stephenclues2948 3 роки тому +1

    Simmerson's coat didn't button up tight enough. That's proper tailoring!

  • @JK-ln8zv
    @JK-ln8zv 2 роки тому +1

    I often find laying in the sun brings on a thirst!

  • @ednowlin1125
    @ednowlin1125 2 роки тому +3

    Getting strung out naked in your fort surrounded by your dead troops to die in the sun, only to be saved by the man whom you tried to frame for losing the Kings Colors and belittled at every step....now that isn't soldiering, that's KARMA.

  • @Staceyatkinson4496
    @Staceyatkinson4496 3 роки тому +3

    The general retired from the army and moved to ambridge, if only the residents knew they had coward in the village, Jim would know

  • @OrbGoblin
    @OrbGoblin 2 роки тому

    "As soon as I'd wet my lips I asked for a kiss... that's my style sir!"

  • @assassino1480
    @assassino1480 7 місяців тому

    Fascinating that both Dr. Clarkson and Reverend Travis fought in the Royal Army in the early 19th century before living on the Grantham estate in the 1910s.

  • @cowofthemonth
    @cowofthemonth 3 роки тому +1

    That big bald soldier looks like its the extra from extras who took andy out to dinner

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith 2 роки тому +1

    Simmerson was just trying to get the Kings Colours back, starting with red

  • @kaiserwilhelmshatner3156
    @kaiserwilhelmshatner3156 2 роки тому

    "and i say lips"
    I love closed caption!

  • @inserter400
    @inserter400 2 роки тому +1

    I don't remember this in the series

  • @aporlarepublica
    @aporlarepublica 3 роки тому

    What episode is this? And, where can I watch it? I have never seen it...

  • @davegreenlaw5654
    @davegreenlaw5654 3 роки тому +2

    Did these 'company forts' have a basic style of layout? And could one find general layout plans online? (Always on the lookout for maps for gaming modules.)

    • @Jack-uy7ie
      @Jack-uy7ie 3 роки тому +2

      The east india trading company styled most of their forts in the typical square bastion and star forts designs. Other forts and defensive architecture would have been modernisation of existing native strongholds. Your best best is to look on google maps for the preserved fortifications and use the satellite photo and tourist websites.

    • @davegreenlaw5654
      @davegreenlaw5654 3 роки тому +1

      @@Jack-uy7ie Thanks for the info.

    • @janpiet4740
      @janpiet4740 3 роки тому

      I reckon not. These forts were all built in different environments. And if they were taken from local rulers every fort is unique in its own way.

  • @dlc1119
    @dlc1119 Рік тому

    The 'He's raving' soldier - thought that was Jimmy Nail

  • @michaelmartin9022
    @michaelmartin9022 7 днів тому

    "I have friends at Rigel, sir"
    "The man who loses UY Scuti's colours loses UY Scuti's friendship, sir"

  • @stevek8829
    @stevek8829 2 роки тому +1

    It's that General Simmer sun again.Every trooper under his command dead, but he lives--that's soldering. Is that regulation uniform Simmer-sun? 200 lashes

  • @wulfherecyning1282
    @wulfherecyning1282 3 роки тому +15

    Sean Bean alive for more than 5 minutes in a movie? Wow!

    • @patrickturner6878
      @patrickturner6878 3 роки тому +9

      The big Irish paddy with the bad tooth and mean disposition watching his back all the time had something to do with it I think.

    • @tanith117
      @tanith117 Рік тому

      He Survives through this series by dying in every other.

  • @Constantin_Valdor_
    @Constantin_Valdor_ 2 роки тому

    Which episode was this?

  • @GreatBigRanz
    @GreatBigRanz 3 роки тому +3

    That...man...LOST THE KINGS COLORS!!!!!!!!!

  • @BufusTurbo92
    @BufusTurbo92 3 роки тому +11

    Well, the sun certainly improved the bastard's disposition

  • @odinvik7821
    @odinvik7821 8 годин тому

    Upon spotting the sun i naturally gave the order to be tied down in it, that is my style sir.

  • @FlagForger
    @FlagForger 6 днів тому

    Sir Simmerson more like Sir Simmer in the sun during the 100 degree hot Indian morning