History Recap / OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS5E04TeaForThree

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Uncle Albert spends most of the episode worrying that Del and Rodney are going to have a massive falling out due to their mutual attraction to Lisa. His points are valid, as by the end of the episode Rodney now has a really sunburn and Del was severely injured in a hang-gliding accident (albeit not as badly as he had made out). After learning that Del and Rodney stood no chance with Lisa at all, he laughs at them.

Later that night, Del and Lisa are enjoying dinner while Rodney is in pain due to his sunburnt face. Lisa tells the Trotters that she has some friends who run a hang-gliding club. Del claims (falsely) that he enjoys hang-gliding. This gives Rodney an idea for revenge, and he privately tells Lisa that they should book Del in for a hang-gliding session as a surprise for his "46th" birthday.

The next day, Albert is trying out the new solarium to cure his hangover. Del and Rodney start to argue over Lisa, to Albert's distress as he says that arguing over a woman was what caused a long-standing rift between him and Grandad. Later, Rodney tries the solarium but falls asleep; looking to thwart his chances with Lisa, Del turns up the timer.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Albert spends most of the episode worrying that Del and Rodney are going to have a massive falling out due to their mutual attraction to Lisa. His points are valid, as by the end of the episode Rodney now has a really sunburn and Del was severely injured in a hang-gliding accident (albeit not as badly as he had made out). After learning that Del and Rodney stood no chance with Lisa at all, he laughs at them.
-->'''Albert''' What a couple of wallies!

** Tragically, this is what came of Granddad and Albert's falling out, as it was over the latter's future wife Ada. The marriage completely deteriorated (to the point of Ada threatening to kill Albert if she ever saw him again), leaving Albert estranged from both his wife and his brother, as he and Granddad never reconciled.

* BettyAndVeronica: Gender-flipped; Del is the Veronica and Rodney the Betty for Lisa's Archie ... or so they think. Actually, Lisa's not interested in either of them as she's already engaged to someone else.

* FreudianExcuse: Albert learns that his estranged wife Ada is in the hospital and by the sounds of it is dying. He decides not to visit her, because she threatened to kill him if she ever saw him again and he doesn't want to run the risk that she might not be as ill as everyone says she is. He opts to sing a tribute for her instead.

* LoveMakesYouDumb: To be more accurate, incredibly conniving and vindictive, as Del and Rodney sabotage and torture each other over Lisa's affections, although it's safe to say they end up feeling like total wallies when they find she's been engaged all along and thus they never had any chance with her.

* OnlySaneMan: Albert, who worries that Del and Rodney's rivalry over Lisa will cause a rift between the two brothers. Towards the end, he calls Rodney out for mocking Del when the latter comes home in a wheelchair. When it's revealed that Del's not that badly injured, Albert calls ''him'' out for pretending to be disabled.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Albert spends most of the episode worrying that Del and Rodney are going to have a massive falling out due to their mutual attraction to Lisa. His points are valid, as by the end of the episode Rodney now has a really bad tan and Del was severely injured in a hang-gliding accident (albeit not as badly as he had made out). After learning that Del and Rodney stood no chance with Lisa at all, he laughs at them.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Albert spends most of the episode worrying that Del and Rodney are going to have a massive falling out due to their mutual attraction to Lisa. His points are valid as by the end of the episode Rodney now has a really bad tan and Del was severely injured in a hang-gliding accident, albeit not as badly as he had made out. After learning that Del and Rodney stood no chance with Lisa at all (see All For Nothing) however, he laughs at their expense and says "What a couple of wallies!"

** Tragically, this is what came of Granddad and Albert's falling out, as it was over the latter's future wife Ada. Years let, their marriage has completely deteriorated, her threatening to kill Albert if she ever saw him again.
* AndAnotherThing: Trigger mentions that Lisa has invited the Trotters to her wedding after Del reveals that the couple he crash-landed upon has now had to postpone their wedding by six months due to the injuries they sustained. This leads to a ...

* LoveMakesYouDumb: To be more accurate, incredibly conniving and vindictive, as Del and Rodney sabotage and torture each other over Lisa's affections, although it's safe to say they end up feeling like total morons when they find she's been engaged all along and thus they never had any chance with her.

* OnlySaneMan: Albert, who calls Rodney out for mocking Del when the latter comes home in a wheelchair. When it's revealed that there's nothing wrong with Del, Albert calls ''him'' out for pretending to be disabled.

* MyGreatestFailure: This is the episode where we finally learn why Grandad and Albert were estranged. They fell out
after getting into a fight over Ada, which Albert won. Ted, in Albert's own words, never forgave him and never spoke to his brother again afterwards.

* ZanyScheme: Del and Rodney's attempts to cock-block each other lead to Rodney getting sunburnt and Del being set up to go hang-gliding.

-->'''Del Boy''': You listen to me, you vicious little git! I may never walk again for the rest of my-! ''(realises he's standing up in front of everyone)'' Though I must admit, I'm getting some feeling back.
* OnlySaneMan: Albert, who calls Rodney out for mocking Del when the latter comes home in a wheelchair. When it's revealed that there's nothing wrong with Del, Albert calls him out for pretending to be disabled.

* ObfuscatingDisability: Attempted by Del to gain sympathy after his hang-gliding trip. Rodney sees right through it, and is proved right when Del jumps out of the wheelchair to attack him. Trigger isn't happy, as Del had previously made him carry him to the top deck of the bus on the way home.

Twelve hours later, Del is still missing. Back at the flat, a regretful Rodney is studying a map when Trigger and Mike show up with Del in a wheelchair. Rodney, who picks up on Trigger's inadvertent admission that they've all come home on the bus, calls Del out for faking his injuries, prompting Del to leap out of the wheelchair and attack him. Del then tells the story of the damage his flight caused (to a television transmitter and the sunroof of a Ford Sierra, among other things). Trigger then tells everyone that they're all invited to Lisa's wedding -- she and Andy have been engaged for a year.

* LivingCrashpad: Del Boy mentions he inadvertently landed on top of a young couple after colliding with a radio aerial and plummeting to the ground while hang-gliding.

-->'''Del Boy''': I wish I was! Due to your vicious mind and general... [[{{Angrish}} wallyness]], they have had to put their wedding back six month! And I've had to pay for a new sun roof in their Sierra!

* LivingCrashpad: Del Boy mentions he inadvertently landed on top of a young couple after colliding with a radio aerial and plummeting to the ground.

-->'''Rodney''': I wish I was! Due to your vicious mind and general... [[{{Angrish}} wallyness]], they have had to put their wedding back six month! And I've had to pay for a new sun roof in their Sierra!

* {{Zany Scheme}}: Del and Rodney's attempts to cock-block each other lead to Rodney getting sunburnt and Del being set up to go hang-gliding.

The next day, Albert is trying out the new solarium to cure his hangover. Del and Rodney start to argue over Lisa, to Albert's distress as he says that arguing over a woman was what caused a long-standing rift between him and Grandad. Later, Rodney tries the solarium but falls asleep; Del turns up the timer.

The following day, they go to the hang-gliding club and meet Andy, the owner. Del realises what Rodney's done, but the latter claims to have had a "change of heart" and agrees to help him out -- after Del has put all the gear on, Rodney will claim that he has just received a call on the car-phone in the van, and Del's needed back in London. But at the last minute, Rodney backs out of the plan, and Del takes off.

* PhoneyVeteran: As well as claiming to be an experienced hang-glider, Del tells Lisa that he served in the Parachute Regiment.