History Recap / OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS6E08RodneyComeHome

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rodney decides not to take Tanya on a date. But Del attempts to tell Cassandra not to attend her evening school, which is near the cinema Rodney is going to, and inadvertently comes clean about Rodney. This greatly upsets Cassandra, who angrily chews Rodney out and kicks him out. If Del had stayed out of the row, the couple would have reconciled sooner than later.

* BadBoss: Rodney expects his secretary Michelle to run errands for him on her own time instead of on work time.

* BadBoss: Rodney expects hiz secretary Michelle to run errands for him on her own time instead of on work time.

* {{Corpsing}}: Creator/DavidJason is clearly trying hard not to laugh as Albert unsuccessfully tries to look "shocked" at Rodney.

* ShoutOut: The title is this to Creator/KenLoach's 1966 TV play ''Cathy Come Home''. The movie Rodney plans to take Tanya to is ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids''.

* OperationJealousy: Rodney follows Mickey Pearce's advice and takes Tanya from the exhaust centre on a date in order to make Cassandra jealous. This backfires horribly - Rodney doesn't go through with it, but Del tells Cassandra.
* ShoutOut: The title is this to Creator/KenLoach's 1966 TV play ''Cathy Come Home''. The movie Rodney plans to take Tanya to is ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids''.

* KitchenSinkDrama: This episode focuses mainly on the strain of Rodney and Cassandra's marriage, and has an unusually downbeat ending for an episode of ''Only Fools and Horses''.

* StoryArc: Continuing on from [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS6E07TheJollyBoysOuting "The Jolly Boys' Outing"]], this episode sets up a few for the seventh series, which was filmed at the same time -- such as Del and Raquel's developing relationship and the ongoing difficulties in Rodney and Cassandra's marriage.

Down the market, Del and Albert are trying to sell children's dolls that sing Chinese lullabies. Over at Alan's print firm, a hungry Rodney discovers that Cassandra made him a very meagre sandwich for lunch, and his new secretary refuses to go out and buy him a burger during the lunch break because an important client is due to see him. During a break, he runs into Raquel and the two talk about how his marriage with is faring. Despite claiming they are happy together, Rodney implies that he and Cassandra are experiencing difficulties.

A week later, at a nightclub, Rodney gets drunk with his friends, which leaves Del concerned. Del tries to make Rodney see sense and return to his wife, but Rodney refuses to listen. The next day, Rodney takes the van to a garage to get the exhaust fixed and -- acting on Mickey Pearce's advice to make Cassandra jealous, arranges a date with the garage's attractive receptionist, Tanya. When Rodney tells Del, Raquel, and Albert about this, they try to talk him out it, but he ignores them. Realising that Rodney's taking Tanya to the cinema opposite Cassandra's evening school (thus making it very likely that she will see them), Del goes over to Cassandra's flat to persuade her not to go to her class, and ends up breaking the bad news to her. Cassandra is reduced to tears.

* StoryArc: Continuing on from [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS6E07TheJollyBoysOuting "The Jolly Boys' Outing"], this episode sets up a few for the seventh series, which was filmed at the same time -- such as Del and Raquel's developing relationship and the ongoing difficulties in Rodney and Cassandra's marriage.

* StoryArc: This episode sets up a few for the following series, which was filmed at the same time -- such as Del and Raquel's developing relationship and the ongoing difficulties in Rodney and Cassandra's marriage.

Later, back at the flat at midnight, as Del tries to remove the voiceboxes from the Chinese dolls, he gets a telephone call from Rodney, who actually took Del's advice and cancelled his date. He's waiting at his flat for Cassandra, so they can be reconciled. Before Del can warn him about what he just did, Rodney hangs up and removes the receiver from the machine, preventing Del from calling him back. Del admits to Raquel and Albert that he told Cassandra, and then quickly drives over to Rodney and Cassandra's flat. He arrives to find an angry Rodney who's been thrown out by a furious Cassandra. With nowhere else to go, he goes back to Nelson Mandela House with Del.

* NeverMyFault: After Cassandra kicks Rodney out for [[NotWhatItLooksLike seemingly taking another woman out to the pictures]], Rodney worries that Cassandra's father is going to fire him, as he's left a message saying that there's something important they need to talk about. [[DuringTheWar Uncle Albert tells one of his war stories]] about an officer who was facing a court-martial and handed in his resignation. In those days, only commissioned officers were allowed to control the radio room. Because he was the only commisioned communications officer on the ship the ship, they couldn't sail without him. [[KarmaHoudini So, they had to refuse his resignation and cancel his court-martial]]. Rodney follows suit, thinking that Cassandra's father will turn down the resignation, since it's so close to Christmas and more orders are coming in. When Rodney meets him, it turns out he just wanted to talk about the extra workload. Then he finds Rodney's resignation and accepts it. Rodney blames Albert.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Rodney having a proper job at Alan's firm didn't last long; henceforth, he'll be back down the market assisting Del.

The 1990 Christmas Special, first broadcast on 25 December 1990.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Rodney laments that "My mum's left me, my wife doesn't love me and some bastard's nicked my bike!"

A week later, at a nightclub, Rodney is getting drunk with his friends Mickey Pearce and Chris, which leaves Del concerned. Del tries to make Rodney see sense and return to his wife, but Rodney refuses to listen.

The next evening, back at the flat, Del tells Albert that when Rodney took the Trotter van down to the Peckham Exhaust Centre earlier that morning to get it fixed, he foolishly arranged a date with an attractive receptionist, Tanya, following Mickey Pearce's advice to make Cassandra jealous. When Rodney tells Del, Raquel, and Albert that he is going to see Honey, I Shrunk the Kids with Tanya, they try to talk him out of his date, but Rodney ignores them and heads off. Del then realises that Rodney is deliberately taking Tanya to the cinema opposite Cassandra's evening school, where he hopes Cassandra will see them together. Aware that this will lose Rodney both his marriage and his job, Del goes over to Cassandra's flat to persuade her not to go to her class, and ends up breaking the bad news to her. Cassandra is reduced to tears, but agrees not to tell her parents.

Later, back at the flat at midnight, as Del tries to remove the voiceboxes from the Chinese dolls, he gets a telephone call from Rodney, who took Del's advice, cancelled his date, and has decided to wait at his flat for Cassandra, so they can be reconciled. Before Del can warn him about what he just did, Rodney hangs up and removes the receiver from the machine, preventing Del from calling him back. Del admits to Raquel and Albert that he told Cassandra, and then quickly drives over to Rodney and Cassandra's flat. Cassandra arrives moments before Del and furiously throws Rodney out. Rodney confronts Del over telling on him and sends him home, but realises that he himself has been locked out of his home, leaving him no choice but to go back to Nelson Mandela House with Del.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Rodney having a proper job at Alan's firm didn't last long; henceforth, he'll be back down the market assisting Del.

* ShoutOut: The title is this to Creator/KenLoach's 1966 TV play ''Cathy Come Home''.

* NeverMyFault: After Cassandra kicks Rodney out for [[NotWhatItLooksLike seemingly taking another woman out to the pictures]], Rodney worries that Cassandra's father is going to fire him, as he's left a message saying that there's something important they need to talk about. [[DuringTheWar Uncle Albert tells one of his war stories]] about an officer who was facing a court-martial and handed in his resignation. In those days, only commissioned officers were allowed to control the radio room. Because he was the only commisioned communications officer on the ship the ship, they couldn't sail without him. [[KarmaHoudini So, they had to refuse his resignation and cancel his court-martial]]. Rodney follows suit, thinking that Cassandra's father will turn down the resignation, since it's so close to Christmas and more orders are coming in. When Rodney meets him, it turns out he just wanted to talk about the extra workload. Then he finds Rodney's resignation and accepts it. Rodney blames Albert.

* {{Corpsing}}: Actor/DavidJason is clearly trying hard not to laugh as Albert unsuccessfully tries to look "shocked" at Rodney.