History Recap / OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS4E02StrainedRelations

* TheFunInFuneral: Mostly averted -- with Lennard Pearce's passing still fresh in the minds of many, the funeral scene was for the most part played straight. What laughs there are come from Del placing Grandad's trademark hat in the grave with the coffin ... only for it to transpire that it was actually the vicar's hat.

* StartsWithTheirFuneral: The episode opens with Grandad's funeral. This was a necessity, as Lennard Pearce had recently died, so it was much a farewell to the actor as the character. Creator/DavidJason and Creator/NicholasLyndhurst found the scene difficult for this reason.

-->''Lady:''' I love a nice funeral.

* {{Jerkass}}: Stan and Jean treat Albert pretty badly and are anxious to leave the funeral. They dump Albert with the Trotters and are never heard from again.

* OrphanedPunchline: We only hear the conclusion of Mike's joke[[note]] the actual joke is about a Western man dating a Chinese woman, and -- thanks to all of the options on a Chinese restaurant menu being numbered -- finding out that the LOL69 trope apparently does not translate into Chinese[[/note]].

* RememberTheNewGuy: Uncle Albert is introduced as Grandad's younger brother. While Grandad had previously mentioned an older brother called George, he'd never spoken of a younger brother called Albert.

Later, at The Nag's Head, Albert shows up again, claiming that the Seaman's Mission has been torn down. Del finally relents and decides to let Albert stay with him and Rodney. As they leave to get a curry, Mike gets hold of Albert and informs him that the Seaman's Mission just called saying they have a room available. Albert quickly tells Mike to be quiet.

-->'''Del''': He's family, ain't he?

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Rodney tells Del that Albert found that the Seamen's Mission has been torn down and replaced with a marina, Del asks: "Can't he sleep in the back of that?" This is a reference to the [[AllegedCar Morris Marina]], a small family car made by British Leyland in the 1970s.
* TheFunInFuneral: Mostly averted -- with Lennard Pearce's passing still fresh in the minds of many, the funeral scene was for the most part played straight. What laughs there are come from Del telling the gravediggers to ''gently'' lower the coffin into the grave, and then placing Grandad's trademark hat in the grave with the coffin ... only for it to transpire that it was actually the vicar's hat.

* CallBack: Del's mentioning that some members of the Trotter family fit TheThingThatWouldNotLeave trope (see below) brings to mind [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS3E08ThickerThanWater the time Reg came back]].

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Del claims certain members of the Trotters' extended family fit this trope ("you offer them a cup of tea and they think you've adopted them!"), noting that when their father came to stay for a few nights, it took weeks to get rid of him. He's right of course...Uncle Albert was this to a number of relatives prior to moving in with Del and Rodney. He moved in with cousins Stan and Jean (having only visited to borrow a screwdriver), but they left him at the Trotters' flat after Grandad's funeral and quickly moved house. Another relative he stayed with emigrated while he was at the shops. He then became this to the Trotters, even provoking Del, pushed past his limits, to try to get him to leave. Del eventually relents and decides to let Albert stay because "He's fam'ly, in' he?" and Del cannot refuse to take his family in.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Grandad was killed off following the death of Lennard Pearce. Creator/DavidJason later recalled that recording the funeral scene was an emotional experience for all involved:
-->''What a bleak day that was. The weather matched our moods and it fed into the scene: the drama of the dark glasses at the graveside. It was all very hard to do, with Lennard's memory so fresh. I was very emotional. It was an episode written by John (Sullivan) out of respect for Lennard. So I wanted to get it right for Lennard, and at the same time, I wanted to get it right for John. He just wouldn't let television dismiss Lennard's passing, in the way that television might have done, if television had been left to its own frequently fickle devices. It was a wonderful thing - and something that nobody had done in situation comedy.''

** OrphanedPunchline: We only hear the conclusion of Mike's joke[[note]] the actual joke is about a Western man dating a Chinese restaurant chef learning that the LOL69 trope apparently does not translate into Chinese[[/note]].
-->'''Mike''':So the Chinese bird says to him: "Listen, I ain't cooking at this time of night!"
** TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Del claims certain members of the Trotters' extended family fit this trope ("you offer them a cup of tea and they think you've adopted them!"), noting that when their father came to stay for a few nights, it took weeks to get rid of him. He's right of course...Uncle Albert was this to a number of relatives prior to moving in with Del and Rodney. He moved in with cousins Stan and Jean (having only visited to borrow a screwdriver), but they left him at the Trotters' flat after Grandad's funeral and quickly moved house. Another relative he stayed with emigrated while he was at the shops. He then became this to the Trotters, even provoking Del, pushed past his limits, to try to get him to leave. Del eventually relents and decides to let Albert stay because "He's fam'ly, in' he?" and Del cannot refuse to take his family in.