I think I read somewhere that originally Fools and Horses was going to end with the Who Wants to be a Millionaire episode, but John Sullivan was convinced by the BBC to continue. On the strength of this hour long episode he needn't have bothered.
The characters are all really off, and don't match their portrayal in the previous 5 series'.
Rodney is really self confident chatting up Victoria, which is not him at all.
Trigger is brilliant trying to cover up Dels fly pitching to the police, which is way off the mark.
But worst of all is Del, who is frankly horrible in this episode. He's wound up Rodney many times, but the way he behaves in this episode is just plain cruel. And not Del at all.
One wonders whether John Sullivan did it on purpose to see if he would be asked back. The following years' episode The Frogs Legacy is pretty weak too, and they don't hit their stride again until 1988's Dates, and back to form fully on the Jolly Boys Outing.
Approach with caution.
The characters are all really off, and don't match their portrayal in the previous 5 series'.
Rodney is really self confident chatting up Victoria, which is not him at all.
Trigger is brilliant trying to cover up Dels fly pitching to the police, which is way off the mark.
But worst of all is Del, who is frankly horrible in this episode. He's wound up Rodney many times, but the way he behaves in this episode is just plain cruel. And not Del at all.
One wonders whether John Sullivan did it on purpose to see if he would be asked back. The following years' episode The Frogs Legacy is pretty weak too, and they don't hit their stride again until 1988's Dates, and back to form fully on the Jolly Boys Outing.
Approach with caution.
