The Sky's the Limit (Only Fools and Horses)

As Uncle Albert prepares some breakfast, Del Boy tells him that Raquel is now sleeping with him instead of in Rodney's bedroom. Rodney has been drinking at The Nag's Head every night ever since he was thrown out of his flat by Cassandra, who has gone on holiday to Spain with her mother Pam. As Del and Raquel leave, Rodney enters completely hungover and asks Albert to phone the printing firm where he works since he does not feel well enough to go in.

Later, at Boycie's house, he has managed to get a new satellite dish installed. That night, at the Nag's Head, as Albert sings and plays "Red Sails in the Sunset" on the piano, Del enters, shortly followed by Cassandra's father Alan. They chat about how Rodney is drinking too much. Alan then mentions that when he retires and settles into his villa with Pam, he would like to leave his business in Rodney and Cassandra's hands. Del then gets a phone call from Boycie's brother-in-law Bronco.

The next day, Boycie tells Del that someone stole his satellite dish, and as it was reported seen on the estate, asks Del to buy it back if offered it. Del follows Rodney to the balcony, and Rodney says that he will stop complaining about Cassandra's big promotion at her bank, as he wants their marriage to go back to how it used to be. Del suggests that when Cassandra flies in, Rodney take her to the bridal suite of a hotel near the airport. Rodney now agrees to this idea. Del then points out a satellite dish installed on the balcony, which he got from Bronco and is intending to sell back to Boycie. That night, Rodney is confident that things between him and Cassandra are going to be patched up well. But when he gets to Gatwick airport, he finds out that Cassandra's plane has been rerouted and she has landed in Manchester.

Boycie later tells Del that his satellite dish was not stolen, it was just taken away to be repaired, meaning the dish Del acquired was not Boycie's. Del phones Bronco, finding out that the dish was stolen from Gatwick Airport's main runway, causing chaos throughout Europe including Cassandra's diversion to Manchester. Del and Rodney head for the balcony, and as they do so, the dish switches on and a large aeroplane flies towards Nelson Mandela House. The episode ends with the Trotter Brothers huddling together shouting, "Switch it off!"

The idea for the script was based on John Sullivan's holiday to Portugal, and discovering that he was not booked on the plane.[2]

The final scene of the plane heading towards the flats meant that the episode was temporarily removed from repeat airings following the September 11 attacks.

From this episode onwards, Trigger appears in every remaining episode of the show.

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