Good evening folks, this is Roy Stantz, and I am reviewing Only Fools and Horses episode "The Long Legs of the Law".
Morning at Nelson Mandela House, and Grandad is looking for his false teeth. Rodney and Del Boy (carrying Grandad's false teeth) both enter and tell their grandfather about a mother and her daughter they went out with the previous night, which meant Del was with the daughter, while Rodney was with the mother. The foursome went to the Nag's Head for a party, which resulted in a fist-fight between Tommy Razzle and Monkey Harris. The police sent over a female officer named Sandra, and Rodney asked her out on a date, though Del believes that won't happen. A fun highlight here is Rodders drinking Grandad's pills and water.
At Sid's Cafe, where we are introduced to Sid, another series regular, Rodney tells Del that he successfully scored a date with Sandra the Policewoman, causing Del to drop cutlery out of his sleeve.
Later, back at the flat, in order to throw him off his date, Del and Grandad remind Rodney about all the things they did for him, such as the time Rodney once had a friend called Roy Taylor whose roller-skates he admired. Del promptly pinched them for Rodney, earning his younger brother a bruising from Roy's own older brother. Rodney believes that his family are trying to run his life, thus he gets chewed out by Del for doing such a stupid thing as dating a policewoman due to Trotters Independent Traders' hooky history. Before Roddy heads off, Derek warns him to drive carefully on the icy roads. Rodney exits, and Del laments on one sobering thought: "One wrong word from that plonker Rodney, and I could end up doing five years!"
That night, Rodney returns home...and he brought Sandra with him, much to Del Boy and Grandad's horror! As he hides things, Grandad accidentally blabs to Sandra that Rodney's got a police record, so Del interprets that it's an LP called "Walking on the Moon" by the band The Police. Rodney also foolishly blabs that he's got the latest Police LP that hasn't been released yet. Del explains to Sandra that he and his family got if while touring around Spain, Italy, and Greece on holiday. Del Boy also notices that Sandra is wearing a hooky watch that Rodney gave to her. So, Del spills a glass of gin on Sandra's wrist in order to get the watch off her. Then, as Del announces that there's no more gin left, Rodney - without any straight thinking - reveals three more cases of gin hastily hidden behind the curtains by Del, who just bemoans that his brother is a right plonker.
Sometime later, Rodney escorts Sandra back to her flat, and soon realizes that she knew all about the hooky gear in the Trotter flat. Feeling guilty for getting his family into this mess, Rodney tells Sandra that he's the culprit, not Del. Instead of arresting him, Sandra gives Rodders and his family 24 hours to clear out their flat before she returns with the CID.
The next day, in the near-empty Trotter flat, Del Boy is strangling Rodney violently, with Grandad stepping in between the two brothers that they need to get rid of all their stuff before the police come by. Rodney still wants to run the risk of sporting hooky gear in front of the police by wearing aftershave to impress Sandra, so Del Boy chases Rodney out of the flat.
This is a leap on in quality from the first series already. Although it produces some great comedy in its genius plotline of Rodney dating Sandra the Policewoman (such as Del Boy and Grandad's dark reactions to the news) it's mainly about Rodney growing up. He thinks he can handle the situation, then bungles it with classic naivety, and finally learns his lesson when Sandra coldly gives him the brush-off at the end. Again it's economically done (Sandra is in only two scenes), finely acted comedy, and one senses that finally, definitively, the series had arrived and was on its way.moreless
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Episode Summary
Streuth! Rodders besmirching the good reputation of the Trotter family by dating a policewoman...
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David Jason
Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter
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Nicholas Lyndhurst
Rodney Trotter
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Lennard Pearce
Grandad
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ADD TRIVIA- In 'Long Legs of the Law,' when Del and Rodders are in Sid's Cafe and loads of kitchenware drops out of Del's sleeve you can see his hand controlling when the knives fall out. Edit
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ADD NOTES- The idea for the script was based on John Sullivan's niece who became a policewoman. Edit
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ADD QUOTES- (Grandad is insulted by Rodney's lack of respect for the family honour) Grandad: It's a good thing your mum died when she did, cause that would have killed her. Edit
- Del: One minute you're walking along quite nicely and the next minute ... whack! Life jumps out and gives you sobering thoughts. Grandad: Oh, I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time, Del Boy. It were them that started me drinking. Edit
- Sandra: Now, what do you think my commanding officer would do if he found me in possession of stolen property? Rodney: Put you in charge of the Christmas Club more like. Edit
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