The Second Time Around (Only Fools and Horses)
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| Only Fools and Horses episode | |
| "The Second Time Around" | |
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| Series | 1 |
| Writer | John Sullivan |
| Director | Martin Shardlow |
| Producer | Ray Butt |
| Duration | 30 minutes |
| Airdate | 29 September 1981 |
| Audience | 7.8 million |
The Second Time Around is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the fourth episode of series 1, and was first screened on 29 September 1981.
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[edit] Synopsis
Del Boy and Rodney are at work as usual, flogging hankerchiefs to the crowds. They then pop into the Nag's Head for a good drink, until Del is surprised to see one of his old girlfriends, Pauline Harris, back in London after 12 years. Pauline tells Del that she got a job an as air hostess in San Francisco after her husband Bobby Finch died. Del decides to arrange a date with Pauline so they can still be together just like old times, but Rodney does not agree with it, because he thinks that Pauline is a cold-blooded killer.
Later that night, at Nelson Mandela House, as Grandad and Rodney talk about how much trouble Pauline is, Del comes in and announces that he and Pauline are engaged to be married, and that Pauline will be staying with the Trotters.
The next night, Pauline gets on Rodney and Grandad's nerves by refusing to cook for both of them. Del decides that he and Pauline will have to apply for a house of their own.
The next morning, as Rodney and Grandad decide to leave for Auntie Rose's cottage in Clacton, Del gets a phone call from Trigger, who tells him that Bobby Finch died of food poisoning. Del does not believe it at first, but eventually follows Rodney and Grandad behind before Pauline kills him.
The Trotters arrive at Auntie Rose's cottage in Clacton and decide to stay for five days.
Later that night, while having shepard's pie for dinner in the living room, Del tells Rodney what he put in his eviction notice to Pauline: My dearest darling Pauline. The engagement's off, the wedding's off, and, as you can gather from this letter, I'm off. I'll give you five days to clear out of the flat and do not ever come back, you money-grabbing old murderess! All my love, Del Boy. As Rodney shudders to think what Pauline will do to their flat, Auntie Rose enters the room and asks a very simple question to her nephews and her uncle: "Who are you?" Del tries to help her remember that she was at Joan and Reg Trotter's wedding, but it is revealed that Auntie Rose had moved many years ago. Nevertheless, the Trotters still stay at the cottage.
A week later, the Trotters return home to their flat to see that Pauline cleaned it and left a letter for Del before she left informing him she'd dialled the speaking clock in America. Rodney comes cleans when he says that it was he and Grandad who put Trigger up to phoning Del. Del forgives his younger brother and grandfather. Grandad goes to answer the phone, and Del and Rodney order him to hang it up, risking a huge telephone bill.
[edit] Episode cast
| Actor | Role |
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| David Jason | Del Boy |
| Nicholas Lyndhurst | Rodney |
| Lennard Pearce | Grandad |
| Roger Lloyd Pack | Trigger |
| Jill Baker | Pauline |
| Peta Bernard | Joyce (barmaid) |
| Beryl Cooke | Auntie Rose |
[edit] Trivia
- This episode is clearly linked to "The Miracle of Peckham" when Grandad is talking to Rodney about how Del used to donate to the church roof fund. John Sullivan went and wrote a whole episode based on the same idea five years later.
[edit] Story Arc
- This episode marks the first appearance of one of Del's former fiancées in the series, which later became a regular occurrence.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Cash and Curry |
Only Fools and Horses 29 September 1981 |
Succeeded by A Slow Bus To Chingford |
