Miami Twice (part one)

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Only Fools and Horses episode
"Miami Twice - The American Dream"
Series	Christmas Special
Writer	John Sullivan
Director	Tony Dow
Producer	Gareth Gwenlan
Duration	50 minutes
Airdate	24 December 1991
Audience	17.7 million

"Miami Twice" was a two-part Christmas special edition of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. The first episode, sub-titled The American Dream, was first screened on 24 December 1991. The title of the two-part special is derived from the 1984 American television series Miami Vice.

1 Synopsis
2 Story arc
3 Cultural references
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The episode opens with Damien's christening, shortly after which Del Boy concludes a deal with the vicar to sell "pre-blessed" communion wine from Romania. The vicar will bless lorry loads of wine, which will then be sold to churches all over Britain. Meanwhile Rodney is slowly patching things up with Cassandra, staying with her on weekends, and has learned from Alan that having resigned from his job with Parry Print Ltd in "The Chance of a Lunchtime", Rodney can now claim his pension money.

A few days later, at Sid's cafe, Del tells Rodney about how he can get him and Cassandra back together instantly: a holiday in Miami, for which Del has already brought tickets with Rodney's pension money. Del's "pre-blessed" wine deal also becomes problematic; the wine he intends to use turns out to be Romanian Riesling, which is white and inappropriate for communion.

A furious Rodney returns home later that night, having learned that Cassandra has important meetings with her bosses at the bank that week and thus cannot go with him. Despite Rodney's initial hostility to the idea, Del persuades his brother to let him with him go instead.

The episode ends as the Trotter brothers board their plane to America. The story concluded in part two, originally broadcast a day later.

[edit] Story arc

Outside the Nag's Head after Damien's christening, Cassandra tells Rodney that she is not dressing up as a Victorian maid for anyone. This foreshadows what happened in Rodney's futuristic nightmare of Peckham in 2026 in "Heroes and Villains" when Cassandra dresses up as a maid after Damien bought out her bank.

[edit] Cultural references

Del mentions Rodney's "Maxwell money", a reference to the scandal surrounding British businessman Robert Maxwell, who "borrowed" large sums of money from his employees' pension funds.