The WORST episodes of Only Fools and Horses
Every episode of Only Fools and Horses ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Only Fools and Horses!
Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
#1 - The Chance of a Lunchtime
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/1991
Raquel has an audition for a play, and Del has volunteered to help her rehearse. Rodney and Cassandra meet for supper, each thinking that the other made the first move. Things seem to be going well before Rodney gets tangled up with Trudy. Del tells Albert and Rodney that he sees two people when he looks at Raquel. Either Raquel's pregnant or Del's drunk!
#2 - Three Men, a Woman and a Baby
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/1991
Del's about to become a father, but even that can't cheer Rodney up. The Polar Cap is melting, the rainforest is dying, the sea is being poisoned, and he hasn't had 'a bit' for months. Maybe one of Del's new ponytail wigs could enhance his image in Cassandra's eyes...
#3 - The Yellow Peril
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/1982
Del's got a job painting a Chinese restaurant - but is he wise to get some help from Rodney 'Leonardo' Trotter?
#4 - Stage Fright
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/1991
With Raquel pregnant, Del 'Yuppy' Trotter's plan to achieve millionaire status must move up a gear. So the chance to supply the cabaret at the Starlight Rooms for old 'friend' Eric to the tune of 600 quid is too good to miss. With Raquel dusting off her vocal chords in the kitchen and Trig's mate Tony Angelino, the singing dustman, waiting in the wings, everything's sorted. Until Del discovers exactly who the real owner of the club is and the extent of Tony's vocal range...
#5 - It's Only Rock and Roll
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/14/1985
Rodney is the drumless drummer in Mental Micky's band, 'A Bunch Of Wallies'. Del Boy takes on the job of manager, getting them an abortive St. Paddy's night gig at The Shamrock Club.
#6 - The Unlucky Winner Is...
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/1989
Rodney's won a holiday for three in the Mediterranean, courtesy of Del and the Megaflakes drawing competition. The only snag is he's got to pretend he's 14 years old all week. Should be a doddle - all he's got to do is keep his head down. Then the skateboarding and breakdancing competitions begin...
#7 - Go West Young Man
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1981
Rodney's depressed. His mate Mickey Pearce has moved in on his bird - Monica of the fat thighs - and life isn't exactly a social whirl. Del has the solution - they'll all be millionaires in a year! Cue his smooth friend Boycie and a very dodgy deal....
#8 - The Second Time Around
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1981
Del's rekindled passion with old flame Pauline and it looks like wedding bells are in the air again. Rodney's not so thrilled after what happened to her first two husbands...
#9 - Cash and Curry
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1981
Del's swooping in on the deal of a lifetime - it could keep them in Pilau rice forever. All he has to do is get hold of a poxy statue. Trouble is, he hasn't reckoned on a touch of gang warfare.
#10 - It Never Rains...
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/1982
The Trotter family holiday is underway when Grandad runs into a bit of trouble with the Spanish police.
#11 - As One Door Closes
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/4/1985
When Del Boy's hooky 'louvry' door deal, financed with Denzil's redundancy money, falls through, the boys attempt to repay him by catching a rare butterfly.
#12 - The Sky's the Limit
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/1990
What can Albert and Del do about Rodney leaving Cassandra and moving back in? Alan suggests that Rodney pick her up when she arrives back from her week in Spain. However, chaos at Gatwick means that the evening Rodney planned doesn't happen. Could there be some connection with Del's purchase of a satellite dish?
#13 - Chain Gang
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/1989
It's the deal of a lifetime! Faced with the opportunity to buy 250 18-karat gold chains from retired jeweller Arnie, Del can't resist. Hastily a multi-million dollar business consortium is formed - well, Mike from the Nag's Head, Trig, Boycie, Uncle Albert and a reluctant Rodney, anyway. Everything's pretty cushty until Arnie's taken ill just as the deal is about to be sealed, and Del is left feeling that all that glitters...
#14 - Big Brother
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1981
After flogging one-legged turkeys from the back of a three-wheeled van, Del's confident at last he's onto a winner with Trigger's consignment of Old English vinyl briefcases. How can his brother Rodney even think of abandoning the high-flying world of trading for a real job?
#15 - Yesterday Never Comes
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/1/1983
Del Boy falls for posh tart Miranda when she comes to view a 'Queen Anne' cabinet, but Miranda is more interested in the painting that the boys' Gran lifted from her art dealer employer.
#16 - Little Problems
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/1989
With his diploma in Computer Science, new job in Casandra's father's firm and impending marriage, Rodney's certainly on the up. Del's even promised to take care of his share of the flat deposit. Only problem is, Del's gone and got himself into a bit of bother over some hooky mobile phones with the less-than-understanding Driscoll brothers, and unless he comes up with £2,000 pretty sharpish they're going to take care of him. Rodney and Cassandra are married, and when he returns home from honeymoon, Del Boy gives him some good advice.
#17 - Wanted
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/1983
Rodney is on the run after he is accused of being the 'Peckham Pouncer' - but where is that fragrant smell, wafting through the ventilation ducts of Nelson Mandela House, coming from?
#18 - A Slow Bus to Chingford
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1981
Del has a dream: The Trotter corporate skyscraper, rising majestically against the Peckham skyline. It's time for the latest moneymaking scam, Trotter's Ethnic Tours. But, why are there no takers?
#19 - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/1991
After a night at the Nag's Head, Uncle Albert comes home beaten up and tells tales of two, three or was it four muggers. But something isn't right and he runs away from home. Finally Del Boy and Rodney realise where to find him.
#20 - Sickness & Wealth
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/1989
While excruciating stomach cramps and a constant diet of health salts might drive some people to visit the doctor, not our Del! Oh no, he's only suffering from that scourge of all yuppies, PMA - Positive Mental Attitude! So it's going to require some nifty plotting by Rodney and Uncle Albert to get Del to visit the dreaded 'D' word!
#21 - May the Force Be With You
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/1983
D.I. Slater is on the track of a stolen microwave oven and Del Boy is in the frame.
#22 - Watching the Girls Go By
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/1985
Del sets Rodney up with a date, but when she gets to the do at the Nag's Head she makes Rodney wish he hadn't.
#23 - Healthy Competition
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/1983
Rodney breaks up the Trotter partnership to go it alone - with Mickey Pearce! Does Mickey's trip to the Costas mean that the duo are opening a Spanish branch already?
#24 - Video Nasty
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1986
Rodney gets a grant from the local college to make a film, but first he must come up with a viable screenplay. Del gets him a secondhand typewriter, and also suggests a storyline of 'A Rhino Loose in the City'. To make matters worse, the director, Mickey Pearce, fed up with waiting for Rodney to write the story, starts making porn films, only for Rodney to end up starring in one.
#25 - No Greater Love...
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/1982
Rodney's got himself a bird at last! Unfortunately, she's no spring chicken and her jailbird husband is about to be released...