Rodney Trotter a supportive partner in Cassandra, whom he met at a computer training course in "Yuppy Love", and married in 1989. Her father Alan employed Rodney at his company, Parry Print Ltd. (at least until Rodney accidentally quit that job), and, with some financial assistance from Del, he was able to buy a flat and finally move out of Nelson Mandela House. Their marriage suffered when Rodney punched Cassandra's boss, and broke his nose, when returning from Margate in "The Jolly Boys' Outing". They split up in the 1990 Christmas special "Rodney Come Home" (having split up three times in the
Cassandra (Red Dwarf) gum out of his mouth and idly sticks it to the wall. It lands on the fan, turning it on, and ricochets to a glass of scotch; the scotch spills and lands on Cassandra's power wire, inadvertently killing her. Seeing Cassandra's annoyed (and knowing) look, Lister realises what he has done, and leaves, cursing "Smeg!" "Cassandra" was the first episode to be seen by US audiences before being broadcast in the UK. Some PBS stations were broadcasting the entire series in the United States, even showing the last five episodes before the BBC broadcast, "Cassandra" being the first of the