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
In the Name of the Brother Whale, who were seen arm in arm at the end of the episode. According to Anders these plans were shelved due to Ory being cast in the short-lived series, "Intelligence". After the aforementioned show's cancellation Anders himself was cast in the series "iZombie", leading to Ruby's pairing with Dorothy Gale in the episode "Ruby Slippers" during the fifth season arc in which the character returned. This episode makes a reference to the 1991 version of "Beauty and the Beast", through a reference to the Chip character that was unique to that version; the chipped cup representing that character was first