Rodney Trotter and was born from a one line joke in the very first episode, "Big Brother". This became a long-standing joke throughout the entire series. It is revealed in numerous episodes such as "Big Brother", "The Long Legs of the Law", and "A Royal Flush" that Rodney is embarrassed about Del's antics, including lying to girls they want to date. In "Yuppy Love", he lied to a new girlfriend, Cassandra, that he lived in the posh King’s Avenue in order to impress her; however, she later found out where he lived when she phoned Nelson Mandela House. Del often asks Rodney
The Long Legs of the Law The Long Legs of the Law "The Long Legs of the Law" is the first episode of series 2 of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses". It was first broadcast on 21 October 1982. The title of the episode was a pun on the police term "the long arm of the law". In the episode, Del is horrified when he discovers that Rodney is dating a policewoman. It is the morning after a party at the "Nag's Head" attended by Del Boy and Rodney, which broke into a near-riot. It emerges that to break up the trouble, a young