May the Force Be with You (Only Fools and Horses) he has been tasked with tracking down a stolen microwave. He meets Trigger and Boycie – both horrified by his return – in the "Nag's Head", and announces that he has recently been promoted to Detective Inspector. He begins talking to Rodney, who is unaware that Slater is a police officer, and tells him that he is an old "friend" of Del's. Rodney invites Slater back to Nelson Mandela House, without informing Del. Back at the flat, Del is left dumbfounded when Slater walks in, and quickly makes Rodney aware that Slater is not an old friend, but an unscrupulous
Del Boy and Rodney says, "The old Derek Trotter could smell a fiver in a force 9 gale. They used to say that if Del Boy fell into a Viper's Pit, he'd come up wearing snake-skin shoes." However, in the episode ‘’Cash and Curry’’, from series one, Del lost £2,000 to a pair of confidence tricksters. While maintaining a tough exterior, Del still mourns the death of his mother and runs T.I.T. with Rodney. He takes great pride in having raised Rodney after their mother's premature death and has never forgiven his father for running away when Rodney was an infant. Despite