Del Boy never marries. He has had many girlfriends, a fact that is the subject of numerous sarcastic comments by Rodney. He finally meets his partner Raquel Turner (whom he calls his "significant other") in the 1988 special "Dates". Del's mother Joan dies on 12 March 1964, apparently after a long string of illnesses. His lazy father Reginald leaves three months later (on Del's 16th birthday), taking most of their money and even Del's birthday cake. This leaves the teenage Del as the family's sole breadwinner, looking after his grandfather and Rodney, his half-brother who was born around thirteen years after him
In Which We Meet Mr. Jones Times" thought the episode was "solid if unexceptional", as he liked Walter but disliked the "vacuum of personality" that is Astrid. UGO Networks writer Jon Lachonis stated, "If you were on the fence before, [the episode] will drag you kicking and screaming into the dark world of "Fringe" science wielding bogeymen. "In Which we Meet Mr. Jones" is what "Fringe" promised it would be from the beginning, a suspense driven procedural that probes deep into our technological phobias. With this new formulation of "Fringe", we get the challenge of a sophisticated crime drama mixed with sad sack characters that tempt