{"id":5072,"date":"2013-01-07T15:31:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T15:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=5072"},"modified":"2013-01-07T15:31:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T15:31:57","slug":"john-sullivan-touches-on-growing-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/john-sullivan-touches-on-growing-older\/","title":{"rendered":"John Sullivan touches on growing older"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brett Shaw takes a look at\u00a0Only Fools and Horses\u00a0Series 7<\/p>\n

Episode: \u2018He Ain\u2019t Heavy, He\u2019s my Uncle\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this episode, John Sullivan touches on the difficult topic of growing older.<\/h2>\n

Uncle Albert has been given a new lease of life by joining the over 60s club down on the estate and is in hot pursuit of Marlene\u2019s mum. Del is on the up, business is good and he\u2019s bought a new car so Raquel can drive, rather than walk, as muggings have been occurring on the estate. However, Rodney is downhearted, separated from his wife and is unemployed.<\/p>\n

During the episode, Uncle Albert is playing in a domino final at the Nags Head against his old school friend, Knock-Knock. However, tempers are frayed as they clash while trying to impress Marlene\u2019s mum, Dora Lane. This is exacerbated when Knock-Knock confidently tells Uncle Albert that he can beat him at anything, but neither men are willing to back down. While walking home Uncle Albert gets mugged, losing his money and pocket watch. Del is naturally angered by this, and aside from the police\u2019s efforts, decides to employ his own crime-fighting tactics.<\/p>\n

\"JohnMeanwhile, Uncle Albert is shocked by the whole mugging situation. To get him back on his feet, Del and Rodders attempt some tough-love, which inevitably back-fires. Uncle Albert feels a burden and is embarrassed, so during the night decides to leave Nelson Mandela House.<\/p>\n

Del and Rodney eventually track him down to Tobacco Road where he once lived. After reminiscing about how things use to be they bring him home to Nelson Mandela House. Realising Del\u2019s tough-love was only for his own benefit, Uncle Albert settles back in.<\/p>\n

However, this is short-lived when Uncle Albert\u2019s friend Knock-Knock returns his stolen pocket watch and Del discovers that Uncle Albert was not mugged but got into a fight over Marlene\u2019s mum and Knock-Knock knocked him out.<\/p>\n

At that point Rodney bursts into the flat saying a fight has occurred at the Nags Head. The Ollie and the Greasers had attacked the suspected muggers, under Del\u2019s instruction and had taken a beating. Unfortunately, the suspected muggers were not muggers at all but police officers who had been put on the estate when the muggings started.<\/p>

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