Three Men, a Woman and a Baby

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Only Fools and Horses episode
"Three Men, a Woman and a Baby"
Series	7
Writer	John Sullivan
Director	Tony Dow
Producer	Gareth Gwenlan
Duration	50 minutes
Airdate	3 February 1991
Audience	18.9 million

Three Men, a Woman and a Baby is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the final episode of series 7, and was first broadcast on 3 February 1991.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Rodney enters the lounge with another hangover, he bemoans to Albert about how he foolishly quit his last job, and his marriage with Cassandra has hit rock bottom. Albert tries to lift his nephew's spirits with the news that Raquel is in the late stages of pregnancy, and Del will soon become a father. As Rodney and Albert talk about the baby being either a boy or a girl, Raquel enters, soon followed by Del, who's carrying a large cardboard box with its printing on the side reading "Crowning Glory, wigs of distinction", which he accquired from Mustapha from the Bangladeshi butcher's shop, because his nephew works for a West End wig-maker. Del then reminds Rodney that he's taking Cassandra to Hampton Court this afternoon.

Later that day, at the Nag's Head, there is a contest to guess what the name of Del and Raquel's baby will be. Mike asks Trigger to ask Rodney, who's just returned from his day out with Cassandra, what they're naming the baby. Rodney answers that if it's a girl, Del wants to call her Sigourney, after the actress Sigourney Weaver. And if it's a boy, Del said he might call it Rodney after his younger brother. Del and Albert enter with plenty of wigs to flog, and Rodney tells them that his day out with Cassandra did not go well, because they argued about which way to go in a garden maze.

Back at the flat, Del is seething, because the wigs he bought from Mustapha are men's wigs. Raquel and Rodney both get a laugh out of it.

One week later, as Rodney and Albert watch a documentary about the ecological disaster affecting the world, Del and Raquel return from having attended an antenatal class about the importance of pregnancy.

Later that evening, Del tells Rodney that earlier today, he bumped into Stephen, the man that used to be Cassandra's boss at the bank, and the same person who Rodney hit on the nose back in "The Jolly Boys' Outing". Del saw Stephen wearing a clip-on ponytail. Raquel enters carrying a baby's name book. The Trotters suggest plenty of names, until Rodney accidentally suggests naming the baby Damien Derek Trotter. Just then, Rodney gets a phone call from Cassandra, and decides to go see her.

Rodney (secretly sporting one of the clip-on ponytails) heads over to his and Cassandra's flat to see his wife, and Cassandra tells her husband that clip-on ponytails aren't very cool. Upon hearing this, Rodney quickly and quietly removes his ponytail. Then, Cassandra says that she spoke to her solicitor, who suggested that she and Rodney try and repair their marriage by raising a pet. Rodney doesn't want to raise a dog, since he got bit by a Jack Russell as a kid. Cassandra doesn't want to raise a cat, because she's allergic to fur. As Rodney prepares to leave in a huff, Cassandra screams upon seeing the discarded clip-on ponytail, thinking that it's a rat. Rodney eventually gets rid of the thing, and wins back Cassandra's heart.

Meanwhile, back at Nelson Mandela House, Del discovers that the men's wigs are falling apart, and Raquel goes right into labour. Cassandra and Rodney are informed, and have a quick fight when Cassandra discovers the ponyail in Rodney's jacket.

At the hospital, Del and Raquel wait in the delivery room, while Rodney and Albert wait in the corridor. A group of hospital staff enter the delivery room, and they and Del help Raquel finally give birth to a beautiful baby boy.

Albert and Rodney enter the delivery room to meet Del and Raquel's newborn son, Damien Derek Trotter. Rodney reacts horrified as Damien looks at him with a smile. Del then takes his son, walks up to a window, opens the blind, and looks outside into the night sky. Del tells the spirit of his late mother Joan about her first grandchild, as well as tell Damien that he's got a loving family, and that this time next year, they'll be millionaires! After the credits, there is a group shot of Del, Rodney, Raquel, Albert, and Damien.