Widely regarded as the worst OFAH episode and disliked by the cast and writer John Sullivan, I'm afraid I have to agree.
The sign of how much it was disliked is the fact that when it re-released onto DVD it came in a much more edited form, with over 20 minutes of footage removed, and a laughter track added.
Sadly it doesn't do much to improve the fact that this is a weak episode of the show, bar a strong performance from Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney.
The main set pieces of the episode (the opera, the shooting, the dinner party) are all quite slow and the representation of Del isn't in keeping with how he has been portrayed previously, or throughout the rest of the show's run.
I'd love to be able to say that this is a good episode, but sadly it isn't.
The sign of how much it was disliked is the fact that when it re-released onto DVD it came in a much more edited form, with over 20 minutes of footage removed, and a laughter track added.
Sadly it doesn't do much to improve the fact that this is a weak episode of the show, bar a strong performance from Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney.
The main set pieces of the episode (the opera, the shooting, the dinner party) are all quite slow and the representation of Del isn't in keeping with how he has been portrayed previously, or throughout the rest of the show's run.
I'd love to be able to say that this is a good episode, but sadly it isn't.