| The Young Ones - Cash (Series 2 Episode 2) Part 1 The quartet are so poor that they are burning their clothes and belongings just to keep warm, while Neil is being forced into preparing meals of snow, passed off as Risotto, from outside. Eventually they decide that someone - Rick - needs to get a job to bring money into the house, but when the only vacancy advertised in the local paper is for the Army, Rick and Mike both rule themselves out on medical grounds (Perforated eardrum and flat feet, respectively), while Vyvyan, after Neil demands to know why he can't join up, declares he is pregnant. After a poor haircut and a quick loan of Mike's suit, Neil goes to join up, but, having been told not to mention it, is rejected for being a pacifist. After spotting a recruitment poster, the other three throw Neil into the police station next door, where he meets Alexei Sayle's character, a Mussolini-lookalike. While the others get lucky when a lorry full of food and expensive furnishings crashes through the front window, Neil takes to his new job - arresting a bunch of his drugged-up hippie friends. Arriving home, Neil tries to arrest his flatmates, assuming they had stolen all of the luxury items. His harsh use of the truncheon forces Vyvyan into labour. Mike leaves the room, being afraid of the sight of childbirth. Instead, Vyvyan actually ends up loudly passing wind. Rick and Neil frantically try to escape the smell, having been handcuffed together with Vyvyan, but Neil is ... |
