 After Rodney reveals that he refused the offer of a £1,000 pay-off from Henry to stop seeing Vicky (angering Del, who had arranged the offer), Del says that had Rodney refused to stop seeing Victoria, he would probably have been assassinated by the Special Branch because of his conviction for drug use.Del ostensibly apologises to Rodney and asks him to shake his hand, but this turns out to be a ploy for Del to inflict punishment on Rodney for refusing the £1,000 by squeezing his bad hand.This episode was inspired by two things.