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Rigsby is as pleased as Punch with his furniture, which has arrived that day. It is garish furniture, all bought on hire-purchase. His new lodger Brenda is impressed, and she finagles a dinner invitation from Rigsby. However, Rigsby has no money and fails to borrow some from Philip. The miserly landlord raids the gas meter, but is foiled by the arrival of the gas man. He has not been paying his bills and his gas is cut off. Rigsby manages to call off his date with Brenda, and as she changes into normal clothes Rigsby is visited by bailiffs. He has not paid the installments on his furniture and all of it is going to be repossessed. This is done while Rigsby and Brenda are using the furniture. Brenda sees this and leaves in disgust. Rigsby attempts to find some change down the side of his zebra-skin sofa, but he gets stuck and is removed along with the furniture by the bailiffs.

It has to be said that these bailiffs must be employed by the most assiduous finance company in the world. Rigsby's furniture arrived that morning, and he has only had it for about 8 hours when the whole lot is taken away. I suppose that payments are due daily, and the repo men are on standby, parked near Rigsby's house.

Rigsby has three lodgers, never goes out and is something of a miser. How is it he can't afford to pay his gas bills and hire agreements? Baffling.

This was the first appearance of Gay Rose as Brenda. She was vastly superior to Frances De La Tour, but she did not last too long. This is a shame because she is wonderfully shapely.

Miss Miss Jones absent, Brenda becomes the centre of attention, both Rigsby and Alan are keen to take her out, Alan is offering a cheap night at the pub, Rigsby is made to offer a sophisticated meal.

Not my favourite episode, but it is good, and does have a few laughs. I like how it brings out a new side to Rigsby's character, a flamboyant, modern, flash type, who loves the garish.

Nice character development for Brenda, I like that we learned more about her, and that she turns out to be a good girl.

The scenes of the furniture being removed at very funny, best part of the episode. 6/10.

Alan is short of cash and turns to Rigsby for a sub, he responds by telling Alan to be thrifty and look down at the back of the sofa for coins.

However when Brenda says yes to a night out with Rigsby. He suddenly finds himself short of cash.

Raiding the gas meter is of no use, the gas man turns up to cut him off. Later the bailiffs arrive to repossess his furniture while Rigsby is still chatting with Brenda.

Not sure how the miser Rigsby is short of money. However he has a good line of hard luck stories, it nearly works on both Philip and the gasman.

I did like how the bailiffs would quietly take the furniture away as Rigsby is trying to woo Brenda.