The Cocktail Hour

=Summary= Alan wants to bring his latest girlfriend, Caroline, around to the bedsit but Rigsby won’t allow it. As it’s Rigsby’s night at bingo, Alan takes a chance, but what he doesn’t realize is that the landlord has decided to stay at home.

When he learns from Miss Jones that Alan’s girlfriend is none other than Caroline Armitage, whose mother is president of the Women’s Guild and whose father owns most of the property in the area, Rigsby decides to make an allowance this time.

Upstairs, Caroline is fed up after sitting on a spring amid scenes of decay in Alan’s room. And to top it all she ends up lying on a discarded jam sandwich, which leaves a nasty stain on her skirt. While Miss Jones takes care of Caroline and the stain, Rigsby tries giving Alan some advice on social graces, but to no avail, because he continues slurping his tea and dunking his biscuits.

Alan has arranged a cocktail party, to which his prospective mother-in-law has been invited. But one person who hasn’t been asked is Rigsby, and when he ﬁnds out he takes revenge by gatecrashing the event, donning a party hat and embarrassing Alan by telling him he’s left rings around the bath. If that wasn’t enough, he accuses Mrs Armitage of being a troublemaker before recognizing her as Mavis Bagworthy, who used to have a runny nose and revealed her knickers to everyone at school. Rigsby’s unwelcome outburst brings the evening, and Alan’s relationship, to an abrupt end.