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Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Not Going Out Season 4 Episode 5 - Fireworks
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Fireworks

    S4:E5

    When an old lady wanders into Lucy's flat and makes herself at home on the sofa, Lee doesn't know what to do with her.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writer:Lee Mack

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  2. Not Going Out Season 7 Episode 10 - Christmas Special
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Christmas Special

    S7:E10

    The will-they-won't-they tension reaches new highs in this epic series finale for Christmas that sees Lucy and Lee in previously uncharted emotional waters.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  3. Not Going Out Season 2 Episode 4 - Baby
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Baby

    S2:E4

    When Guy's daughter Chloe gets appendicitis, Lee and Tim are left looking after her son Dillon while Guy and Lucy visit her. While in their care, Dillon swallows a subbuteo football and Lee and Tim have problems locating it, and try to think of ways to get it out of his body. However, it later turns out Dillon did not swallow it after all. Lucy is worried about the age gap between her and Guy.

    Director:Alex Hardcastle
    Writers:Andrew Collins, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee Mack

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  4. Not Going Out Season 11 Episode 1 - Small Package
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Small Package

    S11:E1

    Social niceties are stretched to snapping point when Lee and Lucy take in a package for their neighbour and inadvertently discover that it contains an embarrassing object that Lee now has to return. That proves to be easier said than done.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  5. Not Going Out Season 2 Episode 2 - Gay
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Gay

    S2:E2

    Lucy persuades Lee to pretend to be gay after she lies to a business acquaintance Guy, who she was told is gay himself, by telling him she lives with a gay flatmate to prove she is not homophobic. However, Guy soon starts to get suspicious and tests Lee's sexuality by taking him to a gay bar. Later, Guy overhears Lee saying to Tim, who had started to think Lee was gay, that he is not gay. When Lucy then explains to Guy what happened, he reveals he is not gay and he and Lucy kiss.

    Director:Alex Hardcastle
    Writers:Andrew Collins, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee Mack

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  6. Not Going Out Season 3 Episode 1 - Pregnant
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Pregnant

    S3:E1

    Lee is shocked when Lucy announces that she is pregnant and he wonders if he could accidentally be the baby's father.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writer:Lee Mack

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  7. Not Going Out Season 3 Episode 2 - Winner
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Winner

    S3:E2

    Lee wins a £1000 after winning an essay writing competition. A journalist shows up to interview Lee but expects him to be disabled after reading his story.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Andrew Collins, Lee Mack

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  8. Not Going Out Season 3 Episode 5 - Neighbour
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Neighbour

    S3:E5

    Lucy isn't happy with the noise a new neighbour is making. She asks both Lee and Tim to talk to him but both are scared too. Tim decides to take up boxing so that he will have more courage. Lee ends up going to confront the man.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Simon Dean

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  9. Not Going Out Season 4 Episode 4 - Dancing
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Dancing

    S4:E4

    Lucy and Tim are distraught. Their parents' 30 year marriage is at an end and their father has moved out of the family home - and into Lee's bedroom.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Darin Henry, Lee Mack

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  10. Not Going Out Season 5 Episode 5 - Examination
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Examination

    S5:E5

    Lucy finds herself working on a Government initiative encouraging men to regularly check themselves for lumps. Eager to please Lucy, Lee follows the campaign's advice and discovers something he wasn't expecting.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writer:Lee Mack

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  11. Not Going Out Season 7 Episode 5 - Pointless
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Pointless

    S7:E5

    In an attempt to impress Lucy with his intellectual prowess, Lee joins Daisy as a contestant on the TV quiz show Pointless.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  12. Not Going Out Season 7 Episode 7 - Surprise
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Surprise

    S7:E7

    No matter what happens, Lucy's surprise party for her parents' anniversary must remain a secret or it won't be a surprise. So why she tells Lee about it is anyone's guess.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  13. Not Going Out Season 7 Episode 9 - Lucy
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Lucy

    S7:E9

    Lee spends time in the bar with Toby worrying that the woman of his dreams is drifting further away.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  14. Not Going Out Season 7 Episode 11 - The Out-takes
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Out-takes

    S7:E11

    Lee Mack, Sally Bretton and Katy Wix introduce a compilation of out-takes from across the various series.

    Directors:Nick Wood, Ed Bye
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  15. Not Going Out Season 8 Episode 1 - Romance
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Romance

    S8:E1

    After eight years of marriage, Lee and Lucy disagree over how to keep the romance alive.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  16. Not Going Out Season 8 Episode 2 - Babysitting
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Babysitting

    S8:E2

    Lucy causes offence by choosing the wrong babysitter.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  17. Not Going Out Season 8 Episode 7 - Enough
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Enough

    S8:E7

    Are Lee and Lucy ready for another child?

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  18. Not Going Out Season 12 Episode 2 - Text
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Text

    S12:E2

    When Lee accidentally sends a rude text about Anna to Lucy, he makes the stupid mistake of sending it to Anna herself. Lee and Lucy now face the impossible task of stealing Anna's phone and deleting the text before she reads it.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  19. Not Going Out Season 13 Episode 1 - Italian Lessons
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Italian Lessons

    S13:E1

    When Lee and Lucy are asked to cover for Anna on more than one occasion, so that she can go out at night and have secret Italian lessons, they suspect the worst – that she is having an affair. Lee decides that it is up to him to tell Toby that his marriage is in jeopardy and sets about finding the evidence.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  20. Not Going Out Season 2 Episode 6 - Dating
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Dating

    S2:E6

    As Lucy and Guy's relationship intensifies, Lee starts to ponder his lack of a girlfriend and, encouraged by Barbara, tries speed dating. Tim is forced to go on a disastrous date with Barbara in order to prove that he sees her as more than 'the help'.

    Director:Alex Hardcastle
    Writers:Andrew Collins, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee Mack

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  21. Not Going Out Season 9 Episode 2 - Escape Room
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Escape Room

    S9:E2

    As a surprise for Lee's birthday, Lucy invites the whole family to join them in an escape room.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  22. Not Going Out Season 9 Episode 4 - Pets
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Pets

    S9:E4

    To teach the children to be more responsible Lee and Lucy get a family pet.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  23. Not Going Out Season 9 Episode 5 - Pants on Fire
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Pants on Fire

    S9:E5

    Lee and Lucy open up a can of worms when they cancel dinner with Toby and Anna at the last moment.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  24. Not Going Out Season 10 Episode 1 - Parachute
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Parachute

    S10:E1

    A sponsored parachute jump raises not just money for Toby's hospital but questions about Lee's courage as well.

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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  25. Not Going Out Season 10 Episode 2 - Holiday Share
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Holiday Share

    S10:E2

    Can Lee and Lucy’s friendship with Toby and Anna survive a long weekend in a damp cottage in the New Forest?

    Director:Nick Wood
    Writers:Lee Mack, Daniel Peak

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Best Episodes Summary

"Fireworks" is the best rated episode of "Not Going Out". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Nick Wood and written by Lee Mack, it aired on 2/3/2011. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Christmas Special".