The Worst Episodes of Not Going Out
Every episode of Not Going Out ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Not Going Out!
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 female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Not Going Out" is "Coffin", rated 6.3/10 from 89 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Coffin" aired on 7/14/2023 and is rated 0.3 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Friend".
6.3/10 89 votes#1 - Coffin
Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 7/14/2023
Lee wakes up inside a coffin and can't remember how he got there, until a phone call from Lucy reminds him what he’d been doing that afternoon. Now all he needs to do is keep Lucy in the dark as to his exact location and work out how to escape.
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6.6/10 87 votes#2 - Friend
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2022
When Lee promises Lucy that he will make more of an effort to be friendly with other parents in the playground, he makes the mistake of starting with Keith.
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6.7/10 113 votes#3 - Play
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2013
Lee is forced to fight for Lucy's attention when her first love reappears on the scene.
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6.8/10 94 votes#4 - Jury
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2022
Lee does jury service and joins eleven other jurors to debate whether the accused is guilty or not. A simple enough task - until Lee decides to put the other jurors on trial.
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7.0/10 100 votes#5 - Carol
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2021
When Lee's feckless dad, Frank, announces his engagement, Lee cannot believe that any woman would want to marry him and sets out to find out exactly what is wrong with her.
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7.1/10 99 votes#6 - Charlie
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2017
Lee is worried that Charlie is getting a reputation at school for being the class clown.
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7.2/10 197 votes#7 - Serious
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2006
Kate tries clown classes after unsuccessfully getting Lee to go to them. You couldn't really call her own attempts a success. To repay Kate Lee goes on a date with Lucy Moss, an author whose book, about her turbulent life, was published by Kate's company. It's a less than happy event, as Lee proves less than great at being serious. With Lee out of the way Tim tries to make things up with Kate.
Director: Alex Hardcastle, Nick Wood
Writer: Andrew Collins, Lee Mack
7.2/10 123 votes#8 - Skiing
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2013
On a holiday to Eastern Europe, Lee, Daisy and Lucy become stuck on a cable car.
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7.2/10 115 votes#9 - Rachel
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2013
Lee decides that the best way to get Lucy to notice him is to make her jealous. Now all he has to do is find himself a girlfriend.
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7.2/10 95 votes#10 - Old Acquaintance
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2021
When Lee joins Facebook for the first time and makes contact with an ex-girlfriend from twenty years ago, Lucy is less than pleased.
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7.2/10 69 votes#11 - Day Out
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/2023
To take advantage of three free tickets to Adventure Canyon Theme Park, Lee takes Mollie out of school for a day and gets into trouble with the new head teacher, Miss Anstis. Now all he has to do is think of an excuse to justify Mollie's absence. What could be simpler than a trip to the dentist?
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7.3/10 109 votes#12 - Therapy
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2013
Lee takes advantage of Lucy's new-found skills as a relationship counsellor to patch things up with his father.
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7.3/10 102 votes#13 - Alcohol
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2014
Frank's drinking becomes a problem and forces Lee and Lucy to reassess the living arrangements in the flat.
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7.3/10 95 votes#14 - War
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2021
A family visit to the World War Two war graves in Normandy unearths a piece of family history that is best left buried.
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7.3/10 90 votes#15 - Painting
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2022
It’s been over a year since Frank’s passing and the always lovely Wendy, rediscovering a long lost love for painting, decides to create a very unique tribute in oils. How can Lee and Lucy break the news that they don’t necessarily like the likeness?
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7.3/10 62 votes#16 - Beep
Season 13 Episode 6 - Aired 7/28/2023
Lucy has cooked a special meal so that she and Lee can spend an evening in without distractions to talk about the state of their marriage. But Lee is obsessed with a beeping noise in the house that he can’t find, and the food is soon forgotten.
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7.4/10 164 votes#17 - Death
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2006
Tim's 94-year-old grandmother dies. Kate accuses Lee of not being in touch with his emotions when he fails to tell her. As penance he sees an expensive psychotherapist, who gets a bit too close to the truth. Tim, flirts with Kate, less than successfully, while she comforts him at his grandmother's funeral.
Director: Alex Hardcastle, Nick Wood
Writer: Andrew Collins, Lee Mack
7.4/10 141 votes#18 - Caretaker
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2006
Lee finally manages to get a job, as a caretaker. But taking up the new post involves moving out of the flat. Kate interviews potential new flatmates including Pete, and Tim sees an opportunity to get back together with Kate. Lee's new boss proves to be a hard taskmaster. So, will Lee stick at the job or throw in the towel and move back in with Kate?
Director: Alex Hardcastle, Nick Wood
Writer: Andrew Collins, Lee Mack
7.4/10 139 votes#19 - Amy
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/13/2009
Lee and Tim ask a lesbian couple who have moved into the building over for dinner. They are shocked when Lucy discovers a side of herself that she never knew existed.
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7.4/10 111 votes#20 - Magic
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/2013
When Lucy's god-daughter is suddenly dumped on her the night before the girl's birthday party, Lucy and Lee have to come up with an appropriate entertainment for fourteen nine-year-olds.
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7.4/10 137 votes#21 - Romance
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2017
After eight years of marriage, Lee and Lucy disagree over how to keep the romance alive.
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7.4/10 125 votes#22 - Car
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2017
Lee's hopes for a stress-free ferry trip to France with Lucy and the children are dashed when they don't leave enough time for the car journey.
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7.4/10 94 votes#23 - Bust Up
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 4/19/2018
Encouraged by Anna, Lucy considers whether a breast augmentation is for her.
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7.4/10 111 votes#24 - Memory
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2019
Lee decides to gatecrash Lucy's favourite television show and watch it with her. Lucy is not best pleased, especially when Lee can't remember the name of the leading actor.
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7.4/10 112 votes#25 - Pub Quiz
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2021
To celebrate their anniversary, Lee and Lucy plan a friendly night of quizzing with Toby and Anna in their local pub, but the evening is derailed when neither couple can bear to lose to their partners and the foursome splits into rival teams.
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