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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...

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  1. 6.2/10(101 votes)

    #1 - Coffin

    S13:E4

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
  2. 6.7/10(123 votes)

    #2 - Play

    S6:E6

    Lee is forced to fight for Lucy's attention when her first love reappears on the scene.

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    Director:Nick Wood
    Writer:Lee Mack
  3. 6.7/10(97 votes)

    #3 - Friend

    S12:E3

    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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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Lee Mack
  4. 7.0/10(103 votes)

    #4 - Jury

    S12:E5

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
  5. 7.1/10(105 votes)

    #5 - Carol

    S11:E3

    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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  6. 7.2/10(214 votes)

    #6 - Serious

    S1:E1

    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.

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  8. 7.2/10(107 votes)

    #7 - Charlie

    S8:E5

    Lee is worried that Charlie is getting a reputation at school for being the class clown.

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  9. 7.3/10(154 votes)

    #8 - Caretaker

    S1:E6

    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?

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  10. 7.3/10(135 votes)

    #9 - Skiing

    S6:E2

    On a holiday to Eastern Europe, Lee, Daisy and Lucy become stuck on a cable car.

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    Director:Nick Wood
  11. 7.3/10(118 votes)

    #10 - Therapy

    S6:E3

    Lee takes advantage of Lucy's new-found skills as a relationship counsellor to patch things up with his father.

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    Director:Nick Wood
  12. 7.3/10(125 votes)

    #11 - Rachel

    S6:E5

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
  13. 7.3/10(102 votes)

    #12 - Old Acquaintance

    S11:E4

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
  14. 7.3/10(78 votes)

    #13 - Day Out

    S13:E3

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
  15. 7.3/10(73 votes)

    #14 - Beep

    S13:E6

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
  16. 7.4/10(176 votes)

    #15 - Death

    S1:E2

    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.

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  17. 7.4/10(170 votes)

    #16 - Aussie

    S1:E3

    Ruth, an Australian friend of Kate's, comes to stay and Lee is persuaded to pretend to be Tim. Lee gets a job handing out leaflets at a shopping centre, but soon falls foul of a local youth.

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  18. 7.4/10(152 votes)

    #17 - Amy

    S3:E3

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
  19. 7.4/10(119 votes)

    #18 - Magic

    S6:E7

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
    Writer:Lee Mack
  20. 7.4/10(110 votes)

    #19 - Alcohol

    S7:E6

    Frank's drinking becomes a problem and forces Lee and Lucy to reassess the living arrangements in the flat.

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    Director:Nick Wood
  21. 7.4/10(96 votes)

    #20 - Painting

    S12:E1

    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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    Director:Nick Wood
  22. 7.4/10(76 votes)

    #21 - Football

    S13:E7

    When Lee goes to watch Benji playing football for a local under-13 team, he is unable to restrain himself on the touchline and becomes the competitive dad that all other parents want to avoid. Undaunted by the disapproval of Toby, who coaches the team, Lee sets about rigging the vote for the player of the year.

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    Director:Nick Wood
  23. 7.5/10(163 votes)

    #22 - Stress

    S1:E4

    Lee starts teaching Kate to drive. His (or her) lack of success seems to stress him out and Kate notices. She persuades him to try some yoga and given his track record he doesn't take it seriously. He is banished to have acupuncture while Tim tries his hand at teaching Kate how to drive. He does surprisingly well until Lee admits that he's taking tranquillizers during an increasingly speed fuelled drive in the countryside. Big question...will she pass?

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  24. 7.5/10(165 votes)

    #23 - Kid

    S1:E5

    Kate and Lee are forced to take in a lodger, a surly 14-year-old boy called Nicky. Lee's attempts to bond with the teenager prove less than successful, while Tim and Nicky discover they have quite a lot in common. Meanwhile, Kate tries to persuade a carnivorous Great Dane to become a vegetarian with unfortunate results.

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  25. 7.5/10(143 votes)

    #24 - Art

    S2:E5

    In an effort to appear as intellectual as Lucy's friends, Lee shows off his 'knowledge' of the art world - holding forth on the subject of an unknown artist, who his cleaner Barbara has told him is the next big thing. When Lucy takes the advice and invests a fortune in the artist's work, Lee is left trying to prevent her from finding out the artist is actually a nobody.

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  26. 7.5/10(134 votes)

    #25 - Party

    S3:E4

    Lee and Tim decide to try and throw Lucy a 30th birthday party but they both have different ideas. Lee is not happy when Lucy shows up at the party with a man and decides to try and get rid of him.

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    Director:Nick Wood

Worst Episodes Summary

"Coffin" is the worst rated episode of "Not Going Out". It scored 6.2/10 based on 101 votes. Directed by Nick Wood and written by Lee Mack, Daniel Peak, it aired on 7/14/2023. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Play".