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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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One

Worst Episodes Summary

"Coffin" is the worst rated episode of "Not Going Out". It scored 6.3/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/14/2023. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Friend".

  • Coffin
    6.3/1094 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Friend
    6.7/1093 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Play
    6.8/10117 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jury
    6.9/1098 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Serious
    7.1/10204 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Carol
    7.1/10102 votes
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    #6 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Skiing
    7.2/10128 votes
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    #7 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rachel
    7.2/10120 votes
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    #8 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Charlie
    7.2/10102 votes
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    #9 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Day Out
    7.2/1074 votes
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    #10 - 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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Caretaker
    7.3/10148 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • Therapy
    7.3/10114 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Alcohol
    7.3/10105 votes
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Old Acquaintance
    7.3/1099 votes
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    #14 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Beep
    7.3/1069 votes
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    #15 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death
    7.4/10171 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • Amy
    7.4/10146 votes
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    #17 - 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.

    Director: Nick Wood

    Writer: Darin Henry, Lee Mack

  • Magic
    7.4/10114 votes
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    #18 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Romance
    7.4/10142 votes
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    #19 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Car
    7.4/10129 votes
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    #20 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Memory
    7.4/10114 votes
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    #21 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pub Quiz
    7.4/10115 votes
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    #22 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • War
    7.4/1099 votes
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    #23 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Painting
    7.4/1093 votes
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    #24 - 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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Front Window
    7.4/1085 votes
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    #25 - Front Window

    Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2022

    Recovering from knee surgery, Lee sits by the window day after day, spying on his neighbours through a pair of binoculars.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A