The Best Episodes Written By Lee Mack
Every TV Episode Written by Lee Mack Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Lee Mack Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Lee Mack is "Baby", rated 8.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was "directed by Alex Hardcastle". "Baby" aired on 9/28/2007 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Gay".
8.5/10 2 votes#1 - Baby
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/2007
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
Writer: Lee Mack
8.0/10 1 votes#2 - Gay
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/2007
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
Writer: Lee Mack
7.5/10 2 votes#3 - Aussie
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2006
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.
Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writer: Lee Mack
7.5/10 2 votes#4 - Dating
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2007
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
Writer: Lee Mack
7.0/10 2 votes#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
Writer: Lee Mack
7.0/10 2 votes#6 - 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
Writer: Lee Mack
7.0/10 2 votes#7 - Kid
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2006
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.
Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writer: Lee Mack
7.0/10 2 votes#8 - 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
Writer: Lee Mack
7.0/10 2 votes#9 - Mortgage
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2007
Tim decides to sell the flat, so Lee sets to work putting off prospective buyers.
Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writer: Lee Mack
7.0/10 2 votes#10 - Art
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/2007
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.
Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writer: Lee Mack
7.0/10 2 votes#11 - Murder at Christmas
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/2007
Lee's plan to spend time alone with Lucy at Christmas is threatened.
Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writer: Lee Mack
6.5/10 2 votes#12 - Stress
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2006
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?
Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writer: Lee Mack
6.5/10 2 votes#13 - Librarian
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/2007
Lucy and Guy are going out with each other, and Guy has practically moved in. This annoys Lee who thinks Guy is too old for her. Lee soon discovers that Guy owns a lap dancing club. While at the club, Lee and Tim see Rose (Thaila Zucchi), a librarian that Tim has been seeing, and discover she is a lapdancer. Tim later dumps her, but then changes his mind. However, Rose refuses to get back together. Meanwhile, Lucy dumps Guy but they soon get back together but agree to take their relationship more slowly.
Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writer: Lee Mack
6.5/10 2 votes#14 - Gangster
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/2007
Guy showers Lucy with expensive gifts and whisks her away for a weekend.
Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writer: Lee Mack