The BEST episodes of Not Going Out
Every episode of Not Going Out ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Not Going Out!
Not Going Out reveals the many childish antics of witty smart aleck Lee among his friends and family in and around London.
#1 - Drunk
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/2012
After Lucy suffers a mild indiscretion whilst drunk and claims to have no memory of the event, she and Lee embark on an experiment with a bottle of home-made potato hooch to prove once and for all that you can remember what happens when you're mashed.
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#4 - Christmas Special
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/24/2014
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. After being pressured by Frank, Lee gets drunk on the night before his and Lucy's wedding, which causes serious problems for Lee and Frank, along with Lucy's father, Geoffrey, after the police find that the ring that belongs to Geoffrey is actually stolen. Will the three of them make it to the church on time for Lee and Lucy's wedding day?
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#6 - Escape Room
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/2018
As a surprise for Lee's birthday, Lucy invites the whole family to join them in an escape room.
#9 - Movie
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2011
Lee promises to stop treating Lucy's flat as if he owns it - but not before he has hired it out to a film director.
#10 - 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'.
#13 - Debbie
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2011
Lee's past catches up with him when a young woman appears on his doorstep and asks for a cup of sugar.
#16 - Italian Lessons
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/2023
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.
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#19 - Mortgage
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2007
With Kate having gone back to America, Tim tells Lee he is going to sell the flat, and hires a cleaner called Barbara to clean it. Lee attempts to get a mortgage so he can buy it. In the meantime however he puts off all the potential buyers, until Lucy, who unbeknown to Lee is Tim's sister, arrives saying she will rent the spare room when Lee buys it. Lucy soon decides she wants to buy it herself, and both offer to buy it from Tim. Tim decides to sell it to Lee, however, he cannot get a mortgage so Lucy buys it. On Tim's wishes, she rents out the spare room to Lee.
#20 - Dads
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/2012
Lee's lazy weekend is wrecked when his scrounging father turns up unexpectedly. Having just come out of hospital he needs somewhere to stay for the weekend. Will Lee take on the demanding role of carer?
#22 - Babysitting
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2017
Reluctantly Lucy allows Lee’s father, Frank, to babysit and then wishes she hadn’t.
#24 - Neighbour
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/27/2009
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.
#25 - 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.