The WORST episodes of Still Game

Every episode of Still Game ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Still Game!

Based around the lives of pensioner pals Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade in and around a fictional part of Glasgow called Craiglang, focusing on the ironies and comedy of old age with humour, tenderness and pathos, these OAPS prove they're still game for anything the world can throw at them.

Last Updated: 1/10/2024Network: BBC ScotlandStatus: Ended
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Cat's Whiskers
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7.37
98 votes

#1 - Cat's Whiskers

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/28/2019

Twilight Monthly magazine needs a new cover star and Victor is convinced he’s the man for the job. Meanwhile, Winston battles with a neighbour to win a stray cat’s affections.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Dead Leg (Part One)
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7.41
93 votes

#2 - Dead Leg (Part One)

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2019

Winston receives wounding news about his remaining leg. Meanwhile, Isa struggles with her new cleaning job at the undertaker’s and Tam pushes his skinflintishness to new depths.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Local Hero
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7.58
99 votes

#3 - Local Hero

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/24/2019

Winston saves the day by thwarting a mugger and becomes an internet sensation. Meanwhile, Jack and Victor have one mix-up too many so decide it’s time to get mobile phones.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Dead Leg (Part Two)
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7.59
78 votes

#4 - Dead Leg (Part Two)

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/14/2019

In the second of this double-bill, a trip to the cinema ends up creating a mystery for Jack and Victor and the gang. Meanwhile Boabby has discovered internet dating and encourages Winston to try it too.

Directors: Michael Hines
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The Fall Guy
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7.64
85 votes

#5 - The Fall Guy

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/12/2018

Isa's pulse is set racing as a long-lost companion returns to Craiglang from Hollywood. As Isa and Callum get reacquainted, she has to fend off stiff competition, especially from one particularly persistent gooseberry. Meanwhile, Boabby decides it's time to get a car and learn to drive - but it doesn't come easily, and he soon terrifies the life out of anyone who takes him for a lesson. Quickly running out of willing instructors, step in the dreamboat that is Callum, Isa's friend. He is a qualified driving instructor and comes to the rescue with the promise of a lesson in a local car park. Also trying to better their lot is Methadone Mick, who has enrolled in an online course that he doesn't want to reveal to anyone, for fear they'll laugh at him. The thing is, Mick doesn't have a computer under his bridge, so he relies on Isa, Jack and Victor's good will while he completes his studies. Pushed to their limits, Jack and Victor demand to know what the course is, while the answer reveals the sorry tale of Mick's father, which might go some way to explaining Mick's troubles. Later on, it's clear the romance between Isa and Callum is blossoming, but even though her husband died years ago, Isa is uneasy about the fact she still feels married, so she seeks advice on what to do for the best. Could this be a beautifully happy-ever-after ending for Isa?

Directors: Michael Hines
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Lights Out
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7.64
171 votes

#6 - Lights Out

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/26/2007

Craiglang is plunged into eternal darkness when the sub station goes on the blink. Our vulnerable pensioners are to take radical measures to protect themselves from the night crawlers.

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Pie
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7.66
98 votes

#7 - Pie

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/2018

There's an appetite for destruction as steak pies dominate Jack, Victor and Craiglang's own hilarious version of the hunger games. Only the strongest will reign supreme. The future's arrived in Craiglang as Navid proudly shows off his new shop scanner. However, much to his dismay, his shoppers are left struggling and frustrations quickly mount. Tam steps in to help an elderly woman, Maggie, scan her items and befriends her when it turns out he knows her daughter. However, when Jack, Victor and the others discover Maggie has no shortage of money, they become highly suspicious of Tam's motives. Meanwhile, over at the butcher's there's some serious queue jumping going on by Peggy with Jack and Victor determined to get their hands on the last steak pie in the shop - along with the rest of Craiglang. With Gerry the butcher completely overwhelmed, it's not long before a battle of wills and steak pies breaks out. Puff pastry and delicious gravy at the ready...

Directors: Michael Hines
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South Africa
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7.71
96 votes

#8 - South Africa

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/2018

Jack and Victor pack their bags for a night away that they'll never forget - even if they want to. After learning Navid has been shutting his shop early for the last few Fridays, Jack and Victor try to wheedle information out of Isa about what he's up to. For once she's keeping quiet, sort of, dropping a few clues, hoping they'll suss out Navid's secret shenanigans themselves. It turns out Navid and Meena have a caravan where they retreat to for peace and quiet. As soon as they find this out, Jack and Victor pester Navid for a holiday but when he turns them down, the boys bring out their finest sob story. Navid eventually relents, handing over the keys to his beloved the caravan - for one night only. Friday night is boys' night and Jack and Victor excitedly look forward to escaping Craiglang, carry-out in hand. However, their relaxing caravan trip soon sours when Winston turns up as an unwelcome guest - with shambolic results.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Grim Up North
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7.72
97 votes

#9 - Grim Up North

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/2018

Boabby is persuaded to have a lock-in at The Clansman to mark the passing of Craiglang's much-respected undertaker, so the regulars enjoy outdoing each other with stories of the most famous person they've ever met, dead or alive. After news spreads that a creepy new undertaker, Sheathing, has moved into Craiglang, nobody quite knows what to make of him. Isa, who's heard the stories, spreads the fear amongst the residents that he's the grim reaper. Jack decides to figure out who this mysterious new undertaker really is. But when Isa turns up at Victor's door in a complete panic and Sheathing appears unannounced, Jack and Victor have no option but to take matters into their own hands.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Fly Fishing
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7.81
112 votes

#10 - Fly Fishing

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/8/2018

Winston appeals to his friends for help as asbestos forces him out of his flat. However, with nobody keen to take him in, Winston stumbles on alternative - and inspired - living arrangements of his own. Isa's birthday is on the horizon and she's on a mission to find out who's throwing her a surprise party. Navid tells her she's impossible to surprise and no-one would dare to attempt it, but she is sceptical and starts to spy on the others, in hope of spotting signs of a secret party. Later, Jack and Victor head to The Clansman and encounter a flustered Tam. To their dismay, they discover Boabby's trendy ambitions for the pub, which mean their sort won't be welcome anymore. With The Clansman regulars turfed out and Winston in need of a roof over his head, a new hangout is soon discovered - with perks for all the pensioner pals.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Small Change
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7.82
144 votes

#11 - Small Change

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2016

Comedy in which lifelong friends cope with everything modern life has to throw at them. There are changes afoot in Craiglang. After one year of marriage, Fergie gets relationship advice from Jack and Victor, while Navid and Boabby settle a dispute over whose job is the cushiest.

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Hitched
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7.82
74 votes

#12 - Hitched

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/21/2019

There’s a big wedding to organise so the Craiglang pals all rally round to sort a venue, flowers, food and even a band. With such a lot to arrange, will it all go without a hitch? Jack and Victor have a chance encounter with an old pal while enjoying a relaxing sit on a park bench. They’re pleased to hear he is the curator at a museum now (even if they don’t know what a curator is) but the friendly chat soon leaves Jack and Victor reeling as he insults them by saying he can’t hang about doing nothing in a park all day. Meanwhile, Winston has been having the time of his life these last couple of months with his good lady companion. During one particularly brilliant day, involving a wind up at Stevie the Bookies, the excitement of it all gets too much and a wedding proposal slips out. Back in The Clansman, the look on Winston’s face leads Boabby to assume he got a knock back – but it turns out she said yes and they are to be married in ten days. Well, why wait at this age? The trouble is, Winston has promised her the world, but in the cold light of day is convinced he has absolutely nothing whatsoever to offer her. A visit to his new fiancé’s house to call the whole thing off, lands him in it even deeper, so with Winston in a hole, it’s up to his pals to band together and attempt to organise a wedding to remember. There are flowers and food to sort, and while Boabby and his wee black book are under pressure to find a band, Jack and Victor look up their old curator pal in the hope he can come up trumps with a venue.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Wummin
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7.84
189 votes

#13 - Wummin

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/5/2003

Winston, a lifetime expert at fiddling the DHSS, takes his game one step-up, in the form of pretty home-helper Mrs. Begg . Our boys are quickly smitten. But can Winston keep up the pretence for long? Meanwhile, Jack and Victor now got their newly-widowed friend, Bert Finlay, to worry about. He's not managing: he walks around town like a jakie and can't even boil an egg for himself. A situation horribly familiar to both the boys, they decide to make sure to do right by their old friend before it's too late.

Down and Out
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7.89
157 votes

#14 - Down and Out

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2016

Emotions run high as Jack, Victor and the residents gather to watch the demolition of a Craiglang tower block, Tam drags Winston into a new moneymaking scheme, and Jack and Victor are enticed by Mrs Fletcher, the beguiling manager of the local care home.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Courtin'
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7.89
208 votes

#15 - Courtin'

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/2002

Jack realises how long it's been since his wife died and starts to find new love with a lovely woman in the city centre. But to win the fair lady's heart, a double date is in order. What will Victor do when he sees Barbara's sister, and what will he do when it turns out that all isn't as it seems with Barbara?

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Smoke On The Water
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7.90
175 votes

#16 - Smoke On The Water

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/3/2006

Jack arranges a birthday surprise for Victor's 75th - a trip down the river in an inflatable dinghy. The duo are joined on their voyage by Winston, but the relaxing pleasure cruise soon turns into a nightmare.

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Cauld
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7.90
206 votes

#17 - Cauld

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/2002

Winter arrives in Craiglang with a vengeance. Jack and Victor find an old friend of theirs drops dead of the cold - is it time to take part in Winston's nerfarious scheme to steal 'leccy?

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Flittin'
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7.92
276 votes

#18 - Flittin'

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2002

Jack and Victor: together again, for the first time! The problem is Jack's having problems with his neighbours, and Victor's neighbour rolls over and joins the choir invisible. Will the DHSS listen to Robbie Burns, or will our heroes be kept apart? And as for What the Vicar saw...

Gairden
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7.95
190 votes

#19 - Gairden

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/29/2003

The Neds have colonised the local park and Jack and Victor aren't happy about it. Winston decides to take matters into his own hands. Things aren't helped by the fact that their old pal Ronnie is in the loony bin, so they pose as his brothers to secure his release. But will they make it in time, and will auld Ronnie be up to the challenge of sanity?

All The Best
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7.96
140 votes

#20 - All The Best

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/17/2006

Winston's had enough of Craiglang and decides he wants to live beside the seaside. Jack and Victor become wedding chauffeurs for the day.

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Balls Up
star
7.96
96 votes

#21 - Balls Up

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/2018

Jack and Victor head to The Clansman, only to find it's Isa behind the bar. Turns out, Boabby has taken up walking football once a week and he's getting match-fit for a very important tournament at the weekend. However, when Boabby's football career is unexpectedly cut short and he's forced out of the game, it's up to Jack and Victor to pull a team together and win a much-needed new pitch for their local community. As a warm up, they play a 'friendly' against the doddery old Claymore pub team but it doesn't quite go to plan. Under the guidance of firm new manager, Isa, the Craiglang team sets about a rigorous Rocky-inspired training regime, employing some interesting new sporting tactics. Meanwhile, Methadone Mick puts himself forward for a key role at the tournament much to the horror of Mrs Greer from the walking football association. However, with no other candidates to choose from, the straight-laced Ms Greer has no option but to take a punt on Mick. With training complete and the oranges quartered, the newly formed Craiglang team prepare for the all-important football tournament, hoping they won't score an own goal.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Hot Seat
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7.97
178 votes

#22 - Hot Seat

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/2007

Craiglang is in the grip of a hot spell. Jack and Victor have found the perfect place to relax in the park on the ultimate bench. Unfortunately, Tam and Winston have the same idea. Isa receives news about her ex husband Harry that changes her life.

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Over the Hill
star
7.99
73 votes

#23 - Over the Hill

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/2019

It is the must-see finale as we bid a poignant farewell to Jack, Victor and the rest of the Craiglang gang. While Isa gets into a fix with some cute little animals, Jack and Victor decide to stop putting things off and go on that adventure they have been planning for years. A new month rolls round and Jack is excited to see what new picture he will reveal on his calendar, but tensions quickly rise as Victor tries to meddle in his fun. Heading to The Clansman for a calming pint, they suggest Boabby uncovers November on his calendar, while Tam reveals he is far too stingy to buy one. This marching of time has put Jack into a contemplative mood. He is thinking about how he and Victor should stop making up a load of excuses and should instead accomplish their long-standing ambition to climb the world famous Munro, Ben Lomond. Victor’s bright idea for avoiding disappointment every year is to admit defeat, but Jack is having none of it - they are pioneers and they are going for it! With their new resolve, Jack and Victor invite Tam, Winston and Boaby to join the expedition, which quickly sees them scrabbling around for reasons why they can’t possibly go. Turns out, none of them can come up with anything decent so they find themselves agreeing. It is probably for the best anyway. Over at Navid’s shop, rather than running a mile from charity workers, Isa runs towards them. She is a sucker for a cute little animal story but when Navid finds her acting strangely in the shop, she is forced to admit to him that she has a problem. As Navid conducts an intervention to help Isa onto a better path, the boys head off for Ben Lomond in a bid to conquer that mountain.

Directors: Michael Hines
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Scones
star
7.99
185 votes

#24 - Scones

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/2002

Tam, the tapping king of Craiglang, has fallen on his feet with his latest win: a lifetime's free supply of film tickets and confectionary. Not to be outdone, our boys set out to win a slogan competition. Meanwhile, an old face from Isa's past returns...

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Hoaliday
star
7.99
115 votes

#25 - Hoaliday

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/7/2004

Jack and Victor kick off series 3 in an opening episode that picks up where the last episode of series 2 left off - the boys are flying to Canada to visit Jack's family. The boys are having a time of it - with a belated dose of jetlag - and take in the marvels of Gutbusters, Niagra Falls, Ice Hockey and tacky souvenirs. Soon the time looms for them to come home - or is it? And, back in Craiglang, there's a new man in Isa's life...