To be fair, this is not the first-time jump for Not Going Out, which took us from Mack’s slacker Lee getting together with the lovely Lucy (Sally Bretton) to them raising a family together between the seventh and eighth series. This latest hop sees the couple into the empty nest stage of life: their kids are at university and they’re looking to move house and start a new chapter.
Mike Wozniak as Will, Lee Mack as Lee and Sally Bretton as Lucy (Photo: Mark Johnson/Avalon/BBC)
By the end of the half hour – as in most episodes – Lee has got himself into a right old mess, having claimed not only that he is married to Will’s elderly mother but that Lucy is actually his daughter. It’s certainly not cutting-edge comedy, reliant on the kind of misunderstandings and mixed up identities that have tickled funny bones for centuries, but Not Going Out does orchestrate this spiralling of slapstick absurdity well, especially when it comes to an extended riff on a stairlift.
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If “mildly amusing” is the benchmark, then Not Going Out does meet it: its humour lies in mining the awkwardness of small talk, the corny pleasures of dad jokes and predictable but satisfying puns. Mack and Bretton know exactly what they’re doing and are both warm, welcome presences in this sort of studio sitcom set-up.
Near the beginning of this opener, house seller Will comments: “He’s relentless, isn’t he?” about Lee, and Lucy responds, “Oh it never ends. Ever.” It’s a statement that appears to be as true for the character as the comedy he leads. But maybe it’s time to consider putting it to an end.
‘Not Going Out’ continues next Friday at 9pm on BBC One
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