Not Going Out

When Lucy announces that she is pregnant, Lee wonders if the father might accidentally be him. He can't bring himself to tell Lucy how he thinks it might have happened, but Tim guesses.

Lee is insufferably smug when he wins £1000 in a writing competition with an essay entitled ‘Disability in the Workplace’. Lucy is moved to tears when she reads the essay and had no idea that Lee was so sensitive.

Over-excited by the appearance of a lesbian couple in their building, Lee and Tim ask them over for dinner, not realising that their adolescent attempt to get their jollies will backfire when Lucy discovers a side to herself that she never knew existed.

When Tim and Lee try to organise a party for Lucy's 30th birthday, their ideas of what makes a good party differ widely; Tim likes a few games of charades, while Lee likes a do where there are no competitors for Lucy's attention.

A new neighbour moves in upstairs, and his constant noise drives Lucy to distraction. She begs Lee and Tim to get him to stop, but neither is man enough. Tim takes being branded a coward to heart and rushes off to join a boxing gym.

Lucy is stressed, as she has to make an important speech at a recruitment conference, and has nobody to help her write it. Sensing an opportunity to impress her, Lee offers his services, which upsets Tim, who also thinks he is the best man for the job.