Carol (episode)

Carol is the fourth episode of the eleventh series of Not Going Out and aired on 22nd January 2021.

Synopsis
When Lee's feckless dad, Frank, announces that he's engaged to be married, Lee cannot believe that any woman would want to marry him. There must be something wrong with her. Lucy invites Frank and Carol to dinner to allay Lee’s fears. Carol turns out to be perfect, but now Lee is even more nervous. Frank seems to dote on her. If Carol dumps Frank, Frank will be devastated. Then it will be Lee’s shoulder that Frank will cry on, and Lee cannot cope with that. In an effort to find out what Carol is up to, Lee joins Frank’s dating app and puts himself forward as a potential date for Carol. If she bites, he will know she’s up to no good.

Plot
Lee (Lee Mack) is stunned when his father Frank (Bobby Ball) turns up to announce that he has met a women and is in a relationship. Lee and Lucy (Sally Bretton) decide to invite Frank and his new girlfriend Carol (Susie Blake) over to the house. Lee becomes suspicious when he discovers how perfect Carol's personality is, and how someone like her can be attracted to someone like his father. Lee decides to spy on Carol at her house, and sees multiple men entering and exiting her residence. Lee suspects she is sleeping around and decides to risk it himself by uploading his picture to the dating website that Carol met Frank on. Carol accepts to meet Lee, and Lee asks Lucy's friend Emma (Victoria Grove) to create a prosthetic face mask to conceal his true identity. Following the date, Carol asks Lee, who has assumed the alias "Edward 'Teddy' Bear", to walk her home. Lee's suspicions only grow when she invites him inside for a nightcap, and then even further when she asks him to go upstairs. When he reaches her bedroom, he finds Frank lying on the bed. Teddy discovers that the plan was to have a threesome, and tries anything to stop Carol attempting to get him into bed. Frank eventually gives in and tells Carol he can't do this anymore, and walks out with Teddy.

Main cast

 * Lee Mack as Lee
 * Sally Bretton as Lucy
 * Bobby Ball as Frank

Secondary cast

 * Susie Blake as Carol
 * Victoria Grove as Emma
 * Ahmed Elhaj as the waiter

Crew

 * Producer - Jamie Rix
 * Writer - Lee Mack
 * Writer - Neil Webster