Lucy

Lucy is one of the main characters of Not Going Out along with Lee, Tim, Daisy, Barbara and formerly Kate.

Lucy has spent a number of years in Zurich working as a successful business women. Upon returning to England she has bought the flat and now reluctantly rents out the spare room to Lee (it was part of the deal).

Lucy is very career-minded. She is a young, confident, successful go-getter. As a result there is a lot of tension between Lucy and Tim, who is her brother - he's jealous of her, whilst she thinks he's an underachiever. Much of the sibling-rivaly stems from the fact that Lucy is the favourite sibling with their mum and dad, whilst Tim is looked upon as a disappointment.

During the second series Lucy was going out with Guy - her boss and a man 20 years her senior. Despite the fact she was dating Guy there was clearly some romantic tension when Lee is in the same room. At the end of series two Lucy and Guy split - does this now mean Lee has a chance? Between series three and six onwards, it appears that Lee has still gotten nowhere with Lucy. In series six, Tim is no longer in the show so is mentioned as being on a work placement in Germany. In episode six of the same series, Lucy's first love Scott appeared on the scene again and asked her to star in a play he'd written for her, so Lee decided to fight for her attention.

In series seven, Lee finally decides to make a move on her when Toby casually mentions that Lucy is on a date with his rich cousin Carl, and that he was a barrister. Toby obviously knew that Lee would panic, and that he needed to give him the push so he could tell Lucy how he felt. Toby also mentioned that Carl was thinking of offering her a trip to Naples. Lee finally confessed that he did love her and asked her to marry her. Lucy said yes, to the surprise of Toby and his wife Anna, who asked him why he was smelling of booze. Anna said that it looked like they had some celebrating to do. Lee and Lucy finally got married in the Christmas special.

In series 8, which is set around 6-7 years after the 2015 Christmas special, Lucy is seen as housewife who cares for her and Lee's three children. It is unknown as to what her current career is, and whether she still runs her own business. By this point, Lucy has taken Lee's surname, though it has not been revealed what this is. Later on in the show we begin to see the effect that having children has had on Lucy, as she believes that she might want another child to have a sibling for their current three. Anna, who by now is her best friend, has a major influence on many of her decisions about her children and her marriage to Lee given her experiences with Toby, including her thoughts on having breast augmentation surgery.

By series 10 and beyond, Lucy starts encouraging Lee to have more involvement in his children's education and upbringing, with their first venture into the facts of life, trick-or-treating adventures, and the military history of their great-grandparents. Lucy is involved in bringing Lee into the 21st century on certain matters, particularly when he develops hypochondria over possible dementia, and introducing him to social media to meet friends from his youth.

Trivia

 * In the episode Party, Lucy she reveals she is 29 years old - soon to be 30. Combining this with the year the episode was broadcast gives her year of birth as 1979. This would make the year of Tim's graduation party in the episode Debbie as 1988 or 1989 given that she is aged 8 in that episode. This also makes sense given the songs mentioned in that edition were all released prior to those years.