Debbie (episode)

Debbie is the second episode of the Series 4 of Not Going Out and originally aired on 13 January, 2011.

Synopsis
Lee's past catches up with him when a young woman appears on his doorstep and asks for a cup of sugar.

Plot
Debbie (Laura Aikman), an attractive woman in her early twenties, moves into the block and goes to great lengths to get to know Lee. Lee assumes that Debbie fancies him, but is shocked when she reveals that she thinks he is her father (at karaoke night, just as Tim starts singing the Surprise, Surprise theme song!), after he had a one-night stand with her late mother Karen (Emma Pike) at a party at Tim's house in the 80s. Lee initially tries to avoid Debbie, but Lucy persuades him to get to know her a bit better. Tim is upset to learn Lee and Karen had sex in his bed. However, he then reveals that he not only dated Karen, but lost his virginity to her – meaning that he could also be Debbie's father.

Both Lee and Tim are in immediate shock and denial, wondering what it will be like being a father. A DNA test reveals that neither of them is Debbie's father. Debbie is devastated, but Lucy remembers that she was eight years old at the time of the party, and stumbled on Karen in bed with Terry (Paul Vincent Lowe), an unusually short friend of Lee and Tim's. Lee successfully tracks Terry, and he and Debbie meet up.

Main cast

 * Lee Mack as Lee
 * Tim Vine as Tim Adams
 * Sally Bretton as Lucy Adams
 * Katy Wix as Daisy

Guest stars

 * Laura Aikman as Debbie
 * Emma Pike as Karen
 * Paul Vincent Lowe as Terry
 * Paul Courtenay-Hyu as Karaoke Host
 * Ruby Stokes as Young Lucy
 * Matthew Fenton as Boy at Crazy Golf
 * Kris Saddler as Man at Door

Crew

 * Director - Nick Wood
 * Producer - Jamie Rix
 * Writer - Lee Mack
 * Writer - Andrew Collins

Trivia

 * Lucy is 8 in this episode; she turns 30 in the episode Party which was broadcast in 2009. This makes her year of birth 1979, and therefore the year of the party is around 1988 or 1989.
 * The songs that can be heard on the stereo in the background at the party are Rio (originally recorded by Duran Duran in 1982), Zoom (originally recorded by Fat Larry's Band in 1982) and Tainted Love (recorded by Soft Cell in 1981). Lee also mentions the Chris de Burgh song The Lady in Red, which was recorded in 1986.
 * In the mini-golf scene, the cup on the windmill course is buried underneath the windmill itself, making it impossible to actually pot a shot on this section. The cutout section underneath does not access the cup.

Filming locations

 * The mini-golf scene was filmed at Wimbledon Park Mini Golf Course.