History Series / NotGoingOut

The show originally focused on Lee, a perpetually unemployed layabout who prefers to spend his time hanging around with his best friend, Tim (Creator/TimVine), rather than finding meaningful employment. In the first series, Lee rents a room from Kate, Tim's American ex-girlfriend. From the second series, Kate is replaced with Lucy, Tim's younger sister, a consultant with whom Lee shares a combative will-they-won't-they relationship.

** "Memory" and "War" took place entirely in Lee and Lucy's sitting room, while "Beep" takes up the whole ground floor of the house.

** "Memory" and "War" took place entirely in Lee and Lucy's sitting room.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The episode "Coffin" focuses on Lee being buried alive. He is able to breathe perfectly fine after being nailed inside a coffin for over four hours and can still get mobile phone reception (albeit with the occassional interference). In the first case, Carbon Dioxide poisoning should have made breathing difficult after about three hours. In the second case, phone signals can be blocked by only a few inches of soil. One of the people facetiming him even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshedes]] this fact by asking what network he is using (Saying that the coverage is ''phenominal!'').

* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: Tim]]

* InnocentInnuendo: When Lucy mentions she's planning to stay in with a bottle of wine and a "ChickFlick", Lee [[ADateWithRosiePalms imagines it a completely different way]].

* PrankPunishment: In "Pregnant", Lucy announces that [[TitleDrop she is pregnant]], much to the shock of Lee, who had [[ADateWithRosiePalms ejaculated into her bathwater]] and now fears he is the father. When he reluctantly admits the deed to Lucy, she initially reacts with horror and tells him to GetOut, then reveals that she knew about it the whole time, and the "pregnancy" was just a prank to get back at him for it.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: From Series 2 onwards, this is at the core of the programme between Lee and Lucy. [[spoiler: Finally, after seven years and some significant nudging from upstairs neighbours Toby and Anna, they do.]]

After a brief hiatus following [[TheyDo Lee and Lucy's wedding]] in the 2014 Christmas special, the show returned with a significant {{Retool}} and an eight-year TimeSkip to focus on Lee and Lucy as a married couple with three children and the promotion of Lee's dad, Frank, and Lucy's parents, Geoffrey and Wendy, to major supporting characters alongside Toby and Anna.

* [[spoiler: TheyDo: Lee and Lucy. It only took them seven years.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: From Series 2 onwards, this is at the core of the programme between Lee and Lucy. [[spoiler: Finally, after seven years and some significant nudging from upstairs neighbours Toby and Anna, TheyDo.]]

* MonsterClown: In "Camping," Lee, Tim, Lucy, and Daisy get stranded and find themselves surrounded by a growing group of individuals wearing ominous clown masks. [[spoiler:Turns out, the group are at a popular dogging site and they're surrounded by [=DirtyOldMan dirty old men=] looking for a show.]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:[[spoiler:Barbara after Series 3(Due to the filming of Miranda Hart's sitcom) and Daisy between Series 7 and 8.]]

After a brief hiatus, the show returned with a significant {{Retool}} and an eight-year TimeSkip to focus on Lee and Lucy as a married couple with three children and the addition of Lee's dad, Frank, and Lucy's parents, Geoffrey and Wendy, as major supporting characters alongside Toby and Anna.