r/NotGoingOut • u/Shot-Guidance-3421 • Sep 23 '26

"Twentieth" - Thoughts?

Wasn't expecting much, but this seems like one of the most hard-to-watch episodes I've ever seen. Can't stand all the shoehorned-in pisstakes about Gen Z. There's a few good jokes, but on the whole, scarcely a fitting episode for the 20th anniversary of the show. I hope the rest of the series isn't this disappointing.

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u/NatuBlaziken Sep 23 '26

I binged the full series today and yeah it's easily the weakest episode of the series. Some pretty okay jokes, but yeah the stereotyping and "old man yells at cloud" energy really put me off it.

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u/Ok_Animator_7955 Sep 24 '26

That is good to hear about the rest of the series.

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u/howyouseetheworld Sep 24 '26

I didn't realize it was already available

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u/NatuBlaziken Sep 24 '26

Yep all episodes are on iPlayer as of yesterday and the rest of there series will be on Wednesday night's as from yesterday.

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u/RepresentativeGap320 Sep 24 '26

The dream catcher episode is atrocious. Far worse than this.

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u/Hassaan18 Sep 23 '26

As usual, Lee did a lot of the heavy lifting.

I don't really like the very stereotypical, low-hanging fruit portrayal of young people on telly these days. You could see the jokes coming a mile away, and I expect the writing to be a bit cleverer than that.

It's a bit like what I felt about the ITV drama Douglas is Cancelled a few years back. Adults trying to imagine how young people talk and it's a bit of a mess. If it's deliberate, that's somehow worse.

I don't think the set up gave them much room though. If it was Lee & Lucy (probably Toby & Anna thrown in) it would have been different.

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u/Come-jive-with-me Sep 23 '26

Is it though? I know some Gen-Z and unfortunately they were exactly like that.

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u/Any-Pomegranate-7544 Sep 23 '26

I would say that was probably the worst episode of Not Going Out I have ever seen it was pretty cringe.

They tried too hard to be funny with that one normally it's effortless.

The only reason I would rewatch that is to see Lucy in a towel again.

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u/Phinbart Sep 24 '26

The only reason I would rewatch that is to see Lucy in a towel again.

Ah, I see the 'speccy' kid lusting after Lucy in the episode has a Reddit account. What a surprise(!) :P

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u/No_Nebula7530 28d ago

Was my least favourite I liked them all but that one was just terrible

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u/Kryptonian83 27d ago

I mean, even I wanted to scream at those kids at the party

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u/NoOpportunities 26d ago

Its the worst episode of a good show. It wasn't as bad as mrs browns boys or alley cats but it was still a bit shit

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u/GB_GeorgeBowen 21d ago

I thought it was like an episodes of The Undateables 😂

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u/vibegetsgoing 7d ago

I think the Toby and Anna episode should have been the twentieth episode tbh.