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8/10
Death affects people in different ways.
Sleepin_Dragon11 January 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Tim arrives at the flat he leaves a message for Kate, his Nan has died, Lee tries to console Tim, without cracking any jokes. Lee passes the news on to Kate, she tells Lee he's out of touch with his emotions and gets him to see a therapist, she fails to fall for Lee's charms. Tim looks for Kate and Lee to accompany him to his Nan's funeral, Tim's hopes of getting Kate back fail, and Lee's therapist helps him realise that he has feelings for Kate.

Tim Vine's dead pan face worked so well with Lee Mack's cheeky Northern charm. The mix of American and British humour worked really well in this first series, it was a good balance, Megan Dodds was definitely up to Lee Mack and Tim Vine.

Loved the scene between Lee and his therapist, hugely funny, Lorelei King is a great performer and a very attractive woman, she didn't crack once to any of his funny lines.

Another really funny early episode, 8/10
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6/10
Death
Prismark101 September 2019
It is clear in this episode that Lee Mack has been heavily influenced by US sitcoms. There are plenty of zingers and you can sense that the writers have tried hard to come up with the one liners and the complicated gag to get to Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia joke.

The episode also hints at a budding romance between Lee and Kate especially as Lee has been persuaded to go and see a therapist, who sits stone faced throughout as Lee jokes about. The therapist tells Lee that he has underlying feelings for Kate which he hides behind his humour.

Meanwhile Tim sees an opportunity to get back together with Kate after his grandmother dies, he is feeling rather low. Kate accompanies Tim to his grandmother's funeral.

Plenty of fast paced humour even though the subject matter is death. It is strange to see Tim as the straight man but then he comes out with the jokes as well such as the time he drew a moustache on his grandmother's face and a beard on his aunt's face.
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