Rab C. Nesbitt

1. S01E01WorkSeptember 27, 1990—Rab returns home three days late from the butchers, leaving Mary no choice but to move out after years of trouble. Much to his horror, Rab d
2. S01E02RatOctober 4, 1990—Mary finds a rat in the kitchen, Rab discovers his favourite shop has turned into an art boutique, and a by-election takes place in Govan: R
3. S01E03City of CultureOctober 11, 1990—Glasgow's new image as the "City of Culture" looks set to be tarnished by a cynical Rab.
4. S01E04DrinkOctober 18, 1990—Rab goes to see his doctor and discovers that if he does not give up drinking within a year, he will die. Not taking any notice of the docto
5. S01E05OffskiOctober 25, 1990—Rab goes to stay with Mary's cousin Shug, who lives in Sidcup, after finding himself on the run from the police. Gash receives a letter from
6. S01E06HolidayNovember 1, 1990—The Nesbitts are in Spain on holiday, after Mary wins a competition on a packet of OvenChips.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01CountryMay 14, 1992—Rab decides to take the family up to the highlands for the weekend.
2. S02E02LessonMay 21, 1992—When Rab is released from prison, and Mary doesn't want him back, he moves in with Jamesie and begins to have flashbacks to his days at scho
3. S02E03DomesticMay 28, 1992—When Rab returns home to find his weans have been taken into care, he's so upset he can hardly finish his kebab.
4. S02E04That's EntertainmentJune 4, 1992—Rab comes into contact with Social Services reject and local headcase Young Young McGurn.
5. S02E05EthicsJune 11, 1992—Rab finds himself in the middle of a moral dilemma. After saving a wino from drowning, the man decides to leave sole responsibility of his l
6. S02E06Life Has MeaningJune 18, 1992—Rab has an argument with the devil worshipper who lives next door, and gets a curse put on him.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01RichNovember 16, 1993—Mary lands a job with a lecherous boss, and Rab, fearing she may dump him, turns to his pal Jamesie Cotter for advice on improving his love
2. S03E02TouchNovember 23, 1993—Mary has a new job, but her boss seems a bit too friendly, which makes Rab think that she's having an affair.
3. S03E03GiftedNovember 30, 1993—A strange new affliction is visited on the Nesbitt household. Rab's younger son Burney has been diagnosed as gifted and begins attending wee
4. S03E04WeanDecember 7, 1993—With Ella's biological clock ticking loudly and husband Jamesie less potent than a seedless orange, parenthood seems a pretty unlikely prosp
5. S03E05RightDecember 14, 1993—The beer-swilling Scottish sage decides to behave respectably on his release from jail. But with Burney adopting fascist tendencies, Gash on
6. S03E06CellDecember 21, 1993—Rab is thrown into a grimy police cell for being drunk and disorderly and is shocked to find a guard pointing a gun at him.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01LoveSeptember 19, 1994—Rab is back living with his mother, because he is unable to say to Mary that he loves her. Family member Screech is living with the Nesbitts
2. S04E02MotherSeptember 26, 1994—Rab is living rough out on the local dump, when he gets some sad news concerning his mother.
3. S04E03BuckfastOctober 3, 1994—Rab and Jamesie take a spiritual trip to the Buckfast Abbey brewery.
4. S04E04TestOctober 10, 1994—Rab needs to wear glasses after having his eyes tested and Mary is reluctant to go for another smear test.
5. S04E05EorpaOctober 17, 1994—The Govan local TV station gets excited when both Rab and Jamesie are accused of committing murder.
6. S04E06FurtherOctober 24, 1994—Norrie the barman can't find anyone to volunteer for the brewery sponsored charity walk across Scotland, until he mentions free drinks.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01AffairJanuary 5, 1996—Whilst Mary is eagerly anticipating the Nesbitts' twentieth wedding anniversary, Rab is tempted into an affair with Susan, the leader of his
2. S05E02FuelJanuary 12, 1996—Mary and Rab take a romantic trip to the Lake District where Rab becomes an environmental crusader against a local pharmaceutical company.
3. S05E03LotteryJanuary 19, 1996—Rab and Mary have a win on the football pools but it doesn't bring them the happiness that they expected it to.
4. S05E04PieJanuary 26, 1996—Shug comes to Govan and wants to start up his own pie shop but he doesn't know about the local pie mafia, who don't like outsiders on their
5. S05E05RacketFebruary 2, 1996—The Nesbitts appear on an American-style talk show after being accused of annoying their next-door neighbour to death.
6. S05E06FatherFebruary 9, 1996—Rab recalls his family history after finding his long-lost brother Gash Sr.

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01FastAugust 1, 1997—Mary seems strangely calm when told that Rab's benefits have been suspended.
2. S06E02WildAugust 8, 1997—Rab is spending a lot of time at his newly acquired allotment, which causes Mary to look for her own excitement with an old boyfriend.
3. S06E03GrowthAugust 15, 1997—After a visit to the doctor, Rab is diagnosed with a cancerous growth and has to undergo chemotherapy treatment.
4. S06E04SemmitryAugust 22, 1997—Rab is in the hospital cancer ward and the constant attention of the hospital reverend is starting to get on his nerves.
5. S06E05BulbsAugust 29, 1997—Rab joins Jamesie's trip to Amsterdam to supposedly see the bulbfields but on arrival, Rab finds out that Jamesie is only interested in the
6. S06E06BingeSeptember 5, 1997—Rab and Jamesie take Gash out on a traditional three day drinking binge before he gets married.

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01NewAugust 21, 1998—The thought of a new Labour government and a new daughter-in-law, makes Rab start to feel his age.
2. S07E02CocktailsAugust 28, 1998—The relief barman at the pub is an ex-Broadmoor resident called Mad Dog, who quickly leaves Rab and Jamesie struggling with a problem involv
3. S07E03DuelSeptember 4, 1998—Rab goes on a booze cruise to Millport which opens up some old wounds for him.
4. S07E04PropertySeptember 11, 1998—Mary gets mugged while out walking, and Gash decides to leave his wife and go off with her sister.
5. S07E05CommunitySeptember 18, 1998—Everyone in Govan is sad at the news that Country singer Marilou Devine has tragically passed away, except for Rab who has just been sentenc
6. S07E06BackSeptember 25, 1998—Rab is suffering from a bad back, but that doesn't stop Jamesie from sticking an emotional knife into it.

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01HeatMay 14, 1999—After serving a jail sentence for setting fire to the house because Mary had gone off with Jamesie, Rab gets a job as a dishwasher but is st
2. S08E02CommonsMay 21, 1999—MP Tony Welthorpe agrees to swap lifestyles with Rab, after being challenged to see if he can live on state benefits for a month.
3. S08E03NightMay 28, 1999—Rab can't get to sleep because of his bad back, and matters are made worse by the arrival of Jamesie, who is hiding from a disgruntled husba
4. S08E04FruitJune 4, 1999—Gash's girlfriend Bridie is due to give birth to Rab's first grandchild.
5. S08E05BugJune 11, 1999—After a visit to the doctor to cure his feelings of restlessness proves pointless, Rab decides to explore his spiritual side in the local pa
6. S08E06TripsJune 18, 1999—Rab is trying to organise the invitations to Barney Feeney's birthday booze-up, where the men are hoping to run riot and raise hell, for a c

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01HealJanuary 21, 2010—Rab and Mary welcome their son Gash back to the family home and become reacquainted with their granddaughter Peaches. Meanwhile, Jamesie sho
2. S09E02SignalJanuary 28, 2010—When a mobile phone mast appears in Govan, Rab turns rabble-rouser to fire up the community. It's driving everyone up the pole, but is it re
3. S09E03CandyFebruary 4, 2010—Rab embraces his feminine side as part of his most outrageous social security scam yet. Meanwhile, Mary does her best to come to terms with
4. S09E04PassionFebruary 11, 2010—Rab struggles to get his head round all the angles in a love triangle involving his son Gash, his local barmaid Camille and his best mate Ja
5. S09E05MuseFebruary 18, 2010—Rab finds himself at a posh supper for namesake Rabbie Burns. Rab locks horns with filth magnet Saunders McClure, a slimeball with designs o
6. S09E06BottleFebruary 25, 2010—Rab and Jamesie get caught up in a series of misadventures while trying to fulfill the last wishes of an old dying woman.

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01BrokeOctober 5, 2011—When Rab returns home he finds out that Mary has kidnapped the Government Minister for Work as revenge for losing her job. The couple have n
2. S10E02FugueOctober 12, 2011—The bottom falls out of the cleaning business, so Mary and Ella put their singing talents to good use by forming a girl band - and after a s
3. S10E03CutsOctober 19, 2011—Jamesie's philandering ways finally catch up with him when he learns he is about to become a father - and when he comes clean to Ella, she p
4. S10E04FightOctober 26, 2011—The drop-in centre falls victim to council cuts, so Rab fights back, but when a spot on local radio and a meeting with the council leader am
5. S10E05RoleNovember 2, 2011—Peaches chooses Rab as her role model for a school project, but when he recognises her teacher as a fellow member of his self-help group, he
6. S10E06StoolNovember 9, 2011—The new minister arrives at Rab's church with two serious drawbacks - she is a woman and English.
7. S10E07JohnNovember 9, 2011—

Season 10 ranked & reviewed