Man Down — 2013-2017 · 4 seasons · 26 eps

★ 7.6

Man Down

Name: Man Down
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2013
Rating: 7.6

2013-2017 4 seasons 26 episodes

★ 7.6 (5,786 votes) Top 45%

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Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, whose world is at near collapse. His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks. He has two uniquely dysfunctional friends and a listless teaching career that sees him begrudgingly teach a version of the same lesson every day, inexplicably popular with all but one of the pupils, with his only highlight coming in the form of Miss Lipsey, a head mistress who views Dan with a mixture of pity and despair. To make matters worse, he is tormented daily by his willfully insane father, whose driving motivation in life seems to be to ensure his son is humiliated at every turn.

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🏆 Top Episodes

#1 8.2

S4E6 The Hearing

Dan races against the clock to prove his credentials as a dad, but a terrifying figure from his past surfaces to seek revenge.

S3E4 8.0

The Visa

Dan tries to keep his plan to emigrate to the USA moving, but with the complicated issue of a visa to negotiate he knows he needs to draw on all his inner strength.

S3E6 7.9

The Party

Having resigned his teaching post Dan is having a leaving party but it gets cancelled when the venue, Jo's shop, is repossessed whilst Daddy spitefully arranges to take Mum away for the weekend so that she will miss it. Brian has his own bad news but when there is a family crisis Dan and Nesta ally to put Daddy in his place and circumstances contribute to Dan changing his mind about emigration - even in the light of news from Emma.

4. S4E5 "The Christening" 7.9
5. S1E6 "Small Business Awards" 7.7
6. S1E7 "Christmas Special" 7.7
7. S1E8 "Finding Nesta" 7.7
8. S2E6 "The Heath" 7.7
9. S3E5 "Adopted" 7.7
10. S4E4 "The School Trip" 7.7

📉 Bottom Episodes

#26

S1E2 7.0

Mad Nobby

Dan has lost his girlfriend but, with help from his two best friends, he has a plan to get her back involving two bags of mince and a welder called Mad Nobby... what could possibly go wrong?

25. S1E1 "It Never Rains" 7.0
24. S3E2 "The Calling" 7.3
23. S4E1 "The Home" 7.4
22. S3E1 "The Heist" 7.4

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6 Standouts

7 Infamous

10 Hidden Gems

3 Forgettable

Top Standout: S3E6 The Party

Most Infamous: S1E1 It Never Rains

Best Hidden Gem: S4E6 The Hearing

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