Browse episode ratings trends for Don't Wait Up. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Don't Wait Up's 39 episodes.
Best Episodes of Don't Wait Up
Episode Three
S3 Ep3
9.0
16th Dec 1985
Toby is looking forward to seeing Angela after her cruise, and Tom is looking forward to returning Wodehouse to her since they are not allowed dogs in the flat. But surprises abound....
Episode Five
S2 Ep5
9.0
15th Nov 1984
Toby and Tom disagree constantly on the private and National Health systems. But even Tom must concede that knowing the right people is a decided advantage.
Episode Two
S1 Ep2
9.0
1st Nov 1983
When Tom's mother comes round for drinks and imbibes too much, Tom offers her Toby's bed for the evening, which sets up a most embarrassing situation.
Episode Two
S3 Ep2
8.0
9th Dec 1985
Through a mix-up, Toby has missed his cruise with Angela and decides to keep a low profile—but not low enough for Tom's liking.
Episode One
S3 Ep1
8.0
2nd Dec 1985
It's not all smooth sailing when Toby's and Angela's reconciliation cruise gets under way; and Tom and Madeline's weekend in the country is also threatened.
Worst Episodes of Don't Wait Up
Episode One
S1 Ep1
5.0
25th Oct 1983
Hard-working GP Tom Lattimer, in the midst of a divorce, is not exactly pleased when his father announces his own divorce and moves in.
Episode Two
S2 Ep2
7.0
25th Oct 1984
After Toby and Tom squabble incessantly over domestic trivia, Tom decides that he can no longer tolerate his father as a flat mate.
Episode Five
S1 Ep5
7.5
22nd Nov 1983
Tom's suggestion to Toby for a temporary receptionist is not well received. Meanwhile, Toby appears on television to talk about private practice and manages to offend everyone.
Episode Three
S1 Ep3
8.0
8th Nov 1983
Working hard to reunite his parents, Tom is appalled when Toby brings his attractive young receptionist Madeline home after an evening out at Covent Garden.
Episode Four
S1 Ep4
8.0
15th Nov 1983
Toby has bought a new Rolls-Royce, which he lends Tom when Tom's mini is stolen. But the Latimer men are about to be without transportation: the Rolls is stolen as well.
Don't Wait Up Episode Guide
Episode One
S1 Ep1
5.0
25th Oct 1983
Hard-working GP Tom Lattimer, in the midst of a divorce, is not exactly pleased when his father announces his own divorce and moves in.
Episode Two
S1 Ep2
9.0
1st Nov 1983
When Tom's mother comes round for drinks and imbibes too much, Tom offers her Toby's bed for the evening, which sets up a most embarrassing situation.
Episode Three
S1 Ep3
8.0
8th Nov 1983
Working hard to reunite his parents, Tom is appalled when Toby brings his attractive young receptionist Madeline home after an evening out at Covent Garden.
Episode Four
S1 Ep4
8.0
15th Nov 1983
Toby has bought a new Rolls-Royce, which he lends Tom when Tom's mini is stolen. But the Latimer men are about to be without transportation: the Rolls is stolen as well.
Episode Five
S1 Ep5
7.5
22nd Nov 1983
Tom's suggestion to Toby for a temporary receptionist is not well received. Meanwhile, Toby appears on television to talk about private practice and manages to offend everyone.
Episode Six
S1 Ep6
8.0
29th Nov 1983
When Toby stays out all night long, Tom surmises that he as spent the night with a woman—when in fact Toby had been in hospital, working with a colleague who suffered a heart attack.
Episode Seven
S1 Ep7
8.0
6th Dec 1983
Tom's plans for his parents' reconciliation seem on course when Toby invites Angela away for a romantic weekend—but Angela storms home when she learns who sponsored the weekend.
Two doctors, estranged from their spouses, become roommates...but they also happen to be father and son! Can they share an apartment without driving each other crazy? No, but they do it anyway.... Tom Latimer is a young and hard working general practitioner who has managed to survive an expensive and nasty divorce. Now he lives in an apartment while his ex lives in their beautiful home. And things get worse for Tom when his father, dermatologist Toby Latimer, arrives at Tom's place with the news that he and Tom's mother will also be getting divorced” and that he's moving in! It's shades of The Odd Couple as father and son must learn to tolerate one another's idiosyncracies.
The best rated episodes of Don't Wait Up are:
Episode Three S3E3 rated 9.0
Episode Five S2E5 rated 9.0
Episode Two S1E2 rated 9.0
Episode Two S3E2 rated 8.0
Episode One S3E1 rated 8.0
The lowest rated episodes of Don't Wait Up are:
Episode One S1E1 rated 5.0
Episode Two S2E2 rated 7.0
Episode Five S1E5 rated 7.5
Episode Three S1E3 rated 8.0
Episode Four S1E4 rated 8.0
The first episode of Don't Wait Up aired on October 25, 1983.
The last episode of Don't Wait Up aired on March 25, 1990.
