Scott confronts a boyfriend who faked being gay to escape a relationship, and the phone lines light up with listeners sharing their own ridiculous breakup excuses — before things get delightfully chaotic on The Takeaway Game.
After receiving a tip-off from Claire, a listener whose boyfriend had recently claimed to be gay to end their relationship, Scott decides to investigate. The boyfriend, Nick, becomes increasingly flustered when Scott calls him under the pretence of finding a flatmate, dropping hints about cricket and eventually revealing the truth: he’d lied about his sexuality to get out of the relationship rather than being honest. Nick admits it was easier to claim he was gay than to actually tell Claire he wanted to break up. The confession prompts a flood of caller responses, with listeners sharing their own wild breakup stories — including one woman whose boyfriend was dumped via an excuse involving amnesia caused by a witch falling on her head, and another caller named Steve who had pulled the exact same fake coming-out trick on his girlfriend, complete with his mother backing up the lie.
The episode then shifts into one of the show’s signature features: The Takeaway Game. Scott calls a Chinese takeaway and places an order, then puts a listener on the line to the same takeaway to add to it. The chaos unfolds as the two parties become hopelessly confused about whether the listener is calling from within the restaurant, whether food will be delivered or collected, and whether the original caller is even still on the line. The miscommunication builds beautifully, with both the takeaway staff and the callers growing increasingly bewildered until the whole thing collapses into friendly confusion.
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