John McDade

John McDade (2004) Victor and Betty's son. So far, John has had only one appearance on Still Game, but is regularly referred to. John lives in South Africa with his family. He doesn't keep in contact with his father much. This upsets Victor, because he misses his son deeply. Victor is so annoyed with John, he sometimes refers to him as an "uncaring bastard". To try to get more attention from his son, Victor pretended he was ill. This news worried John so much that he flew over from South Africa to Craiglang to be at his father's side. John later discovered that Victor was only pretending to be ill and he was annoyed. Victor apologised, but pointed out to John that it was due to lack of contact. John understood he was on the wrong as well and they made up, promising he would come visit in the summer instead of taking the kids to Disney World. This presumably happened off-screen, or not at all, as Victor went back to speaking low of John in future episodes.

In “flittin’” (S1:E1) John is referred to as “Jamie” by Jack and Victor after Jack asks to move in with Victor.