Whether it was cat food, glue, or both, the Gang hit its stride and to top it all off, they came up with what to this day could be considered their crowning achievement. Not to discount three excellent seasons, but Always Sunny got on something for season four. The Nightman Cometh (Season 4, Episode 13)
In an episode devoted to living in another person’s shoes, Dee wolfing down cat food best shows us how the other half (of the Gang) lives.īest Scene: Mac and Frank pretending to have cancer to set up a meeting with Bon Jovi is slightly less funny than Frank butchering the Jersey rocker’s name. Nonetheless, Sinbad and Matchbox Twenty lead singer Rob Thomas show up to make Dennis’ life hell while Frank and Mac stay committed to making his erotic tale a reality. Looking back now, an episode called “Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life” happens to look tame in comparison to the rapey vibes Dennis has consistently displayed in the six seasons after this episode debuted. The rant itself is a perfect example of how wonderful Charlie is as a performer, but the fact that Mac tells Charlie that he’s just doing a bad job and there is no conspiracy just makes this all the better.ĭennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life (Season 4, Episode 9)
As you might imagine, by the end of the episode, everyone is considerably less healthy.īest Scene: Without a doubt Charlie’s colossal Pacino-esque rant about following the trail of a certain employee’s mail, and how it shows this huge conspiracy going on within the company. This sends Dennis and Dee seeking healthier lifestyles, with very satisfying results, whereas Charlie and Mac get an office job (together) to acquire health insurance as their safety net. “I’ve never been turned on by a jaguar before.” Sweet Dee Has A Heart Attack (Season 4, Episode 10)Ī (long overdue, and unsurprising) heart attack by Dee causes the Gang to examine their actions a little more closely with the grim specter of death now a real possibility. Frank does those beauties one better by parading hunks around the bar and shooting them as farm animals.
Unfortunately, Mac loses his command of the Gang as the series goes on and we have to return to episodes like these to see him in his prime.īest Scene: I’ll continue to say that “Frank Reynolds Little Beauties” is the most underrated episode of the series. We get some of the Dee and Charlie dynamic that consistently provided memorable episodes, but this is a Mac episode through and through. The search for Paddy’s billboard model turns Mac into “The Bachelor,” while Dee and Charlie go viral. There’s a lot working well in this episode. The guy at the morgue likes yogurt and Popsicle sticks up his ass, and they’re still the weirdoes!Īmerica’s Next Top Paddy’s Billboard Model Contest (Season 4, Episode 3) Meanwhile Dee and Charlie do some of their best physical acting work when they think they’ve become cannibals at the hands of Frank, who spends the episode accidentally quoting Rambo. Here, Always Sunny is at it’s most deprived and it’s one a hell of a hunting season.īest Scene: Dee and Charlie talking their way into eating a corpse and arguing whether not eating a black corpse is racist. Dennis and Mac learn about the human condition as they descend on a twisted manhunt for Rickety Cricket. Whether it’s out of boredom or an insatiable hunger, if it’s man you seek, be prepared for a fight. Man need not be hunted, eaten or teabagged by another human. Mac and Dennis: Manhunters (Season 4, Episode 1) The feline comes out bigger man, just like the real Jack Bauer, but Charlie is the real hero here. Throw in Dee and Mac playing the vigilantes and Charlie channeling his inner Serpico, the streets of Philly have never been safer.īest Scene: Agent Jack Bauer nearly tops Charlie’s screaming, crooked cop speech.
Along with Agent Jack Bauer, the junkyard cat that smells like a bucket of piss, Dennis and Frank keep Philly safe, one free hot dog at a time. What’s the gang to do? Buy a cop car and police uniforms. Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City (Season 3, Episode 14)Ĭriminals and masturbating homeless people are running rampant in Philadelphia.