Frank and Dennis hold court at Paddy's Pub.
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The gang go out to celebrate at an upscale restaurant.
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The gang develops an unhealthy obsession with video games.
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Frank helps his old company complete a merger. Meanwhile, the gang gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity.
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Mac, Charlie and Dee struggle with their faith as Charlie's mom fights cancer. Meanwhile, Frank loses his memory amidst a search for buried treasure.
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The gang visit a therapist, who finds Dennis' psychology to be abnormal.
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Charlie and Dee become romantically involved with two members of a wealthy family, which arouses jealousy in Mac, Dennis and Frank.
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The gang make a disturbing discovery after crashing Maureen's wedding.
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The gang eye a trash-collecting contract with the city of Philadelphia after the town's garbage collectors go on strike.
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In the eighth-season premiere, Dennis and Dee must make a life-or-death decision about their ailing grandfather. Meanwhile, Mac, Charlie and Frank discover that the sick old man used to be a Nazi.
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Conclusion. In the Season 7 finale, the gang come up with a new plan to buff their tarnished high-school reputations at their high-school reunion.
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Part 1 of 2. The gang have much to prove when they attend their high-school reunion. They meet old friends and make new foes as they stroll—make that trip—down memory lane.
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A presidential visit to Philadelphia causes traffic jams, frustrating the gang's effort to see the summer's hottest action movie, "Thunder Gun Express." So the gang takes action— "Thunder Gun"-style action—to get to the theater.
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Mac claims that his gang mates made him fat. (Or so he says to a priest who's hearing his confession.)
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The gang sneak into a residence to "extract" an "artifact," only to discover that someone is home. Uh-oh.
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While Dennis and Charlie track down an annoying Paddy's patron the old-fashioned way, Dee and Mac cyberstalk him. Frank is online as well, trying to boost business at the bar. Things go viral, and not in a good way for Frank.
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Another rainy day in Philadelphia. The gang can't go out and play, so they stay indoors and play a board game of their own devising. (It doesn't much resemble Chutes and Ladders). They also drink.
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It's not always sunny in Philadelphia: An apocalyptic storm is bearing down on the City of Brotherly Love, and everyone's in panic mode—except for Frank.
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Frank's long-lost brother (Jon Polito) shows up unexpectedly and spills family secrets.
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While Dee tries to weasel her way out of an IRS audit, the guys set up a new (and, they say, democratic) way of running Paddy's.
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Frank finds himself in the child beauty-pageant business and fears that people might think that he's in it for the wrong reasons. Meanwhile, Dee wages war on stage moms; and Mac, Dennis and Charlie think they have found a contestant to back.
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Dee and Dennis take the gang to their favorite childhood vacation spot on the Jersey Shore. Things aren't quite as they remember them. Still, Mac, Frank and Charlie have the times of their lives; Dee and Dennis not so much.
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Season 7 premiere: Frank wants to marry a prostitute and the gang can't talk him out of it. While Dee sets out to burnish the hooker's heart of gold, Charlie takes a different tack: He tries to set Frank up with another woman. Meanwhile, Mac has put on a lot of weight. "I'm cultivating mass," he tells Dennis.
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In the conclusion of the Season 6 finale, the gang sets out to discover the joy of Christmas. Their holiday adventure includes a sleighful of stolen toys, childhood videos, naked elves and a bloody encounter with Santa Claus.
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In Part 1 of the two-part Season 6 finale, the gang sets out to discover the joy of Christmas. Their holiday adventure includes a sleighful of stolen toys, childhood videos, naked elves and a bloody encounter with Santa Claus.
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In the Season 6 finale, the gang sets out to discover the joy of Christmas. Their holiday adventure includes a sleigh full of stolen toys, childhood videos, naked elves and a bloody encounter with Santa Claus.
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Dee's blessed event is fast approaching, but the father's identity remains a mystery---to the gang, at least. So they throw a party and invite all of Dee's former flings.
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When the gang goes to Atlantic City for a charity benefit, Frank, Dee and Mac get lost en route. But Dennis and Charlie hitch a ride to town and have the time of their lives. Philadelphia Phillies Ryan Howard and Chase Utley have cameos.
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Charlie is going batty trying to keep rats out of Paddy's basement, so the gang decides to throw him a surprise party to cheer him up.
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Dee takes a job as a substitute teacher and decides to take her students on a field trip to Broadway. The principal (Dave Foley) won't allow that, so it's a screening of the gang's movie---"Lethal Weapon 5"---instead.
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The gang is growing as a result of a blast from the past, which also prompts Dee to reconsider her future.
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Dee's pregnant, and she tells the guys that one of them made her that way during a Halloween party that none of them can remember. So they try to piece the evening together, "Potemkin"-style, aided by Artemis (Artemis Pebdani) and the McPoyle brothers (Nate Mooney and Jimmi Simpson).
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After Mac's mother (Sandy Martin) burns her house down with a cigarette, Mac decides that she should move in with Charlie's mom (Lynne Marie Stewart). Meanwhile, Frank offers to take care of the ailing Dee because he wants her to take care of him when he's old.
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There's a heat wave in Philly, so Mac and Charlie decide to fix up an abandoned pool after they're denied admittance to a swim club. Meanwhile, Dennis and Dee try to beat the heat in a more "dignified" manner.
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Mac finally gets his big break after correctly answering a radio station's trivia question. Meanwhile, Frank, Dennis and Dee start their own bar-banter podcast.
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Mac, Charlie and Dennis buy a boat to "throw some P. Diddy-style parties," as Mac puts it, and, Charlie insists, to harvest shrimp (or barnacles). They end up with a run-down houseboat, the Drowning Sailor, and Mac and Dennis order Dee (who didn't invest in it) to clean it up. Frank, sledgehammer in hand, offers to help.
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Dennis' marriage to Maureen Ponderosa (Catherine Reitman) hits a snag, as does Charlie's marriage to Frank. And Dee, it seems, has come between Bill Ponderosa (Lance Barber) and his wife.
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Season 6 premiere: Mac defends traditional marriage, while the rest of the gang reap the rewards of wedded bliss.
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Season 5 finale: The gang reenters Philadelphia's flip-cup tournament (the Flipadelphia) after being banned for 10 years. Trouble is, their old flip-cup rivals have grown up and moved on. Art Sloan: Noah Bean. Beezy: Marshall Allman.
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When Dee gets a part in an M. Night Shyamalan film, Mac and Charlie seize a chance to pitch their movie script. But first they have to write it.
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Dennis tells the gang how he seduces women, but none of them can get the hang of it.
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Mac and Dennis decide to take a break from each other, a development that strains relationships. Meanwhile, "kitten mitten" Charlie helps Dee find her lost cat.
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With a merchandising convention in town, the gang tries to build the Paddy's brand by developing marketable products---such as mittens for kittens.
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The gang stages a wrestling show for returning troops. Meanwhile, Dee meets a soldier she's been talking to online; but he isn't what she expected. Da' Maniac: Roddy Piper.
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The gang go to court to talk their way out of a parking ticket they got on the night of the final game of the 2008 World Series.
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The Waitress (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) is getting married, and Dee's jealous because she isn't. Meanwhile, the guys try to get the lovelorn Charlie back into the dating scene.
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Frank's behavior is more bizarre than usual---so bizarre that even the gang notice---so they decide to stage an intervention. Gail the Snail: Mary Lynn Rajskub. Aunt Donna: Nora Dunn.
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With a shantytown taking shape outside, Mac and Dennis try to keep Paddy's going in tough times. Meanwhile, Frank and Dee start a family business.
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The gang take a road trip. Destination: the Grand Canyon.
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Season 5 premiere: Frank, Mac and Dennis try their hand at real estate; Dee arranges to be a surrogate mother for a rich couple; Charlie squares off with a lawyer over the intricacies of the judicial system.
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In the fourth-season finale, Charlie puts on a rock opera based on his song "Nightman," and he gets the rest of the gang to help him.
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The gang give an extreme home makeover to an ill-fated family, and they hope to receive good karma in return so that their own dreams will come true.
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The gang fudge history by claiming that Paddy's Pub was responsible for cracking the Liberty Bell in an attempt to turn their dive into a Philadelphia landmark.
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After Dee suffers a heart attack, she and Dennis try to live a healthier lifestyle. Meanwhile, Charlie and Mac take corporate jobs to get health insurance.
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Mac and Frank find Dennis' erotic memoir and attempt to profit from it, while Dee and Charlie spend a day in each other's shoes.
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The gang kidnaps a newspaper critic after he calls Paddy's "the worst bar in Philadelphia."
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Frank and Charlie find that someone has soiled their bed, and Mac and Dennis join them as they attempt to catch the culprit. Meanwhile, Dee leads Artemis and the waitress on a "Sex and the City"-style night on the town.
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Conclusion. Frank, Dee and Dennis find unique ways of dealing with the loss of Mac and Charlie. The guys faked their deaths to avoid Mac's vengeance-obsessed father (Gregory Scott Cummins), who was released from prison.
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Part 1 of 2. After Mac's revenge-obsessed father is released from prison, Mac and Charlie fake their deaths to save their lives. Frank, Dee and Dennis find unique ways of dealing with the loss of the guys.
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Charlie wants Mac to beat up the waitress's unknown new boyfriend. Trouble is, Mac is the boyfriend.
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Mac and Frank judge a contest to determine Paddy's next top model; Dee and Charlie strive to come up with YouTube's next sensation.
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Mac, Dennis, and Charlie take advantage of high gas prices by investing in barrels of gasoline and selling them door-to-door; Dee and Frank plot to brand Bruce Mathis as a terrorist leader when they find out that he plans to give their money to a Muslim community center.
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In the Season 4 premiere, Dee and Charlie eat some of Frank's stash of extraordinarily tasty meat and won't rest until they can get more. Meanwhile, Mac and Dennis take sport hunting to the next level. Cricket: Bruce Hornsby.
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Season 3 ends as Charlie inadvertently puts Paddy's up as the grand prize in a dance marathon. The gang must then win the competition to keep the bar.
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To rid their neighborhood of undesirables, Mac and Dee become vigilantes, and Frank and Dennis impersonate police officers. They enjoy the feeling of power this gives them...perhaps too much.
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A misunderstanding with the mob over a set of speakers and a stash of cocaine prompts Dennis to hire himself out as a male escort. It's that, or he and the rest of the gang will get whacked.
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Conclusion: A misunderstanding with the mob over a set of speakers and a stash of cocaine prompts Dennis to hire himself out as a male escort. It's that, or he and the rest of the gang will get whacked.
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Part 1 of 2: A misunderstanding with the mob over a set of speakers and a stash of cocaine prompts Dennis to hire himself out as a male escort. It's that, or he and the rest of the gang will get whacked.
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Dennis is mistaken for a recently released child molester; Mac tries to bond with his ex-con father, who can't take his eyes off a creeped-out Dee; and Frank moves out of the apartment he's been sharing with Charlie, and moves in with Charlie's mother.
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Mac has been acting strangely, leading Frank, Dennis and Dee to believe that he's the serial killer who has been terrorizing Philadelphia. So they set out to catch him, but for Dennis and Dee, that means they must first learn to think like serial killers themselves. Frank, meanwhile, is content to let a chainsaw do his thinking for him.
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Dee dates a famous local rapper and it could turn out to be true love, even though he might be mentally challenged. In any event, his success inspires Mac, Dennis, Charlie and Frank to start their own band.
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The gang agrees to sell Paddy's after getting an offer that's too good to turn down. Problem is, Dee and Charlie, who aren't partners, must get real jobs. Members of Frank's “gang,” the Yellow Jacket Boys, are played by members of the doo-wop group The Mighty Echoes, who perform.
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The gang want to become local celebrities, so Mac and Charlie create their own newscast on a public-access channel, while Dennis and Dee set out to make a splash on the club scene.
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The gang declares war on a Korean restaurateur who threatens to bump Paddy's from its coveted and profitable spot on the city's annual pub crawl. Meanwhile, Dee is determined to hold a talent show, primarily because she wants to win it.
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Dee gets a rude awakening when she discovers that “Fatty Magoo,” an overweight loser from her high-school class, is now a svelte, successful clothing-store owner. So Dee decides to design a dress for her, but Dennis decides that he's the better designer. He also knows that he has the charm to sell it to Fatty (Judy Greer).
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The McPoyles invade Paddy's and take the gang hostage, demanding $100,000, a gassed-up boat and a reversible Planet Hollywood jacket. Meanwhile, Frank is crawling through the ductwork above Paddy's, searching for his will, when Liam McPoyle turns up the heat.
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Dennis and Dee's abrasive mother has died, and the bad news is that she stiffed them in her will, leaving all her money to her humanitarian paramour, Bruce Mathis (Stephen Collins). But at least Dennis got her house. It's a “party mansion,” and that's how he intends to use it.
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In the third-season opener, Dennis, Dee and Mac find a baby in a Dumpster, and Dee and Mac decide to raise him. They also decide to use him to raise some cash. Meanwhile, Dennis joins an environmental-activist group, and isn't exactly welcomed with open arms. But he finds a way to take revenge. And Charlie wants Frank to take a DNA test to determine whether they're father and son. Frank won't do that, but he's happy to join Charlie on Dumpster-diving expeditions.
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Mac, Dennis and Dee try out for the Philadelphia Eagles, but seem more interested in outdoing each other. Also trying out for the team is Doyle McPoyle, a brother of the gang's archenemies, Ryan and Liam McPoyle. The entire McPoyle clan shows up to cheer Doyle on, which is not good news for fellow tailgaters Frank and Charlie.
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Dee receives e-mails from a man who claims to be her father (Stephen Collins), so she confronts Frank and Barbara (Danny DeVito and Anne Archer) to find out what's up. Meanwhile, Mac seeks out his own dad (Gregory Scott Cummins), who's in prison. Mrs. Kelly: Lynne Marie Stewart.
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Let freedom ring at Paddy's! After an argument about constitutional rights and smoking in the bar, Mac and Dennis decide to lift all behavioral restrictions, and Paddy's soon goes wild. Meanwhile, Charlie and Dee head off to an antitobacco demonstration.
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Frank offers the gang his political wisdom, which unsurprisingly involves bribery. Then Dennis decides to run for office himself.
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The Madonna of Paddy's? The gang seeks financial salvation when a leaky pipe at Paddy's causes a water stain on the wall that resembles the Virgin Mary. Meanwhile, Dee has an awkward reunion with a priest (David Hornsby) who had a crush on her in high school.
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The gang must perform community service after their “mishap” gets them arrested for arson. While fulfilling his duty, Charlie discovers that he has something in common with the coffee-shop waitress (Mary Elizabeth Ellis). Meanwhile, Frank's attempt to bond with Dennis backfires.
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After she's mugged, Dee takes boxing lessons from ex-pug Frank, who runs into an old nemesis (Eddie Mekka) at the gym. Meanwhile, Mac and Dennis enter Charlie in an underground street-fight match with hopes of making some money. And both Dee and Charlie need help, which they find in a pill bottle.
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Barbara (Anne Archer) sleeps with Mac to arouse Frank's jealousy, so Dennis decides to seduce Mac's mom as payback. And Frank's decision to put Charlie in charge at the bar prompts an orgy of backstabbing and double-dealing, with sex as the weapon of choice. Danny DeVito's daughter Lucy guests as Jenny.
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Driven to distraction by their dad, Dennis and Dee quit Paddy's and decide to go on welfare. Back at the bar, Frank is driving Mac and Charlie crazy. He's also beginning to treat them like sons.
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The gang's new neighbor from Israel threatens to shut down Paddy's, and he has the law on his side. So the gang must “get creative.” This means jihad. And Frank's wife, Barbara (Anne Archer), returns from vacation, but absence certainly didn't make her heart grow fonder. Frank: Danny DeVito. Ari Frankel: Josh Stamberg.
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Dennis and Dee's estranged father, Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito), returns to town to reconnect with his kids. They don't want anything to do with him, but Frank likes hanging with Charlie and Mac. Meanwhile, Charlie gets hit by Dennis's car (accidentally, of course) and needs to use a wheelchair. The gang soon discovers that this isn't all that bad.
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The gang thinks Charlie may have been molested by his high-school gym teacher, so they stage an intervention, and invite Charlie's family and other alleged victims.
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Four twentysomething friends run a struggling Irish pub in Philadelphia. In this episode, Mac and Dennis reach a new low when they pretend to be acquainted with a patron found dead in their bar in order to get closer to his granddaughter. Meanwhile, Dee visits her bedridden grandfather, and Charlie comes along for support.
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The guys buy a gun after the bar is robbed, and Charlie uses it to intimidate his nagging landlord. Meanwhile, Dennis and Mac vow to catch the thief, and Dee feigns interest in guns to win over a crush.
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The gang finds out that Charlie may have cancer, so they hatch a plan to relieve his anguish. Meanwhile, Mac gets involved with a transvestite.
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The gang opens the pub's doors to underage patrons to increase the establishment's profits. Later, Dennis, Charlie and Dee are asked to the prom. Trey: Robert Adamson. Sara: Katie Chonacas. Tammy: Jaimie Alexander.
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One of Charlie's old girlfriends (Heather Donahue) claims her 10-year-old son is his. Meanwhile, Mac tries to impress a cute pro-life supporter (Autumn Reeser) by feigning interest in her cause; and Dennis attempts to pick up women at an abortion rally. Tommy: Spenser Daniel.
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The pub becomes an overnight success when the gang accidentally turns it into a gay bar. Elsewhere, Charlie (Charlie Day) tries to prove to a crush that he's not racist after she catches him making an off-color comment. Mac: Rob McElhenney. Dennis: Glenn Howerton. Sweet Dee: Kaitlin Olson.
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Debut: Edgy comedy about four friends who run an Irish pub in Philadelphia. In the opener, they inadvertently turn the place into a gay bar. Mac: Rob McElhenney. Dennis: Glenn Howerton. Charlie: Charlie Day. Sweet Dee: Kaitlin Olson.
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