The ANTI-Social Network
Summary 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…
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Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games
Summary 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. Our Take A tightly…
The Storm of the Century
Summary 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. Our Take A solid mid-season episode that leans on Frank’s bizarre calm while…
Frank’s Brother
Summary Frank’s thought gone forever brother shows up unexpectedly and spills family secrets. Our Take A weird detour for the show, spending most of its runtime in 1960s flashbacks with Frank and his brother instead of with the gang. Some…
Sweet Dee Gets Audited
Summary 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. Our Take A middling episode that splits its time between Dee’s fake dead…
Frank Reynolds’ Little Beauties
Summary 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…
The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore
Summary 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…
Frank’s Pretty Woman
Summary 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…
A Very Sunny Christmas
Summary 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. Our Take The show’s first hour-long episode mostly earns…
Dee Gives Birth
Summary 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. Our Take A solid midseason episode that leans on the…