THE EPISODE FILES

Every bad idea.
Filed in order.

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S1 E1: The Gang Gets Racist

S1 E2: Charlie Wants an Abortion

S1 E3: Underage Drinking: A National Concern

S1 E4: Charlie Has Cancer

S1 E5: Gun Fever

S1 E6: The Gang Finds a Dead Guy

S1 E7: Charlie Got Molested

S2 E1: Charlie Gets Crippled

S2 E2: The Gang Goes Jihad

S2 E3: Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare

S2 E4: Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom

S2 E5: Hundred Dollar Baby

S2 E6: The Gang Gives Back

S2 E7: The Gang Exploits a Miracle

S2 E8: The Gang Runs for Office

S2 E9: Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass

S2 E10: Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad

S3 E1: The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby

S3 E2: The Gang Gets Invincible

S3 E3: Dennis and Dee's Mom is Dead

S3 E4: The Gang Gets Held Hostage

S3 E5: The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty Magoo

S3 E6: The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation

S3 E7: The Gang Sells Out

S3 E8: Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire

S3 E9: Sweet Dee's Dating a Retarded Person

S3 E10: Mac is a Serial Killer

S3 E11: Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender

S3 E12: The Gang Gets Whacked: Part 1

S3 E13: The Gang Gets Whacked: Part 2

S3 E14: Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City

S3 E15: The Gang Dances Their Asses Off

S4 E1: Mac and Dennis: Manhunters

S4 E2: The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis

S4 E3: America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest

S4 E4: Mac's Banging the Waitress

S4 E5: Mac and Charlie Die

S4 E6: Mac and Charlie Die Part 2

S4 E7: Who Pooped the Bed?

S4 E8: Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia

S4 E9: Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life

S4 E10: Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack

S4 E11: The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell

S4 E12: The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition

S4 E13: The Nightman Cometh

S5 E1: The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis

S5 E2: The Gang Hits the Road

S5 E3: The Great Recession

S5 E4: The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention

S5 E5: The Waitress is Getting Married

S5 E6: The World Series Defense

S5 E7: The Gang Wrestles for the Troops

S5 E8: Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens

S5 E9: Mac and Dennis Break Up

S5 E10: The D.E.N.N.I.S. System

S5 E11: Mac and Charlie Write a Movie

S5 E12: The Gang Reignites the Rivalry

S6 E1: Mac Fights Gay Marriage

S6 E2: Dennis Gets Divorced

S6 E3: The Gang Buys a Boat

S6 E4: Mac's Big Break

S6 E5: Mac and Charlie: White Trash

S6 E6: Mac's Mom Burns Her House Down

S6 E7: Who Got Dee Pregnant?

S6 E8: The Gang Gets a New Member

S6 E9: Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth

S6 E10: Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats

S6 E11: The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods

S6 E12: Dee Gives Birth

S6 E13: A Very Sunny Christmas

S7 E1: Frank's Pretty Woman

S7 E2: The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore

S7 E3: Frank Reynolds' Little Beauties

S7 E4: Sweet Dee Gets Audited

S7 E5: Frank's Brother

S7 E6: The Storm of the Century

S7 E7: Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games

S7 E8: The ANTI-Social Network

S7 E9: The Gang Gets Trapped

S7 E10: How Mac Got Fat

S7 E11: Thunder Gun Express

S7 E12: The High School Reunion

S7 E13: The High School Reunion Part 2: The Gang's Revenge

S8 E1: Pop-Pop: The Final Solution

S8 E2: The Gang Recycles Their Trash

S8 E3: The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre

S8 E4: Charlie and Dee Find Love

S8 E5: The Gang Gets Analyzed

S8 E6: Charlie's Mom Has Cancer

S8 E7: Frank's Back in Business

S8 E8: Charlie Rules the World

S8 E9: The Gang Dines Out

S8 E10: Reynolds vs. Reynolds: The Cereal Defense

S9 E1: The Gang Broke Dee

S9 E2: Gun Fever Too: Still Hot

S9 E3: The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award

S9 E4: Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare

S9 E5: Mac Day

S9 E6: The Gang Saves the Day

S9 E7: The Gang Gets Quarantined

S9 E8: Flowers for Charlie

S9 E9: The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6

S9 E10: The Gang Squashes Their Beefs

S10 E1: The Gang Beats Boggs

S10 E2: The Gang Group Dates

S10 E3: Psycho Pete Returns

S10 E4: Charlie Work

S10 E5: The Gang Spies Like U.S.

S10 E6: The Gang Misses the Boat

S10 E7: Mac Kills His Dad

S10 E8: The Gang Goes on Family Fight

S10 E9: Frank Retires

S10 E10: Ass Kickers United: Mac and Charlie Join a Cult

S11 E1: Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo

S11 E2: Frank Falls Out the Window

S11 E3: The Gang Hits the Slopes

S11 E4: Dee Made a Smut Film

S11 E5: Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs

S11 E6: Being Frank

S11 E7: McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century

S11 E8: Charlie Catches a Leprechaun

S11 E9: The Gang Goes to Hell: Part 1

S11 E10: The Gang Goes to Hell: Part 2

S12 E1: The Gang Turns Black

S12 E2: The Gang Goes to a Water Park

S12 E3: Old Lady House: A Situation Comedy

S12 E4: Wolf Cola: A Public Relations Nightmare

S12 E5: Making Dennis Reynolds a Murderer

S12 E6: Hero or Hate Crime?

S12 E7: PTSDee

S12 E8: The Gang Tends Bar

S12 E9: A Cricket's Tale

S12 E10: Dennis' Double Life

S13 E1: The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again

S13 E2: The Gang Escapes

S13 E3: The Gang Beats Boggs: Ladies Reboot

S13 E4: Time's Up for the Gang

S13 E5: The Gang Gets New Wheels

S13 E6: The Gang Solves the Bathroom Problem

S13 E7: The Gang Does a Clip Show

S13 E8: Charlie's Home Alone

S13 E9: The Gang Wins the Big Game

S13 E10: Mac Finds His Pride

S14 E1: The Gang Gets Romantic

S14 E2: Thunder Gun 4: Maximum Cool

S14 E3: Dee Day

S14 E4: The Gang Chokes

S14 E5: The Gang Texts

S14 E6: The Janitor Always Mops Twice

S14 E7: The Gang Solves Global Warming

S14 E8: Paddy's Has a Jumper

S14 E9: A Woman's Right to Chop

S14 E10: Waiting for Big Mo

S15 E1: 2020: A Year in Review

S15 E2: The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 7

S15 E3: The Gang Buys a Roller Rink

S15 E4: The Gang Replaces Dee with a Monkey

S15 E5: The Gang Goes to Ireland

S15 E6: The Gang's Still in Ireland

S15 E7: Dee Sinks in a Bog

S15 E8: The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain

S16 E1: The Gang Inflates

S16 E2: Frank Shoots Every Member of the Gang

S16 E3: The Gang Gets Cursed

S16 E4: Frank vs. Russia

S16 E5: Celebrity Booze: The Ultimate Cash Grab

S16 E6: Risk E. Rat's Pizza and Amusement Center

S16 E7: The Gang Goes Bowling

S16 E8: Dennis Takes a Mental Health Day

S17 E1: The Gang F***s Up Abbott Elementary

S17 E2: Frank Is in a Coma

S17 E3: Mac and Dennis Become EMTs

S17 E4: Thought Leadership: A Corporate Conversation

S17 E5: The Gang Goes to a Dog Track

S17 E6: Overage Drinking: A National Concern

S17 E7: The Gang Gets Ready for Prime Time

S17 E8: The Golden Bachelor Live

S18 E1: Frank Marries a Corpse

S18 E2: Dennis and Dee Don't Get Rich

S18 E3: The Gang Gets Tested

S18 E4: 2026: A Virtual Insanity

S18 E5: The Gang Goes to the Ren Faire

S18 E6: The War on Alcohol

S18 E7: Gilligan's Island: A Conspiracy Theorist's Paradise

S18 E8: Mac and Dennis Tear Their ACLs

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