A substitute’s grand plan
Dee promises Broadway before asking permission. When the principal refuses funding, she moves the outing to a movie screening at Paddy’s.
Supporting source ↗CASE FILE · S06 E09
Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth
S06 E09Photograph not available
Dee takes a job as a substitute teacher and decides to take her students on a field trip to Broadway. The principal won't allow that, so it's a screening of the gang's movie---"Lethal Weapon 5"---instead.
THE SHORT VERSION · SPOILERS AHEAD
INSIDE THE CASE.
The professor’s protégé
Charlie protects Richie from bullies and champions his face paint. His improvised mentoring repeatedly crosses the school’s boundaries.
Supporting source ↗A screening hijacked
Dennis, Mac and Frank replace Othello with their own sequel. The students become an unwilling focus group for an argument about racist performance.
Supporting source ↗Evidence reaches the office
Richie records the screening on his phone. The footage returns to the principal, ending both Dee’s and Charlie’s school jobs.
Supporting source ↗THE EVIDENCE
THINGS IN THIS EPISODE.
Characters
Charlie Kelly180 other recorded episodes
Charlie holds a peeled orange beside his school cleaning cart.Source ↗
Dee Reynolds179 other recorded episodes
Dee addresses the students from the classroom stage.Source ↗
Dennis Reynolds176 other recorded episodes
Dennis stands beside the laptop used for the barroom discussion.Source ↗
Frank Reynolds171 other recorded episodes
Frank watches the students’ reaction to the homemade movie.Source ↗
Principal Brian MacIntyre2 other recorded episodes
The principal meets with the school employees after viewing the recording.Source ↗
Locations
Paddy’s Pub147 other recorded episodes
Dee’s students assemble inside the bar for their outing.Source ↗
The high school1 other recorded episode
Students fill the corridor where Charlie works.Source ↗
Objects
Green screen2 other recorded episodes
Frank’s filmed performance is composited into the action scene.Source ↗
Handguns20 other recorded episodes
The opening of the homemade film shows a pistol being handled.Source ↗
Laptops18 other recorded episodes
The men use a laptop to compare images during their argument.Source ↗
Touchscreen phones22 other recorded episodes
Richie holds up a phone during the screening.Source ↗
Running jokes
Charlie work13 other recorded episodes
Charlie pushes cleaning equipment through the school corridor.Source ↗
Charlie’s illiteracy22 other recorded episodes
Charlie’s film performance includes difficulty reading the police-chief dialogue.Source ↗
Costumes
Face paint2 other recorded episodes
Richie wears white, black and red makeup at school.Source ↗
Fake mustaches2 other recorded episodes
Dennis wears a dark mustache as one of the fictional detectives.Source ↗
Racial caricature in performances2 other recorded episodes
Mac performs in blackface within the gang’s film.Source ↗
Miscellaneous
Field tripsOnly recorded here so far
The class outing brings students to Paddy’s.Source ↗
JuggalosOnly recorded here so far
Richie identifies his painted look with the Insane Clown Posse fandom.Source ↗
Lethal Weapon 52 other recorded episodes
Dennis and Mac appear as detectives in the homemade sequel.Source ↗
FOLLOW THE THREAD
CONNECTED EPISODES.
S06 E08 Connected through The high school, Principal Brian MacIntyre, Charlie work and 6 more.
S15 E02 
Connected through Green screen, Lethal Weapon 5, Paddy’s Pub and 5 more.
S09 E09 Connected through Racial caricature in performances, Laptops, Handguns and 6 more.
S09 E02 
Connected through Principal Brian MacIntyre, Handguns, Touchscreen phones and 6 more.
SOURCES & NOTES.
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