A cheaper home with a costly wager
Frank offers a year’s rent if the pair lasts a month in the suburbs.
Supporting source ↗CASE FILE · S11 E05
Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs
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Mac and Dennis move to the suburbs for the cheap rent and open spaces but learn they may be meant for city life.
THE SHORT VERSION · SPOILERS AHEAD
INSIDE THE CASE.
Two routines turn sour
Traffic, chores, repeated dinners and unexplained chirping erode the roommates’ patience.
Supporting source ↗A companion becomes leverage
Dennis gives Mac a dog. After its death, Mac claims to have served it to Dennis.
Supporting source ↗The prize is the problem
The paid rent would keep them in the hated house. They instead accept the wager’s crowded-bed penalty.
Supporting source ↗THE EVIDENCE
THINGS IN THIS EPISODE.
Characters
Charlie Kelly182 other recorded episodes
Charlie wears the matching hat beside Frank.Source ↗
Dee Reynolds181 other recorded episodes
Dee joins the private discussion of the wager.Source ↗
The dog waits with its red food bowl.Source ↗
Dennis Reynolds178 other recorded episodes
Dennis faces traffic during the commute.Source ↗
Frank Reynolds173 other recorded episodes
Frank visits for dinner wearing his fur hat.Source ↗
Old Black Man2 other recorded episodes
The old man sits at the table during the dinner visit.Source ↗
Locations
Dee’s apartment29 other recorded episodes
Mac and Dennis search for housing from Dee’s couch.Source ↗
The new suburban home stands behind a broad lawn.Source ↗
Objects
Mac reads the board Dennis prepared.Source ↗
Dennis complains about the pool equipment’s noise.Source ↗
Range Rover20 other recorded episodes
The green Range Rover is parked outside the house.Source ↗
Mac admits hearing the persistent chirping all along.Source ↗
The lost wager ends with a crowded shared bed.Source ↗
Food & drinks
Mac’s Famous Mac and Cheese1 other recorded episode
Discarded macaroni-and-cheese boxes fill the room.Source ↗
Costumes
Charlie and Frank wear matching fur hats.Source ↗
Music
The song plays during Dennis’s commute.Source ↗
Miscellaneous
Hallucinations9 other recorded episodes
Dennis imagines an unhinged confrontation with Wally.Source ↗
Traffic jams1 other recorded episode
Vehicles crowd the surrounding freeway lanes.Source ↗
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CONNECTED EPISODES.
S05 E02 Connected through Road rage, Range Rover, Frank Reynolds and 4 more.
S07 E11 Connected through Traffic jams, Range Rover, Frank Reynolds and 4 more.
S13 E01 
Connected through Mac’s Famous Mac and Cheese, Frank Reynolds, Dennis Reynolds and 3 more.
S12 E01 Connected through Old Black Man, Range Rover, Dee’s apartment and 5 more.
SOURCES & NOTES.
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