An update creates downtime
Waiting for their phones leads the gang to revisit old incidents.
Supporting source ↗CASE FILE · S13 E07
The Gang Does a Clip Show
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With nothing to do while their phones update to the latest software, the gang decides to reminisce on old times. As everyone misremembers events from their past, the gang's current reality becomes altered.
THE SHORT VERSION · SPOILERS AHEAD
INSIDE THE CASE.
The archive becomes unstable
Familiar clips give way to rewritten departures and borrowed television memories.
Supporting source ↗Wishes reshape the room
The Waitress’s baby, duplicate Charlie and altered Frank belong to fantasies.
Supporting source ↗A test left unfinished
A spinning top is still turning when updated phones reclaim everyone’s attention.
Supporting source ↗THE EVIDENCE
THINGS IN THIS EPISODE.
Characters
Charlie Kelly180 other recorded episodes
Charlie sits beside Dee during the present-day recollections.Source ↗
Dee Reynolds179 other recorded episodes
Dee presses a cloth to her injured forehead.Source ↗
Dennis Reynolds176 other recorded episodes
Dennis challenges the gang’s recollection from behind the bar.Source ↗
Frank Reynolds171 other recorded episodes
An imagined version of Frank has a full head of hair.Source ↗
The mall Santa1 other recorded episode
An archival Christmas scene shows Charlie confronting Santa.Source ↗
The Waitress38 other recorded episodes
The Waitress and baby appear within a fabricated reality.Source ↗
Uncle Jack13 other recorded episodes
An archival scene recalls Jack talking to Charlie.Source ↗
Locations
Hospitals13 other recorded episodes
A fabricated hospital scene illustrates a false contest memory.Source ↗
Paddy’s Pub147 other recorded episodes
A daylight exterior separates the remembered sequences.Source ↗
Objects
Christmas decorations1 other recorded episode
Garlands and oversized candy canes fill the archival Santa scene.Source ↗
Spinning topsOnly recorded here so far
A small metal top spins on the bar during the credits.Source ↗
Touchscreen phones22 other recorded episodes
The gang returns to its phones after the update.Source ↗
Food & drinks
Running jokes
The implication2 other recorded episodes
The gang recalls Dennis explaining his coercive dating logic.Source ↗
Costumes
Birds of War1 other recorded episode
An archival close-up recalls the gang’s feathered wrestling costumes.Source ↗
Long-legged FrankOnly recorded here so far
Frank’s fantasy gives him impossibly long legs.Source ↗
Nightman costume1 other recorded episode
Mac’s Nightman costume appears in an altered theatrical memory.Source ↗
Music
Freedom! ’901 other recorded episode
The archival reunion performance is accompanied by the song.Source ↗
Miscellaneous
Altered memoriesOnly recorded here so far
The imagined baby and second Charlie expose a fabricated memory.Source ↗
Inception referencesOnly recorded here so far
Dennis borrows the film’s spinning-top reality test.Source ↗
The Seinfeld recreationOnly recorded here so far
The gang recreates Seinfeld’s apartment in a false shared memory.Source ↗
FOLLOW THE THREAD
CONNECTED EPISODES.
S06 E13 
Connected through Christmas decorations, The mall Santa, Hospitals and 6 more.
S04 E13 
Connected through Nightman costume, The Waitress, Paddy’s Pub and 5 more.
S07 E13 
Connected through Freedom! ’90, The Waitress, Frank Reynolds and 4 more.
S05 E07 Connected through Birds of War, Paddy’s Pub, Frank Reynolds and 4 more.
SOURCES & NOTES.
Tags document researched occurrences, not every appearance. Read the research notes and attribution.