The episode files/Season 14/Episode 1

CASE FILE · S14 E01

The Gang Gets Romantic

Charlie, Frank, Alexi and Nikki dance together in Charlie’s apartment. — Still from The Gang Gets Romantic · sourced from episode inspection · rights remain with their respective owners

Mac concocts a scheme to attract single women to Airbnb Dennis' bedroom, while Frank and Charlie concoct similar plans to attract young, European coeds. But neither ad attracts their intended target.

THE SHORT VERSION · SPOILERS AHEAD

INSIDE THE CASE.

A romance imposed on strangers

Mac scripts a romantic encounter around apartment guests, repeatedly changing who should pursue whom.

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The missing person is their child

The gang mistakes Greg and Lisa’s grief for romantic conflict. Teddy was their son.

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The wrong guests fit perfectly

Charlie and Frank bond with Alexi and Nikki over unusual cooking and grooming habits.

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A farewell worth chasing

The pair rushes to the departing guests and promises a reunion.

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THE EVIDENCE

THINGS IN THIS EPISODE.

Characters

Seen at 10:00

Alexi sits on the couch beside Frank.Source ↗

Charlie Kelly182 other recorded episodes

Seen at 10:36

Charlie reacts to Nikki’s cooking in the apartment.Source ↗

Dee Reynolds181 other recorded episodes

Seen at 12:27

Dee approaches Greg inside the hardware store.Source ↗

Dennis Reynolds178 other recorded episodes

Seen at 21:24

Dennis stands beside the stereo after Mac’s declaration.Source ↗

Frank Reynolds173 other recorded episodes

Seen at 10:00

Frank talks with Alexi beside the couch.Source ↗

Seen at 12:15

Greg talks with Dee among the hardware displays.Source ↗

Seen at 20:54

Lisa stands beside Greg at the apartment door.Source ↗

Mac182 other recorded episodes

Seen at 20:23

Mac addresses the apartment guests from the doorway.Source ↗

Seen at 10:50

Nikki stands beside Charlie in the kitchen.Source ↗

Locations

Charlie’s apartment49 other recorded episodes

Seen at 07:55

The four men dance beside the shared bed.Source ↗

Hardware stores2 other recorded episodes

Seen at 11:57

Hardware aisles provide the setting for Dee’s encounter.Source ↗

Mac and Dennis’s apartment21 other recorded episodes

Seen at 13:36

Dennis offers Lisa a drink in the apartment.Source ↗

Paddy’s Pub148 other recorded episodes

Seen at 15:47

Mac, Dee and Dennis regroup at the bar.Source ↗

Objects

Boomboxes5 other recorded episodes

Seen at 21:24

The portable stereo sits on the kitchen counter.Source ↗

Buses6 other recorded episodes

Seen at 22:06

Alexi and Nikki say goodbye beside the Greyhound bus.Source ↗

Toe knife4 other recorded episodes

Seen at 07:05

Frank demonstrates his foot-grooming knife.Source ↗

Seen at 06:36

Alexi tends his foot with a spoon.Source ↗

Food & drinks

Seen at 18:56

The guests leave a boxed meat gift.Source ↗

Sandwiches4 other recorded episodes

Seen at 10:18

Nikki holds his sandwich beside the stove.Source ↗

Schemes

Short-term rentals1 other recorded episode

Seen at 03:11

Greg and Lisa arrive as paying guests.Source ↗

The meet-cute scheme

Seen at 19:39

Mac performs his planned declaration.Source ↗

Costumes

Seen at 06:21

Charlie and Frank wear the visitors’ leather shorts.Source ↗

Music

I Wanna Sex You Up

Seen at 19:39

The stereo first plays this mistaken selection.Source ↗

Seen at 20:23

Mac’s declaration uses this song.Source ↗

Seen at 22:06

The farewell uses this song.Source ↗

Seen at 11:03

Nikki yodels for Charlie.Source ↗

SOURCES & NOTES.

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