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CASE FILE · S18 E06

The War on Alcohol

S18 E06Photograph not availableThe gang sits at Paddy’s Pub with bottled beer while a sales representative holds a clipboard.
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The Gang takes the trend against drinking into their own hands. Dennis, Dee, and Frank look to recruit white collar suits for happy hour while Mac and Charlie seek to enlist blue collar factory workers so they can return the bar to the melting pot it once was.

THE SHORT VERSION · SPOILERS AHEAD

INSIDE THE CASE.

A bar under pressure

Paddy’s declining alcohol sales lead the gang to fight a broader turn away from drinking.

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Two recruitment plans

Dennis, Dee, and Frank court white-collar workers while Mac and Charlie pursue factory workers.

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A nostalgic factory fantasy

Mac and Charlie treat a pop-culture idea of industrial work as a route back to an older social order.

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The answer they refuse

A profitable non-alcoholic-beer machine briefly offers a modern solution, which the gang discards in favor of regular beer.

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THE EVIDENCE

THINGS IN THIS EPISODE.

Characters

Charlie Kelly182 other recorded episodes
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Charlie works with Mac to recruit blue-collar workers for the bar.Source ↗

Dee Reynolds181 other recorded episodes
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Dee joins Dennis and Frank’s bid to attract white-collar workers to Paddy’s.Source ↗

Dennis Reynolds178 other recorded episodes
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Dennis joins Dee and Frank in targeting white-collar workers for happy hour.Source ↗

Frank Reynolds173 other recorded episodes
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Frank joins Dennis and Dee in the white-collar happy-hour plan.Source ↗

Mac182 other recorded episodes
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Mac joins Charlie’s effort to bring blue-collar workers back to Paddy’s.Source ↗

Locations

Paddy’s Pub148 other recorded episodes
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Paddy’s falling alcohol sales prompt the gang’s attempt to reverse the cultural move away from drinking.Source ↗

Food & drinks

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An automated beer machine makes money from non-alcoholic beer before the gang rejects that direction.Source ↗

Schemes

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Dennis, Dee, and Frank recruit white-collar workers for a happy-hour push at the bar.Source ↗

SOURCES & NOTES.

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