* Many things about "The Nightman Cometh", Charlie's play from the eponymous episode, may have a deeper meaning if you think about it. [[spoiler: Aside from the obvious "Princess who works at the coffee shop", representing the waitress, Charlie is stated to be "That baby boy". So the musical number in the beginning implies some sort of connection charlie may have had with a waitress as a young child. The "Make love to you part" may have implied [[FridgeHorror some form of sexual abuse]], and Charlie grew a trust as a result of misunderstanding. The troll could represent the real life things separating Charlie from the waitress, and the Nightman could represent the psychological factors, so the Nightman paying the troll toll could represent Charlie's "friends" allowing him to give into his demons. In the play, the Dayman defeats them both and the princess and him fall in love with each other, a long time wish of Charlie. Finally, and somewhat tragicly, the play is meant to be a drama, [[{{Narm}} but people keep laughing at it]], which could represent hoe Charlie tries to become the kind of person he wants to, but no one takes him seriously. Not even the play himself, which is borderline TearJerker]]. Probably some FanWank on my part, but I still enjoy the interpretation.
** What's even worse is the idea that paying for the boy wasn't metaphorical at all...His mom wasn't above it, after all. 
** It's much more depressing when you realize that Charlie wrote the musical with the intention of having the waitress fall in love with him. The musical is hysterical, but to Charlie the whole thing was [[SeriousBusiness completely serious]]. In Charlie's mind, the musical was a way for the waitress to understand him and to be impressed by the things he's overcome.

20th Feb '12 1:45:50 PM CaptainCrawdad

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People remember Nikki Potnick. They don't remember the Waitress.

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* Frank was [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into a, classless, amoral lunatic from a normal middle aged man (albeit one who was depressed about his life and was considering suicide due to his wife divorcing him). Since his introduction into the show, he has living in an ''extremely'' low quality studio apartment with Charlie, and part owner of a bar, filled with alcohol, and this is him coming from a ''very'' high class house and life. It would be more disturbing for him ''not'' to, as the cast themselves put it, "de-evolve".
** Early on in his appearance he decides to become a nihilist. A lot of his actions come from that.
* In "Sweet Dee has a Heart Attack" Charlie insists that he's got boxes of mail addressed to Pepe Sylvia and Carol in HR, neither of which actually exist. He seems to be going insane, but we know that Charlie is nearly illiterate. Pepe Sylvia = Pennsylvania and Carol in HR = Care of HR.
** That's brilliant, but Mac does say "All those people exist and are upstairs wondering where their mail is." So I'm not sure how much water that holds. still, very good catch.
* So...[[spoiler: Dee's neighbor Gary was the serial killer]]. That explains [[spoiler: how he knew the spears would cut though bone]]. 
** Also explains why he likes Dee, despite their bickering throughout the episode that she does/doesn't fit the profile.
*** That also qualifies as FridgeHorror.
*** The question here is whether he likes her because she fits the profile, or if the profile fits her because he likes her. IE did he like Dee because she was a young attractive blonde, or did he go after young attractive blondes because they reminded him of Dee?

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* Frank's gradual [[{{Flanderization}} flanderization]] over time, including his degrading physical state, are to be expected within the world of the show. In his first appearance, when he's introduced as an upper-class businessman, he makes a conscious decision to embrace the gang's grimy, depraved lifestyle. He gets worse and worse in each season as he becomes more and more entrenched in their world. 
* In "Sweet Dee has a Heart Attack" Charlie insists that he's got boxes of mail addressed to Pepe Sylvia and Carol in HR, neither of which actually exist. He seems to be going insane, but we know that Charlie is nearly illiterate. Pepe Sylvia = Pennsylvania and Carol in HR = Care of HR. However, this is all countered when Mac insists that everyone he's talking about really does exist. Charlie's delusion might have been an earlier draft of the script, or it might be intentionally vague as to just what is going on.
* So...[[spoiler: Dee's neighbor Gary was the serial killer]]. That explains [[spoiler: how he knew the spears would cut though bone]]. The gang insists that she doesn't fit the profile, but he's clearly attracted to her. Was he just biding his time? Did she really not fit the profile well enough to murder? Did he kill all those other people ''because'' Dee was taking advantage of him?

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