We definitely see that there's so much we don't see in the confessions from "The Gang Goes to Hell: Part 2". There's a "Rashomon"-Style clash of perspective in "Who Pooped the Bed?" that suggests that the gang's perspectives are tenuous. The show has always followed closely to the gang's point of view with regard to them navigating the world. We know they're drunks which can account for skewed perspective, as said in expanded in one WMG point. They're also angry people who hate each other in a lot of ways. In "The Gang Group Dates", Dee says "go find the dirty one or the gay one", pointing to that being how they see each other.
Them devolving more into unbearable 2-D versions of themselves could be read as a reflection of their interactions together. Like how Dennis has grown to hate Mac more and seems to be sick of him now. We don't really see a whole lot from any other side except for the grimaces on strangers' faces or the people who's lives they ruin. We don't see their internal monologues that would add more depth. We just now kind of got a sneak into that with "Being Frank".
Chalk it up to Charlie's poor understanding of the world in general, but that might be what he's referring to. An egg's albumen is white like milk when it's cooked, and he prefers them boiled "over hard". You could say it's actually cheese, but he does refer to the stuff by its proper name (plus, you know, you can't really boil cheese). He knows what eggs are too, yeah, but he's probably never made the connection that raw and cooked eggs are the same basic object.
- Unlikely. In Dee made a smut film, Charlie draws boiled eggs. He refers to them by name, and describes them as: "Like, uh... from a chicken." So he definitely knows where boiled eggs come from.
- It could be just a cheeseburger sans a bun, or a hamburger steak in white gravy.
- Unlikely. In Dee made a smut film, Charlie draws boiled eggs. He refers to them by name, and describes them as: "Like, uh... from a chicken." So he definitely knows where boiled eggs come from.
Think about it. At the end of Flowers for Algernon, Charlie moved out of New York. Since this was an attempt to move somewhere where people didn't know him, he may have changed his last name to Kelly. He then got a job at Paddy's Pub (also cleaning), and he kills rats because they remind him of what he can remember of Algernon. He didn't remember his parents, so he probably met up with his "mother", who thinks Charlie is her real son because she's, well, crazy. Since Charlie's memory was decreasing, everything said about his past in the show was probably just made up by him, and everybody in the show plays along out of pity. The most clear evidence of this theory are Charlie's impossibly bad spelling, not to mention the fact that he's already borderline retarded.
- They did a Flowers for Algernon parody in season 9 with Charlie. The treatment was actually an experiment to see how he and the gang would react if Charlie thought he had become smarter.
- Or, it will be the funniest episode. The gang will still realize Dennis is a serial killer, though.
- Is there something to back this up or is this just REALLY Wild Mass Guesing?
- It's more about the "IMPLICATION"
- Dennis being an implied serial killer is somewhat of a running gag on the show, and it's been hinted at repeatedly, especially in the season finale of season seven.
- Has it ever been implied that he's killed people? It's certainly been implied he's mentally capable of it but I can't recall anything to suggest he has actively killed anyone.
- In the season 10 finale he convinces a man to set himself on fire, and the guy actually does. It's strongly implied the man died.
- Nicki Potnick - We know Nicki is a girl and Frank took her nametag. We know the Waitress couldn't find hers. The fact that the Gang knows of Nicki and apparently hung out with her in high school would be utterly in character with their forgetfulness of... everything about the Waitress.
- Jossed in a Tweet from Glenn Howerton.
- Mary - In fitting with Charlie being The Danza and Charlie Day being married to Mary Elizabeth Ellis in real life.
- Pepe Silvia - The Waitress may have a Gender-Blender Name as an Ascended Meme and a Call-Back to "Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack". Mac said that a person named Pepe Silvia exists, and unbeknownst to Charlie, it's actually the name of the Waitress.
- Doesn't Pepe Silvia work in an office in the building Charlie and Mac work in?
- Teressa "Tress" Waite. The gang (other than Charlie) knows her name, they just insist on calling her "Waitress" as a long-running joke. Alternatively, her parents solved The Maiden Name Debate by giving her the hyphenated surname Waite-Tress.
- And Dennis will enjoy it.
- If they do canonize Dee/Dennis, I have some theories on how this will play out:
- The McPoyles approve, this creeps Dennis and Dee out.
- Or they play up Dee and Dennis' disgust at the McPoyles and their incestuous relations for Hypocritical Humor.
- Given his screwed views on consent, Dennis might force himself on Dee. I'm not so sure about this one though. I know they've done Black Comedy Rape jokes. But they never actually show it. So this one might be too dark even for this show. And even if it isn't, it could cross Dude, Not Funny! territory.
- It is awkward (because y'know, it's taboo and all) and Dee and Dennis never speak of it again. Or if they do, it's really awkward.
- They become an Official Couple and their relationship is terrible, but may stay together anyway because they can't do any better.
- The rest of gang make fun of Dennis or at least, are confused by this because not only did he make out with his sister, but also because Dee.
- Someone takes a picture of or video tapes them making out and blackmails them with it.
- They were drunk.
- If they do canonize Dee/Dennis, I have some theories on how this will play out:
- The Shower Scene between Riggs and Murtaugh. Okay, the reason why he put that scene in there was obvious. But listen to him defend the scene, saying it's a love story between two men. It's clear what he meant. But it's also portrayed as a partial Freudian Slip. Why not take it a step further and think he actually wanted the Token Romance to be between Riggs and Murtaugh?
- In Lethal Weapon 5, the Police Chief tells Murtaugh his wife is dead. At first, this seems like it's for dramatic purposes. But think about it. His wife dying also makes him single which gives him and Riggs the opportunity to get together romantically.
- Riggs marries Murtaugh's daughter. This is a bit of a stretch, but he could have shipped them (or been okay with shipping them) because she resembles Murtaugh and it's closest to shipping Murtaugh and Riggs, he'd be able to live with.
- The episode will be titled "The Gang Goes To Hell 2: For Real This Time".
- It is possible to have feelings during straight sex and be gay. Mac (along with the rest of the gang) is an emotionally immature, stunted, guy. It seems like it would be easy for him to become infatuated with someone or emotionally-dependent because he's so desperate and needy. Plus, Dee and Dennis's mom is the only example of that happening. That coupled with that we as the audience still don't know what was going on in Mac's mind during that incident is kind of flimsy. If anything, "The Storm of the Century" where Mac hides in the bunker enjoying gawking at the weather woman is more proof of any possible bisexuality.
- Mac brings up his fetish for older women again in "The Gang Gives Frank An Intervention", where he tries to hook up with Dennis and Dee's aunt. He even explicitly mentions that it was because the sex he had with their mom was the best sex he'd ever had in his life. Still, unless this gets directly talked about again in a future episode, all of these instances of Mac being genuinely attracted to women could be chalked up to Early-Installment Weirdness and Characterization Marches On.
- Maybe Mac enjoyed the sex with Dennis and Dee's mom so much because of his crush on Dennis
- Officially Jossed by the sixth episode of season 12, "Hero or Hate Crime." Mac comes out as a gay man for good.
- This could work as a reflection of the actor's real life problems.
- This doesn't sound like something Mac would do, as he is obsessed with attaining strength (as we see in seasons 7 and 13). If Charlie did it, it would be something Waitress-related.
- This makes perfect sense considering the Flanderization really set in in Season 3, when the main 4 turned 30. Their bodies can no longer process so much alcohol.
- There’s also the many, many, many, head traumas the gang have individually endured throughout the series, wreaking havoc on their brain matter.
It could go down many different ways, focusing on their various issues. Like, Dennis gets arrested and put on trial for being a serial rapist and killer, ending with him convicted and in prison. Mac uses the media attention to spout ultra-conservative, homophobic rhetoric... then is recorded caught have sex with a man in a dance club bathroom and the video goes viral. He gets beaten to death by bigots on his way to pray for forgiveness at church. Frank's brain tumor and hedonistic lifestyle finally catch up with him, and he slowly dies in a hospital alone over the final season. Dee's sanity degrades under the media scrutiny of the trial and the knowledge of how monstrous Dennis really is, culminating when she sets herself on fire on the witness stand. Charlie finally pushes the Waitress too far, leading her to kill him during an argument.
- Given the tone of the series this would have made an excellent deconstruction of the group as a whole. Much like the Seinfeld finale. The only one that would come out of this on a positive light is Cricket. Who won a lawsuit that he filed against the crew for playing a part in the downfall that is his life. He wins the case and uses some of the money for surgery to repair the injuries the gang gave him then cleans himself up and leaves a better person.
- [[spoiler: Jossed since Dennis returns at the end of "The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again".
- In "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis" Mac openly states that he will strangle a family if they refuse to purchase a house. In the same episode, Frank almost assaults the same family with an umbrella.
- At the end of "Mac is a Serial Killer," Gary the serial killer walks into his apartment to find the Gang is inside it. Then Frank revs up his chainsaw and he very obviously kills him when the credits roll.
- Also, Frank constantly pulls his gun out at the slightest provocation. Don't really need to explain that one.
- The group will include; The McPoyles, Rickety Cricket, The Waitress, and Luther McDonald (who either got a second parole or escaped).
- Most of the episode will be a usual episode that shows the gang doing one of their ridiculous schemes. At the end of the episode, Frank will pass out drunk at Paddy's after celebrating the fact that one of the gang's schemes was successful for once. The next day, Sweet Dee and Charlie will wake up hung over, and have an argument about something irrelevant. They will try to wake Frank up do get him involved in the argument. Charlie: "Hey Frank, man, its time to wake up!". Dee: "Goddamn it Frank, get up; I'm trying to win an argument!". After Frank still does not wake up, and is clearly not breathing; Charlie and Dee will start to panic. Charlie: "Frank, come on, this isn't funny! Frank... come on, get up!". Dee: "Frank, don't fuck with us Frank! Come on ... get up... dad... dad?". Cut to title card: Frank Dies.
- Pappy Mc Poyle is an old man with a beard and a theatrical style of speaking, just like many depictions of the head deities of several religions. In addition, at one point, Pappy mentions that his children spring fully formed from his loins; much like how the children of gods such as Zeus were created. The eating of the babies may be a reference to Chronos the Titan. Also, Pappy's children are heavily implied to engage in incest with one another, much like the gods of many religions did. Therefore; it may be assumed that when Pappy goes on one of his rants; he is simply providing a literal, factual account of things that he has personally experienced.
- Frank didn't merely get distracted during "Being Frank" when the doctor mentioned his brain tumor — he knew about it, and has known about it, for years. It's the reason he joined the gang in the first place — he wants to go out the worst possible person he can be, no regrets, nothing left undone. It's like About Schmidt or The Bucket List, but for a Jerkass.
- Jossed apparently by the season 13 synopsis stating Charlie is now hoping to have a child with the Waitress.
Eventually Gottlieb begins to correspond with Geizler, unaware of their existing connection. And when they meet in person he realizes that the brilliant scientist he has been communicating with is the uncultured ignorant trash that he had met during his experiment, causing the divide between them. Over the course of the movie Charlie/Newton manages to prove to Geizler that he is genuinely a different person now, and shows him how much he can contribute, mending their divide.
Another example of the show's reality-bending jokes (similar to Jack Bauer and Poppins' immortality), the Dennis Doll came to life from the Gang's collective insanity and has become the Replacement Flat Character so the Gang's equilibrium can be maintained. It's very suspect that the Doll completely disappeared, with Dennis in the exact same position it was in, and that he never explains what happened with the women and his child.
Charlie wasn't lying when he told everyone that he had cancer in the 4th episode of Season 1. Plus it would be a great callback.
Come on, these two are born survivors. A defrocked, deranged, perpetually-unlucky ex-priest and a decrepit, scavenging thirty-year-old mongrel whose owner barely cares for him—they belong together. Crick adopting Poppins would make for quite a literal, and touching, case of Throw the Dog a Bone.
Since Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have recently acquired Wales-located Wrexham A.F.C, there's some possibility that they can try and sneak him somewhere in a future season. He can play Mac's new boyfriend.
It would be more surprising for this show not to go there.
- Seemingly confirmed as of the Season 15 trailer, in which Frank admits he was "on the sex island, but just for the snorkeling."
Some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder fear being pedophiles, even though they are not. More than once, Frank has expressed extreme distress about being mistaken for a pedophile (writing a whole song about how he "doesn't diddle kids" and needing to be out of the playground before kids arrive), but the show never hinte that he's actually attracted to children.
I say "O only" because this seems to be an obsession with no compulsions attached.
- No compulsions? Do the words "I just wanna be pure" mean anything to you?
It was the ultimate fantasy for Charlie at the time when he was consumed with humilitation from the lawyer in "The Gang Solves the Real Estate Crisis." Charlie bests the lawyer with Bird Law and the lawyer even suffers bodily harm. Otherwise, how is bird law or any of the ridiculous arguments admissible in court.
- It can't be immediately afterward — the trial was in response to actual events, but those wouldn't happen until seven seasons after "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis."
Someone in the writer's room probably saw that film and decided to write it in one of the episodes.
- Confirmed (unless they twist it), Dennis has a severe case of COVID.
It's Always Sunny...until it rains
This relationship will last longer and be more serious than the Gang expected. Yet, none of them will care too much about this new relationship... except for Dennis, who starts getting extremely jealous of this new guy because it means Mac is paying attention to someone other than him. Eventually, it'll all lead up to Dennis having a Green-Eyed Epiphany and realizing he loves Mac. This will then create an Unrequited Love Switcheroo, where instead of Mac pursuing Dennis like in Seasons 13 and 14, Dennis will be the one pining after Mac and trying to steal his attention, possibly even attempting to sabotage Mac's relationship. All the while, Mac will either be completely oblivious to this, he'll pretend not to notice, or even reveal that he's using the boyfriend specifically to make Dennis jealous.
Every known member of Mac's family is gay or bi and may or may not be a Boomerang Bigot, maybe his mom's gay to but never said anything because she hates talking to people. Maybe she and Mrs Kelly have been in a sexual relationship this whole time. If it ever comes up I'm sure they'll dismiss it.
They are very keen on keeping the bloodline pure, but never mind if Margaret gets it on with one of the Gang and are mad with Mac for never calling her afterward. They also usually keep to themselves, but visit the pub or play pranks on the Gang. Either they like the Gang like family and turn a blind eye if one of them has sex with them, or they know through their family tree that they are, indeed, related somehow.