Meet Cindy, the new, ethnically diverse female member of the gang who can successfully pull off scams. Everything is working until Mac introduces a new member: a life-like sex doll that looks exactly like Dennis.
WAR
68.4
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again” ranks #33 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 84.0 — Elite. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 1.8 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 7.3 on impact, with Charlie landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Mac: Dennis sex doll reveal
Mac Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Charlie: I was playing his asshole.
Charlie Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Mac: you said I needed something Dennis-shaped to fill my hole
Mac Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Cindy: Cindy's detailed explanation of the gang's doll orgy
Cindy Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Waitress: You're cheating on me. With a doll. With Dennis!
All Jokes — 58 analyzed
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Cindy Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch the first time I met Frank, he pulled a gun on me. Misunderstanding. Not racial.
Cindy Frank Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Charlie: You think those liberal morons bought it?
Charlie Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection ★ Rewatch Mac: it's called 'Conservative Whine,' but it's spelled with an 'H,' 'cause it's like 'We're whining.' It's a pun. It's a play on the word 'wine.'
Mac Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Dee: It's all he ever makes and it's un-edible.
Dee Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Mac: Mac reveals his muscular physique unprompted
Mac Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dee: He's fat, he's skinny, he's muscular, it's... It's best to ignore it.
Mac: You guys like me, right?
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Cindy: Murphy's Pub? It's around the corner from you guys. Oh, the bar, the bar. The super successful bar around the corner.
Cindy Gang Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Charlie: Hello? Yeah, hello? No, I can't talk right now, I'm in a very important business meeting. What? No, I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't do anything. Well, yeah, but that was different. No, you can't just come down here. I said you can't just come down here!
Charlie Cringe/Discomfort Awkward Silence Mac: Dennis sex doll reveal
Mac Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac: you said I needed something Dennis-shaped to fill my hole
Mac Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I obviously wanted you to, I don't know, maybe start dating or do something, not get a sex doll of your best friend.
Charlie Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch He left him a contact number for where he was gonna be in North Dakota, but it ended up being a mental health line.
Dee Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: It's not like I'm gonna have sex with it.
Charlie: He's gonna have sex with that the second we walk out of this door.
Mac Charlie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: He is. The second we leave, he's gonna bang it.
Charlie Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback Dee: You want me to go find one?
Dee Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: I cannot return the doll due to the custom nature of the usage of the doll
Mac Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mac shirtless in a duster trying to incorporate it into the plan
Mac Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Charlie: You're not Dennis! You're never gonna be, all right?
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Mac: I was picturing what Dennis might've said in the situation and Dennis just said something really funny.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dee: It called me a bird.
Mac: Yes!
Charlie: It did.
Frank: Exactly.
Mac: We all heard it.
Mac: I requested that the doll feel as though it's in mid-conversation.
Mac Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mac: using all the glitter and stuff was a great idea... maybe you would slather it all over my naked torso
Mac Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: I know it's just a lifeless thing that Mac pumps his loads into, but it's in my head.
Charlie Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mac: that's bleach. I cleaned him.
Gang: Well, then why did you clean it?
Mac Gang Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Dee: It doesn't like what I'm wearing and it thinks I need more makeup.
Dee Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Dennis, does Mac look fat?
Charlie: Oh, yeah.
Dee: it also thinks Mac looks fat.
Mac: That's... that's a lie!
Dee Mac Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: what do you care if Dennis is back?
Charlie Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch The Waitress: it's like Dennis is sitting in our apartment just staring at us.
The Waitress: You talk to the doll, and-and not me so much.
Charlie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch those just say 'wine.'
Charlie: We thought 'Liberal Tears' was maybe gonna be confusing
The Waitress: Oh, I fucked him.
The Waitress: it told me to drink this bottle of wine. And then it talked me into having sex with it.
Charlie: You're cheating on me. With Dennis!
Charlie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch The Waitress: His voice is funny. It's-it's so high.
Waitress: You're cheating on me. With a doll. With Dennis!
Charlie: Do you have any more bottles of wine?
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: I'm gonna break up with you!
Waitress: I already said it.
Mac: I think maybe some fresh titty will cheer you up, huh?
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: Dennis is gone, and he is not coming back. We have to accept that.
Mac Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch She's kind of like Dennis but only way better. Better than Dennis.
Charlie: I was playing his asshole.
Charlie Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Cindy: Cindy's detailed explanation of the gang's doll orgy
Cindy Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch That's dead-on. Yeah, you nailed it.
Gang Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dennis: I don't like it.
Dennis: Why do you have it?
It's for Mac.
Dennis: Oh, Mac's shooting his loads into it?
Dennis: You dress like it's 1998. Your look is played out and so are you. You're basic.
Dennis Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Dennis: You dress like it's 1998. Your look is played out and so are you. You're basic.
Dennis Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Cindy: They're just gonna go back to treating you like shit the minute I leave!
Cindy Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: I kind of like being the only woman. 'Cause it makes me feel special.
Dee Character Comedy ★ Rewatch You already said that. Did you run out of insults?
Gang Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Do we serve beer? Because we're a bar.
Dennis Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Mac: I think we just made Paddy's great again.
Dennis: Shut up, bird.
Mac Dennis Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: So reliable. Yeah, yeah, you can just count on it.
Charlie Mac Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: I think we just made Paddy's great again.
Dennis: Shut up, bird.
Mac Dennis Running Gag Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Hey, Mac, did you gain a little weight?
Dennis Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Hey, Mac, did you gain a little weight?
Dennis Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
