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.
WAR
72.3
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Gets Romantic” ranks #23 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.5 — Elite. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 1.8 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Frank landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Teddy was our son. He died of leukemia.
Lisa Dark/Subversive Misdirection ★ Rewatch Frank: He had me at 'gash,' Charlie.
Frank Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Mac · Dennis: The immediate awkward silence and everyone's reaction to learning about the dead child
Dennis: Dig that guy up, you know, see what he's been up to these days.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Alexi: We will spend our days together, knee-deep in American gash.
Alexi Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Frank: Gruesome twosome seek exotic Europeans for week long rental in luxurious one-bedroom apartment. Bed to be shared with owners. Shitter down hall. Email F. Reynolds at Warthog-OrgyFart.edu.
Frank: Young Bohemians with no sexual boundaries, w-who don't mind a shitter down the hall.
Frank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: Don't be jealous when Charlie and I are up to our eyebrows in Viennese gash.
Frank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Charlie: Are you trying to say, uh, 'meat cube'? Like, a little cube of meat?
Charlie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Because that's a good idea, actually.
Mac: Let-let's keep the trap simple.
Mac Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mac: I must have overbooked... this Airbnb, and that's a problem... because we only have the one room
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dennis: Now, d-do you like to come off as a difficult person?
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dennis: Right. Yeah, but I was, uh, you know, I'm-I'm, but, you know, ch... Things change.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: They're two Austrian broads. Alexi and Nikki.
Frank Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: Frank's detailed rules about avoiding eye contact and body exploration during group sex
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Absurdist Frank: And they're gonna encourage us to explore each other's bodies.
Charlie: What?
Frank: A-And that's a hard no for me.
Nikki: Yeah. I am Nikki, and this is my father Alexi.
Nikki Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Frank Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Mac: I-I never put this much work into banging some cute meat.
Mac Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: No, Dennis, 'meet-cute.' It has a name, Mac.
Dennis: Its name is Lisa.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort The third mysterious noise from the room
Mac: Dude, i-is that, like, a chicken or a parrot or some shit?
Dee Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Dennis: Proving that romantic leads don't have to be likable at all.
Dennis Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm Nikki: Uh, may I ask if you have a small pot that I can boil these lederhosen in?
Charlie: What do you got going there with the toe?
'Toe spoon,' for the digging out of the toe.
Nikki Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: We usually sleep ass to ass.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: I came at this thing like an animal, man.
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Greg Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement Charlie: I mean, Dennis is having meet cubes with hot chicks, and we're stuck with these guys.
Charlie Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback But the trick is to melt the cheese on the outside.
Nikki Absurdist Character Comedy Charlie: I've always kind of seen myself as a yodeler.
Frank and Charlie immediately kicking out the European women they wanted
Sorry, no. We double-booked.
Dee: You know, I can always use a man to help me clean my pipes.
Dee Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Help flushing the shit you took that backed up your toilet?
Greg Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement Dennis Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Dennis: Dig that guy up, you know, see what he's been up to these days.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: I thought the crying was hot.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: I thought the crying was hot.
Mac Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Frank: But that's because the guy in 4B went berserk and ripped it off.
Frank · Charlie: The description of Charlie and Frank's trashy apartment
Charlie: I do that for Frank when he's taking a dump in there.
Charlie: I can become the door for you.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: You are a diversionary plot twist at best.
Dennis Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Frank: I do want some of those meat cubes later.
Frank Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Maybe Teddy cheated with Greg.
Dennis Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: We'll jam it down their throats till they enjoy it.
Dennis Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Dee: Men are not in charge anymore.
Dee Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential Charlie: I saw them using Alexi's toe spoon to cook heroin.
Charlie Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Frank and Charlie realizing they miss Alexi and Nikki
Mac: A gay... gay-ass love story.
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: I dumped up your toilet, Greg.
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Teddy was our son. He died of leukemia.
Lisa Dark/Subversive Misdirection ★ Rewatch Mac · Dennis: The immediate awkward silence and everyone's reaction to learning about the dead child
Dennis: I don't have a dead kid's... uh, approp-appropriate...
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dennis: That's not romantic. Or comedic.
Dennis Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mac: That's not romantic. Or comedic.
Mac Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Frank and Charlie desperately calling for Alexi and Nikki at the bus station
Alexi: We will spend our days together, knee-deep in American gash.
Alexi Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: He had me at 'gash,' Charlie.
Frank Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
