Trapped inside Paddy's with a suicide jumper on the roof, the Gang wonders if they should bother intervening with an algorithm of their own - Could he, would he, should we? the second half hour, Dennis and Charlie stand guard at the entrance to their laser tag base waiting to ambush the legendary "Big Mo," but Dennis begins to ponder the reasons they play laser tag and if their pursuit of a victory is worth their effort.
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“Paddy's Has a Jumper” ranks #135 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.8 — Great. The episode packs 55 scored jokes at 1.7 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Dennis landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dennis: The algorithm is telling us that this guy could die, wants to die, and that we should help him do it. That's just math.
Dennis Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dennis: Let's try to think of it more analytically, more mathematically. It's sort of like a deletion. Like hitting Control-Alt-Delete. Bloop. He's in the trash.
Dennis Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Mac: I am an American! I can believe in whatever I want in any given moment based on what argument I'm trying to make.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: Maureen Ponderosa. She died from falling off a much shorter building.
Mac: Yeah, but you pushed her.
Cricket: I've fallen off buildings before; I never die. And look at me. I'm doing great.
Cricket Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy All Jokes — 55 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dennis: If you'll have me as your husband, that is what you shall be.
Mac: Whoa! What? Oh, my God. I did not see that coming.
Dennis: I usually hate this old-time British crap... But, like, this-this show is amazing.
Dennis Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mac: The algorithm... all of our previously-watched shows, they go into a data bank, so they can accurately predict which shows you'll love
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy Dennis: Math and computers can think better for us than we can think for ourselves
Dennis Absurdist Character Comedy Dennis: When you watch stuff like this, you feel like you want to eat like the British
Dee: Cop! Cop! I'm filming this! I didn't do it...
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: We have nothing to do with that!
Mac Reaction Beat Character Comedy Thank you for your service. We love the police. Go blue. Blue Lives Matter.
Charlie: We're not gonna get our fish and chips.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Dennis: Bryan O'Brien. I'd kill myself, too, if I had that clown's name.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Mac: You literally have the name of a clown.
Mac Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Dee: If the guy actually wanted to off himself, he'd hop into a warm bath and he'd do the old... north, south. Down the road instead of across the street.
Dee Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Dee: The proper way to slit your wrist is take a knife and go from metacarpal straight to bicep, connecting with the artery the entire time.
Dee Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Dee: I'm not talking... we're not talking about me. We're talking about him.
Mac: Are we not? I think we're...
Dee Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: He's not gonna die falling from that height.
Dennis: Hard disagree, pal. You could absolutely die.
Mac: I am an American! I can believe in whatever I want in any given moment based on what argument I'm trying to make.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac: You are not a true American, Charlie. I'm more American than you will ever be!
Dennis: What we need is an algorithm.
Dennis Callback Absurdist Callback Dennis: My Behavioral Predictor algorithm... Could he? Would he? Should we?
Charlie: Luckily I brought an egg to work today.
Charlie: What would you say in this situation?
Dee: I don't think he's sad, I think he's happy to get off this merry-go-round.
Mac: You had that in the chamber.
Mac Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Dennis: I was hoping his entire skull would just explode. We all were, Mac.
Charlie: It wasn't in a tree, it was in a hole. It's, like, a rat's egg or something.
Dennis: Frank's secret casaba melon...
Mac: Why does Frank keep a casaba melon in the safe?
Dennis: Has he cut a hole in the rind, and then put it back on, like a plug?
Mac: Oh, yeah.
Frank: Stay away from my stuff. Don't put your hands near my casaba.
Frank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: You don't understand. It's my son.
Frank Misdirection Setup/Punchline Charlie: Cricket! Where did you come from?
Cricket: I was up on the roof getting eggs from a nest.
Cricket: I've fallen off buildings before; I never die. And look at me. I'm doing great.
Cricket Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dennis: You're sort of subhuman at this point.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Dennis: Maureen Ponderosa. She died from falling off a much shorter building.
Mac: Yeah, but you pushed her.
Dennis: No, no, no, they never proved that. That was never even proven that she was pushed.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: Just go through their trash. Sleep with them. Talk to their priest, then sleep with their priest. Then blackmail the priest.
Mac Escalation Character Comedy Dennis: He's hardly a child, but he's still hanging on to his youth. That suggests daddy issues. His dad hates him as much as Mac's dad hates him.
Dennis Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Mac: My dad loves me. My name's an homage.
Dennis: It's an homage to a hamburger clown.
Dee: Butt-eating... Where are you getting that from?
Dennis: There's a certain glint in the eye, you know, a sparkle.
Dee: You can see that in someone's eye?
Mac: Have you been eating butts? Of course she has!
Dee Mac Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Mac: That Dee's a nasty fucking slut.
Dennis: Definitely, definitely, but also that the poorly named Bryan O'Brien most definitely would kill himself.
Frank: Oh, yeah, he's a real deranged person. This kid's a real whack job. I'm afraid he's gonna do something really stupid this time.
Frank Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Frank: My son is actually a big fan of yours. It would really get under his skin if he knew I was standing next to those. You. You.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dennis: We could become like a hot spot for jumpers. Turn them into martyrs. Highway to Hell, Free Fallin'.
Dennis: The algorithm is telling us that this guy could die, wants to die, and that we should help him do it. That's just math.
Dennis Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Mac: Feelings just get in the way.
Mac Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist Cricket: I'll push him. I don't give a shit.
Frank: If I want to bang it, I'm gonna bang it. Not that I am banging it, but I could. And if it doesn't splatter to bits, I'm gonna bang it later.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Frank: He's calling me strange?
Frank Wordplay/Pun Reaction Beat Dennis: Let's try to think of it more analytically, more mathematically. It's sort of like a deletion. Like hitting Control-Alt-Delete. Bloop. He's in the trash.
Dennis Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dennis: What a gyp. We were gonna... we had a good plan.
Dennis Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Bryan: This isn't my dad.
Frank: Not of this sad sack. I got distracted by the reporter's bagonzas.
Frank: It's where I stash my Maui Kush.
Frank Misdirection Absurdist Mac: Pot's pretty much legal now. You don't really have to stash it anywhere.
Mac Observational Character Comedy Dennis: I wouldn't eat it, Cricks. It's full of loads.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Callback Dennis: Mathematically we were supposed to kill a man today. Maybe that's part of the problem of taking the humanity out of decisions.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: It's full of loads.
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