After witnessing EMTs resuscitate a Paddy's patron, Mac and Dennis set out to become the pinnacle of masculinity; Frank tries to prove a prank's innocence with The Lawyer; Dee attempts to hack her part-time side hustle with Charlie's help as he descends into the fast-paced life of a chef.
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“Mac and Dennis Become EMTs” ranks #106 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.6 — Great. The episode packs 49 scored jokes at 1.8 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Mac landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Charlie: Yeah, it's a brick-based medium. Look at that. Yeah, that's my favorite part.
Charlie Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: I'm innocent.
The Lawyer: You literally just admitted it.
Frank: I was lying.
The Lawyer: To a man in a coma?
Frank: I thought he was cake.
Frank: Well, y-you know, actually, it's not my fault. Well, sure, I gave you a hot pepper and you had a heart attack, but, you know, I-I kind of attribute that to the... you know, the jazzman lifestyle more than the pepper.
Frank Character Comedy Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: Yeah, let's make her unconscious.
Dennis: Why?
Mac: I feel like this is becoming a whole thing.
Mac Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Well, somebody doesn't understand double time. You see, I'm pushing to a much spicier song. Is everyone familiar with the Gipsy Kings's "Bamboléo"?
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Callback ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 49 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Don't think this guy's gonna make it. You hear me? Did you have an OPA. Breathing's irregular and weak.
Mac: We don't know this guy from Adam. We've never seen him before at all. He's a total outsider.
Dennis: I never saw him before in the bar at all.
Mac Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Mac: I thought he was, like, a jazzman. I mean, he had a ponytail. He had a piano-key tie.
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: His goddamn heart just stopped for no reason.
Dennis: Not no reason. You gave him a hot pepper.
Dennis: Don't... They don't have to know that.
You'd think that a jazzman would be more accustomed to spices, you know? Right? You'd think he'd be fine.
Mac Dennis Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Sorry. Wh-What's with the food delivery here?
Dee: Oh. I'm, uh, doing a Postmates thing as a side gig.
Charlie: You don't think I can make a burger and smash it? I'll smash a burger for you.
Charlie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dee: What the hell, Frank? A 5% tip?
Frank: Pedal faster. It's cold as shit.
Frank Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: Hey, did anybody else get, like, a crazy rush from that experience? I did. It's nice to have a little action around here, right?
Mac Dennis Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Mac: You know, it's as close to playing God as you can get, you know? And the lifestyle. There's an appeal to it for sure.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac: You know that they bang the doctors and the nurses, right?
Dennis: Of course they do. Of course they do. Are you kidding me?
Dennis: The lifestyle is spicier than one of Frank's ghost peppers.
Dennis Wordplay/Pun Callback Callback Frank: You're not cake, are you?
Jazzman: Nah. It's just a joke between me and the guys...
Frank: Well, y-you know, actually, it's not my fault. Well, sure, I gave you a hot pepper and you had a heart attack, but, you know, I-I kind of attribute that to the... you know, the jazzman lifestyle more than the pepper.
Frank Character Comedy Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Eh? Just checking about the cake thing. You never know with those guys.
Frank Absurdist Running Gag ★ Rewatch Frank: What's with the getup?
The Lawyer: It's not a getup. It's an eye patch from when I was attacked by a bird.
The Lawyer: Gruesome.
Frank: I wish I'd have seen that.
The Lawyer: You did see it.
Frank: I don't remember.
The Lawyer: You don't remember being present in a court of law while a wild animal pecked out someone's eye?
Frank: Can you be more specific?
Frank: I'm innocent.
The Lawyer: You literally just admitted it.
Frank: I was lying.
The Lawyer: To a man in a coma?
Frank: I thought he was cake.
Dennis: Well, instead of taking 100% of the dose 10% of the time, we take 10% of the dose 100% of the time. That is scientifically more better.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Dennis: The snugness, uh, really accentuates your physique. If-If that's okay to say. Uh... It's not, but let's continue, huh?
Dennis: When I just referred to the gentleman to my right as my partner, I meant in medicine, not in life. In life, I am very much single.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dennis: Now, when we get to the chest compressions, should I take your shirt off or should you take mine off?
EMT Instructor: No shirts come off.
Mac: Well, somebody doesn't understand double time. You see, I'm pushing to a much spicier song. Is everyone familiar with the Gipsy Kings's "Bamboléo"?
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Say, "Yes, Chef." Why? Because the stakes are, uh, very high, you know, this is high-stakes stuff. Stakes of what? The cooking! It's-It's life-and-death stuff, man.
Charlie: Yeah, it's a brick-based medium. Look at that. Yeah, that's my favorite part.
Charlie Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Dee: That's because I got smashed by a Prius. Whoops! Yeah. I need some shin guards, I think.
Dee Physical/Slapstick Wordplay/Pun Charlie: You gotta say, "Yes, chef," "No, chef," "On your left, chef," "Corner, chef." These kind of things. It's gotta work that way, Dee.
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: The illegality of what we're doing is spicy enough to get me off.
Mac Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Callback Mac: This is Flaming Pepper, new truck on the rotation. We're only about a block away. We're gonna stop by.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Now you're not microdosing anymore. You've slipped into macrodosing.
Mac: Macrodosing. That's cool 'cause it's my name.
Dennis Mac Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Ma'am, you're gonna... you're gonna wanna keep that knee lukewarm. You're gonna wanna take short, shallow breaths.
Patient: Oh, my eye is burning.
Mac: Was there something on your thumb? It's probably unrelated.
Dennis: You wanna pop that sweater off?
Patient: What? No, I need to rinse my eye.
Dennis: Well, the sweater needs to come off.
Mac: Yeah, let's make her unconscious.
Dennis: Why?
Mac: I feel like this is becoming a whole thing.
Mac Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: She definitely wants to bang me, dude.
Mac: Yeah, I think so.
Charlie: Spice pot is spicy but needs more peppers. Peppers coming up. More peppers. I needed a "Yes, chef" there.
Charlie Dee Running Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: I don't think he's gonna make it.
Dennis: Looks like he's gonna die.
Mac: Should we pepper?
Dennis: You want some pepper, sir?
Charlie: Anything for my first responders. My guy. My guy. My guy.
Dennis: Getting high on your own supply over there?
Dennis: A lot of blood in my line of work too.
Charlie: Well, there shouldn't be.
Dennis: Yeah, but you get the finger.
Charlie: I got Frank once or twice.
Mac: I'm sensing an opportunity to smash all of these ideas together... and really spice up our lives. Now I'm gonna float out something that I believe to be... a very reasonable proposition.
Mac Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Popcorn ceiling, right next to the highway. This place is trash.
Dee: Oh. Guess what, bozo? I don't care whether you eat it or not, but if you don't tip me, I'm taking out the other eye.
Dee Dark/Subversive Escalation Callback Mac: Snake bite. That's kind of exciting. Whoa! That's very interesting to me. I've always wanted to suck out snake venom, you know this.
Dispatcher: Got a possible code W59 in progress at Snyder and Pattison.
Mac: Pepper?
Dennis: Pattison?
Mac: That's like right here. Pepper? Pepper, anyone?
Dennis: Oh! W59? What is that?
Mac: Snake bite.
The Lawyer: What's in that?
Frank: That is 100% juiced Carolina Reaper tea.
Frank: I got him. Got him. Reaper tea.
Mac: Bamboléo. Bamboléo. Bamboléo. Bamboléo. Bamboléo.
Mac Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Goddamn it, Dennis. You have to yell "corner!" I can't see.
Dennis: What?
Charlie: Goddamn it! I think I overdosed on the peppers.
Mac: I swear there were other people there. I was strapped into a gurney. I passed out. Uh, they must have put me in an EMT uniform and-and-and fled the scene.
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