In the season finale, Charlie gets the gang to help him put together a rock opera based on his song "Nightman."
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“The Nightman Cometh” ranks #27 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.0 — Elite. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 2.3 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.2 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: I was hearing a lot of laughs out there, bro.
Dennis: Laughs are cheap. I'm going for gasps.
Dayman, Fighter of the Nightman, Champion of the sun, You're a master of karate and friendship for everyone.
Cast Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Well, I didn't ever sign anything, so...
Charlie: And what's on the very back page? Nothing. Then that's what you'll be singing.
Frank: Got to play the troll toll To get into this boy's hole
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 58 analyzed
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Charlie Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Charlie: Just to write a musical. Does there have to be a reason? I don't think so.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Whose face are we shoving this musical in?
Dennis Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Dennis: You don't shove a musical in someone's face. What are you talking about?
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Artemis: Or literate. She added words to it.
Artemis Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mac: Oh, yeah! Lead, of course.
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: I'm a princess who lives in a coffee shop?
Dee: Well, why am I in love with a little boy?
Dee Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dee: You keep using that word, but I'm not convinced you know what it means.
Dennis: The nightman's bad-ass, dude. He has the eyes of a cat and does karate across the stage.
Dee: Tiny boy, little boy, Baby boy, I need you
Dee Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Tiny boy, little boy, Want to make love to you, boy
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Artemis: What if it's just a sexually charged embrace?
Charlie: Will you take a five, Dennis?! Take a five, please!
Charlie Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: And what's on the very back page? Nothing. Then that's what you'll be singing.
Charlie: Let me try and rember something. Uh, let's see... was it... did Dee write a musical and come to Charlie with it? No, Charlie wrote a musical and came to Dee with it.
Charlie Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: And the gang. And the gang likes to screw it up and make it about themselves and take it away from Charlie and ruin his hopes and dreams.
Charlie Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Or I could strap on a wig and I could do the song myself.
Charlie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Dennis: I'm eating because I'm very uncomfortable.
Dennis Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Frank: Got to play the troll toll To get into this boy's hole
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Charlie: I feel like you're saying 'boy's hole', and it's clearly 'soul'.
Charlie: You got to pay the troll toll to get in this boy's hole... No, see, right there. It sounds like 'hole'.
Charlie: What in God's name are you talking? There's no rape scene.
Mac: Well, sure, I pay the troll toll, and then I rape Dennis.
Mac Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mac: What if I were to position him in a way where I get behind him, and then Frank could throw that blanket that he's got right there over us, and then that way you can't see the penetration.
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Frank: Because the blanket will make the rapings... I'm sorry, the sexing from behind feel more classy.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Now I'm here, okay? I am, I'm past where I thought I could go. I'm, like, all the way up here with it.
Charlie Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Waitress: Oh, wow, a free ticket to a play that I don't want to see.
Waitress: you're not gonna call me at 3:00 in the morning and tell me that you are in the emergency room in the hospital because you had a terrible car accident?
Waitress Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: Well, yeah, because I consider you that.
Gladys: I forgot to tell you, Calvin Coolidge was a good friend of mine.
Dennis: I can't really move my arms in this thing, so I think I need to rip the pits.
Mac: I wrote a song. I'm gonna throw it in.
Mac Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I will smack your face off of your face.
Dee: Just to be clear, I did not write that song,
Dee Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dee: Most men find me to be an eight or nine out of ten. And I am available to any interested men. Who'd like to get my number after the show.
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Keep singing, bitch! You're not gonna have a face by the time I'm done with you!
Charlie Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: I was hearing a lot of laughs out there, bro.
Dennis: Laughs are cheap. I'm going for gasps.
Mac: Confound your lousy toll, troll.
Mac Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Dude, do you have a boner right now?
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mac: Shut up, dude, don't ruin this for me.
Mac Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dennis: Come over here and scratch my itchy-witchy toesy-woesies.
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: What the hell is that?
Mac: You know what it is, bitch.
Frank Mac Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: You're skipping a line, dude. You're still skipping the same line. Just move past it.
Dennis Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Dennis: What? No, don't improv.
Mac: Don't tell me what to do.
Dayman, Fighter of the Nightman, Champion of the sun, You're a master of karate and friendship for everyone.
Cast Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Don't say 'stage freeze.' Just do it.
Charlie Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Charlie: Please say yes and do not bone me, please.
Waitress: Oh, I am definitely, definitely saying no.
Charlie: Well, I didn't ever sign anything, so...
Mac: Told you nobody just writes a musical for no reason.
Mac Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: I thought the rape scene went really well.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia