After creative differences over what constitutes tasteful nudity cause Frank to pull his money out of "Lethal Weapon 6" during filming, Mac, Dennis, and Charlie screen their rough footage for investors in hopes of raising enough capital to finish the production of their latest masterpiece.
WAR
21.8
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6” ranks #153 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.1 — Solid. The episode packs 33 scored jokes at 1.8 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.7 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: Yes, in a lot of ways this is a love story between two men.
Mac: No, it isn't.
Charlie: Okay, yes, in a... most ways.
Mac: No, it isn't.
Dennis: And now we have to kill that shaman woman so that she doesn't come back and reanimate him again.
Mac: Wait. I got a better idea first.
So he's probably planning an elaborate rain dance to drench L.A. so bad that it ends up in the ocean. Making his Indian reservation the only thing left standing and very valuable beachfront property.
Mac: Gay porno movie? What are you talking about?
Mac Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Of course I had a butt-double. You think I'm gonna show my butt on camera, Charlie?
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy All Jokes — 33 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Mac: We just need a little money to finish it.
Charlie: Yeah, see, we had a little bit of a falling out with our financier. He's also playing Chief Lazarus.
The guy wanted to shoot a full penetration sex scene and show it.
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Dee: I don't have a problem, as much, with the act itself as I do with the man who's performing it.
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: I just think that no one wants to see Frank smashing genitalia with a woman, but if it were me doing it, you know, imagine that. Wouldn't that be nice?
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: Imagine all the positions that I could get into. You know, reverse pile driver, seated scissors, wheelbarrow, reverse cowgirl. I know all the positions. Whatever you like.
Charlie: He can do 'em all.
Bank Manager: We don't finance movies here.
Murtaugh: Schooling a black man on basketball. You must be crazy.
Murtaugh: If I score on you, I don't have to come to the wedding?
That's right.
Murtaugh: So all I do is score once, and then I don't come to the wedding?
Murtaugh: Well, this is gonna be... a slam dunk!
Wedding Officiant: We also thank Martin for his lovely sax solo in lieu of vows.
I love weddings. They always such a blast!
Charlie: God, the bank didn't get it either.
Charlie Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: Somebody released some kind of a biting bug, the likes of which I've never contended with. Frank and I got them from China
Charlie: Don't worry about where we got them or why we were getting them.
Charlie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Riggs: feathers were usually used in Indian resurrection burials, which could only mean one thing.
Murtaugh: Damn! That Lazarus is back from the dead.
So he's probably planning an elaborate rain dance to drench L.A. so bad that it ends up in the ocean. Making his Indian reservation the only thing left standing and very valuable beachfront property.
Mac: No, you're like, 'Who's that guy? Is that the good guy, is that the bad guy?' Everybody knows!
Mac: You've never seen... Lethal Weapon?
Investor: No, I mean, I've heard of it.
Mac: I think what's happening here is the fact that you're a woman, and our demographic skews male.
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: All right, blokes, let's hit the showers, huh?
Mac Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Riggs: I'm starting to think even I'm getting too old for this shit.
Riggs Callback Character Comedy Callback Mac: Gay porno movie? What are you talking about?
Mac Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Yes, in a lot of ways this is a love story between two men.
Mac: No, it isn't.
Charlie: Okay, yes, in a... most ways.
Mac: No, it isn't.
Mac: Of course I had a butt-double. You think I'm gonna show my butt on camera, Charlie?
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy Mac: I sure am glad we came to this strip club, Riggs. I do like looking at beautiful naked women. That's because we're not gay.
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mac: Frank, will you pay attention, man? I mean, come on, we've been all over town. We went to a hedge fund guy, a dot-com girl, we went to banks. No one's gonna fund this thing.
Mac Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Callback Frank: All right, I'll give you the money. But we do the movie my way. I want... what I want. And you know what I want.
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Callback He gonna do a rain dance and then make some money on some umbrellas, man. He a dirty bitch.
Murtaugh Absurdist Character Comedy Callback If you make this shot, you will have redeemed yourself with the item that you failed with in the beginning.
Riggs Meta/Self-Referential Callback Callback Dennis: And now we have to kill that shaman woman so that she doesn't come back and reanimate him again.
Mac: Wait. I got a better idea first.
Murtaugh: You know you always have my blessin', partner.
Murtaugh Callback Character Comedy Callback And that's a callback. From the beginning-- so it's come full circle. We know.
Mac Charlie Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch S-So again, this is what we were trying to avoid by coming to you in the first place.
Mac Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
