Top 10 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Episodes

8. Mac And Charlie Die: Part 1

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This two-parter kicks off in exceptional style, with Mac and Charlie trying to prevent Mac's father from leaving jail by telling the authorities that Mac's Dad threatened to "eat their butts". It only gets more comically insane from there.

After Mac's Dad is released, and with the show's two stupidest characters now fearing for their lives, they decide to fake their deaths in this first part of an incredible double bill of Sunny goodness. As their fake suicide escalates, and their delusions of success grow alongside it, Charlie and Mac possibly make the worst attempt at faking their own deaths in television history.

Watching Rob McElhenney's Mac bounce off of Charlie Day's Charlie for two whole episodes is grippingly hilarious, as the two only encourage each other to go bigger and crazier with their ideas, and when they need to fix an actual problem, Mac's concussion, they take the worst steps possible in trying to resolve this issue.

This is a classic for longtime fans and a great example of Sunny's ability to keep through-lines in their plot throughout their seasons, as Mac's Dad's hatred of Mac and Charlie stems from previous episodes, and builds to a fantastic ending in the second part of this double bill.

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