It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Gang Finds a Dead Guy
TV Flash files “The Gang Finds a Dead Guy” as hour 6 of 181 in the TV Flash guide — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present) on FX, season 1, episode 6, aired 2005-09-06, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E06: listed hour 6 of 181 in the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia guide, hour 6 of 7 in season 1. It aired 2005-09-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Gun Fever” (S01E05). Next is “Charlie Got Molested” (S01E07).
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Mac and Dennis reach a new low when they pretend to be acquainted with a patron found dead in their bar in order to get closer to his granddaughter. Meanwhile, Dee visits her bedridden grandfather, and Charlie comes along for support.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Gang Finds a Dead Guy sit in the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia guide?
S01E06 is listed hour 6 of 181 — hour 6 of 7 in season 1, season 1 episode 6.
When did It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S01E06 air?
The Gang Finds a Dead Guy aired 2005-09-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I have to start at season one of Always Sunny?
You can. You can also jump mid-run: the Gang is fractal terrible, and the format stays viciously inventive for a long haul.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Five terrible people, infinite schemes: Charlie, Dennis, Mac, Dee, and Frank reinvent cruelty without redemption as comfort. Rob McElhenney's FX comedy made trash humans into comic purity and then outlasted almost every live-action sitcom. The anti-Friends on purpose — fractal terrible, still formally inventive.
August 4, 2005, FX drops a dive-bar sitcom that would still be extending its season count while the rest of live-action comedy got windowed, buried, or turned into a nostalgia panel. Rob McElhenney's *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* — later FXX — is five terrible people, infinite schemes, the anti-*Friends* on purpose. Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton's Dennis, McElhenney's Mac, Kaitlin Olson's Dee, and **Danny DeVito from season two**, the mid-stream casting masterstroke that completes The Gang. Extreme premises,…
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