It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Season 1
7 listed hours · 2005–present · FX
From the desk
How this season is filed
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.
TV Flash files Season 1 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present) on FX as the first listed season of 18 — 7 listed hours, 2005-08-04–2005-09-13 from “The Gang Gets Racist” (S01E01) to “Charlie Got Molested” (S01E07). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 The Gang Gets Racist
The Gang Gets Racist names the thesis on arrival: five terrible people, infinite schemes, FX trash humans as comic purity from hour one.
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S01E01 The Gang Gets Racist
The pub becomes an overnight success when the gang accidentally turns it into a gay bar. Elsewhere, Charlie tries to prove to a crush that he's not racist after she catches him making an off-color comment.
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S01E02 Charlie Wants an Abortion
One of Charlie's old girlfriends claims her 10-year-old son is his. Meanwhile, Mac tries to impress a cute pro-life supporter by feigning interest in her cause; and Dennis attempts to pick up women at an abortion rally.
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S01E03 Underage Drinking: A National Concern
The gang opens the pub's doors to underage patrons to increase the establishment's profits. Later, Dennis, Charlie and Dee are asked to the prom.
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S01E04 Charlie Has Cancer
The gang finds out that Charlie may have cancer, so they hatch a plan to relieve his anguish. Meanwhile, Mac gets involved with a transvestite.
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S01E05 Gun Fever
The guys buy a gun after the bar is robbed, and Charlie uses it to intimidate his nagging landlord. Meanwhile, Dennis and Mac vow to catch the thief, and Dee feigns interest in guns to win over a crush.
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S01E06 The Gang Finds a Dead Guy
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.
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S01E07 Charlie Got Molested
The gang thinks Charlie may have been molested by his high-school gym teacher, so they stage an intervention, and invite Charlie's family and other alleged victims.
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