Ranking EVERY Episode of Always Sunny
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- This video took too long to make. Always Sunny in Philadelphia is probably one of if not my favorite shows of all time. So let's go through each and every episode of Always Sunny to review and rank them all. At the end of the video I'll list every episode from worst to best (in my opinion). This might take a hot minute.
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0:00 Intro
1:50 Season 1
7:58 Season 2
16:54 Season 3
27:45 Season 4
36:16 Season 5
45:31 Season 6
55:13 Season 7
1:05:32 Season 8
1:12:37 Season 9
1:20:53 Season 10
1:28:37 Season 11
1:37:12 Season 12
1:45:13 Season 13
1:53:09 Season 14
1:59:41 Season 15
2:05:42 Ending - Zábava
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Married with children
The State
Every Community episode ranked please.
Pls don’t stop uploading, this is good content and I hope it blows up a bit more
Every ep of Friends or TBBT
People have talked about how in "The Gang Gets Trapped" they're all wearing pieces of an Indiana Jones costume but my favorite subtle joke in that episode is how at some point every single character on the show comes out of a closet...except Mac.
swedish plumber
I love that they call the fast food chain "the hamburger store" and the sight of Frank's hiding in the toys E.T. style always makes me die, but nowhere nearly as much as the line "Charlie just walked straight inside because he doesn't know what a diversion is" 😂 I'm laughing so much just typing this lol
@@0Onyx13 they call many things store. Baby store, welfare store, boat store, etc .
Nobody talks about how dennis apparently stood on a table at a mcdonalds and gave a speech about saving artifacts motivating the gang to be in such a situation
LMAO WAIT THATS SO GOOD
the scene in the mcpoyle vs ponderosa trail where uncle jack accidentally hurls his giant fake hand across the courtroom while having a panic attack will never ever fail to crack me up
NOBODY LOOK
@@korver_4 NOBODY LOOK
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Calling night crawlers “night worms” is a mortal sin.
I thought the same
Not saying every episode is absolutely perfect but you can tell they never phone it in and that’s one of the many reasons that makes the show so amazing.
This is honestly to me the greatest achievement of the show, it's consistency. I got into Sunny around season 9 or so and to this day have not watched every episode. Why? Cause there was no reason for me to go in and watch it in any order. I'll just toss on a random episode I know or don't know as the mood takes me and know I'll be entertained.
Watch the Christmas special!
Agreed.....
@@JBOBloedsinn 'the gang gets whacked'.......
@@JBOBloedsinn I thought it was just me, I’ll randomly skip from “the gang runs for office” and then hop over to “how mac got fat” just such good tv
Great video overall. My only real comment is that i think you're missing the point of the jokes when it comes to Carmen. They're never against her for being trans. The jokes are all about Mac's insecurities and the fact that he is actually in the closet, but would never admit it at that point. I think they treated the trans topic incredibly well given the time those episodes came out.
I absolutely love how they present Carmen as a completely normal concept and Mac is the weirdo for thinking it's wrong. This show was way before it's time. Thanks to McElhenney and his personal life.
That episode should have been way higher, great episode
I think certain aspects of it weren't done the best (which is to be expected, given the time) but as someone says Carmen is never the butt of the joke, Mac is for being weird with it. And as with all stuff in IASIP, it's never done because they (the writers) are hateful, and it's never offensive for offensiveness' sake, it's using offensive characters to shine a light on real issues
I think you can say similar things about the blackface/racial stereotype character scenes. Never are they depicted in a positive light and the other characters are mostly aware of how inappropriate and stupid it is to dress in that manner, so I think streaming services banning the episodes was a massive overreaction.
Honestly, the fact that Carmen is the only person who interacts with the gang more than once and comes out BETTER for it is the nicest thing they've ever done for a character, and they did it for the trans character.
I think think the gang gets quarantined is one of the best episodes of the show, I've never really understood why other fans don't find it as absolutely hilarious as I do
Honestly this is the first time I’ve seen anyone complain about it, everyone I know has it in their top 10
Easily one of if not the best. “Stop talking about hair please! It’s very annoying to me!”
Or “No!! No snow crab! The tiny shells could lacerate your throat”
Genuine A+ writing
“Now breaks bricks, wet nips!” 😂
I constantly think back on and laugh my ass off at slug Frank wanting to be pure.
dennis signing like an angel while looking like a hollowed out ghoul is a FANTASTIC little moment. that is a pretty solid episode, i'd probably put it on my top 20, but holy hell it is hard to narrow down favourites for this show lol
So many of your “forgettable” episodes are episodes that I reference like everyday 😅
Oddly enough most iconic TV lines come from unremarkable episodes.
Agreed, The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation is geniunely one of my top 3 episodes.
Flourish the pinky.
It’s because of the implication…
“How Mac Got Fat” will always have a special place in my mind because it was the episode that introduced me to the show. For some reason the bit where Frank accidentally creates a 4 way intersection cracked me up so much!
That and charlie and Dennis huffing glue always make me laugh so hard for some reason
The way he whips Charlie with a stick makes me laugh too much for what it is.
me with the gang gets trapped
this is me with the nightman cometh-- im a slut for musical theatre so my cousin showed it to me, we ended up binge watching like three seasons in one go lol
Hella good episode
although I didn't agree with most of the rankings, I still admire the huge amount of effort put into this vid, it's really well edited!
Same, it's crazy how we both love this show yet my opinion about the episodes is almost completely the opposite lmao
Yea right i feel the same way i totally disagree with most of his ratings and he doesn't seem to like the Mcpoyles
Yeah, I really liked the gang cracks the liberty bell. Still, this video did a lot to remind me of how amazing this show is, and helped with the fact that a lot of seasons 5-10 has kind of muddled together in my brain
Oh this videos gonna be a blast
@@samvsmedia8680 I skipped that episode lmaoo
I’ll go to bat for the hang cracks the liberty bell. Not only are the sets and costumes great, but they really made full use of the fact that the story is noncanonical. The bit about Frank and Charlie with the guns culminates perfectly in Cricket getting shot, which of course would never happen in the normal timeline. It’s also just overall funny to see the normal bullshit from the gang in this different skin.
I like it a lot as well ❗️
I also like the South Park _Great Expectations_ episode.
I like retelling history / something popular through the use of a show I love.
Nah
@@Don_Dewitt thanks for the insight....
Plus max with wooden teeth might be the funniest part of iasip
and even when they to something similar to this, like the noir episode, they always revert to their characters.
Frank’s Pretty Woman is by far my favorite episode. The introduction of fat mac, roxy, charlie being a southern millionaire and frank his limo driver, dennis just wanting crack, and of course Tiger Woods. Such a packed episode.
"Help me get these crack rocks out my ass!"
Tiger Woods? You mean Don Cheadle ?
@@martinc8325 Surely you mean Donovan McNabb
When Charlie projectile vomits on the woman’s face I lose my shit every time
“Hey, this jacket is awesome! Ooo and it’s tighter than dick skin, man.”
These rankings are almost objectively wrong, but just gotta appreciate the effort you put into these videos
Yeah so many bangers he said were meh or didn’t age well
Couldnt agree more
I don't think that there's much of a thing for objectivity when it comes to art. Not that there's none, but most of it is- some people will think this about it and some will think this.
@@sharebear421 one thing you have to do when watching this show is turn off your morals lmao. they are all terrible human beings. the Carmine bits and the lethal weapons ones are hilarious. 'didnt age too well' is kind of a 'i got offended by the jokes and dint like it' video was entertaining however
@@pandapablodoe1711 i hate when people say all the trans jokes aged like milk as if the rest of the show isnt equally offensive to everyone else!! just because (speaking as a trans person) most trans people cant take a joke to save their lives doesnt mean youre not allowed to satirise stuff smh-- the whole point of sunny is that there isnt a topic that theyre too afraid to discuss!! (wow i went on a rant there lol)
One of my favorite moments in the whole show is frank plugging wolf cola during the baby funeral 😂
“Before we get started with the funeral, I’d like to thank our sponsor Raid Shadow Legends”
That whole episode WAS CRAZY
I would have to agree that the list is always changing for me. “Who pooped the bed” was one of the most atrocious episodes when I first watched and now I truly love that episode. Artemis’ speech is golden.
who pooped the bed will always be #1 and nobody will ever convince me otherwise
It was Amber Heard all along
Dee trying to steal shoes gets me every time lol
@@tmjones212 you mean #2
Artemis is an underrated character. That part where Frank is like "She did this thing during our fun time that incorporated part of a bun in the dumpster we were in.." fucking kills me every time.
Thunder gun express ranked near the bottom of the whole series at #140 is absolutely insane
Of all the comments I had going through my mind… especially after 2 hrs of recapping the series… *that episode not getting enough respect bugged me.*
The concept:
👤🗯️ Here’s a movie we think you’ll like. As a country we’ve moved on from the objectification of people *and Thundergun 4 represents that.*
🧔🏻♂️👱🏼♂️👱🏼♀️👴🏼🧔🏻🗯️ _Screw that. More dong please❗️_
It was the Gang/show saying they’re fine being more Married With Children than Modern Family.
@@iamskippythanks for reminding me why I hate emojis
Lost all credibility with me when I saw that one.
That's what made me stop watching. Couldn't handle that blasphemy.
He forgot about Obama
I don't agree with majority of your verdict, but I watched it all the way till the end cause I absolutely love the show.
Look as a black man it’s so annoying that white people feel the need to bash the lethal weapon episodes. They’re all funny as hell. And if you understand the context of the jokes then you’d understand that they did handle the black face really well. There’s a clear difference between menstrual shows and what the gang did.
it might not be my all time favorite episode of the show, but The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6 might be the episode i laughed the hardest at on my first watch, all the lethal weapon episodes are great, there is so much gold packed into those episodes beyond the black face, but that seems to be all anyone mentions when those episodes are brought up for good or bad.
Exactly! The Lethal Weapon episodes always have me rolling laughing! People are way too sensitive. 🤷🏽♂️
It’s really weird watching these Always Sunny videos and seeing people get offended by certain episodes. They’ll just be praising an episode where a character tries to profit off Nazi memorabilia, then get indignant over how trans people are addressed. It’s just cherry-picked political correctness.
Literally the entire joke is 'white people, am I right?', and somehow, its offensive against black people, despite that being like the entirety of Dave Chapelle jokes
@@michaelh9649 Or the fact that charlie uses the Hard R twice throughout the series, and those episodes aren't removed and the second case is really well liked, than you got basically every other thing they've done, Frank chopped up people and made them into soup (supposedly), They found a bunch of heads in a fridge and their reaction is extremely underwhelming (literally they had a more vile reaction to their mom's corpse for some reason), they had the whole retard episode, Frank broke a woman's neck, Charlie wouldn't eat a black dead guy, Frank convinces a horde of children they got aids from him, Dee almost banged a 16 year old, Charlie has worn Nazi shit, the ENTIRE cricket saga,
Yet, them doing racial jokes [excluding asians, irish, basically any other race than black people] and it's an issue,
I'm black, at best it's infantilizing black people, Frank exclaiming he's gonna say the N word is extremely funny to me.
I love the technically difficult episode (Charlie work, Frank POV, Gang goes to he'll part 2) especially given the shows reputation as just an dark comedy
charlie work and Being frank are 2 of my favourite episodes, they never stop, so stressfull
i mean the new ireland episodes are some of the best imo
@@lookforthegood1 the inclusion of the waitress was really contrived. They could have made her pregnant and chase charlie to Ireland but no she was there to act? Didn't make much sense but I agree new season is really good.
@@ModestPavement That's like half of the time she comes in the show, she's just there. clearly it's ridiculous she's there, but it's not off base with the other shit they've also done
@@lookforthegood1 I suppose you're right. Still though. Kind of a weird choice. Like why would she shave her legs in the same bog dee was in? Lol.
Seeing all of the episodes recapped like this really makes me remember and appreciate how many iconic and fantastic moments the show has brought us 😄
I’ve come to the conclusion that they have no bad episodes, some are weaker than others but none of them are bad I just love this show so much
Yeah and how many of them Hulu pussied out on re-releasing.
Mac and dennis move to the suburbs is number one for me, incredible episode.
nope
I do love that episode 😂
Facts lmao that episode is in my top 5 for sure.
@@stevenjohnson243 yuppp, top five episode
“tell me about Mac’s famous mac n cheese”😠
I love when you say something like "this episode is on the lower end" then place it between 2 of my favorite episodes. Not saying you are wrong just goes to show how fucking amazing this show is and how subjective what the "best" of any work of art is. Great video man keep up the great work!
I was surprised he said the gang spies like us is a forgettable episode I think that episode is amazing
Always Sunny is maybe the one single TV show where there aren't really any universally disliked episodes.
It’s impossible for me to rank them. Congratulations to you for doing that.
I'm sure I'll get yelled at
@@10KProductions Rightfully so
1:07:37
This twist is actually one of my favorites. It's the darkest thing Charlie has done and really shows that besides acting like a kid, he's as mean as all the other members of the gang.
38:38 "night worms" bro come on its crawlers
The gang gets extreme home make over edition is probably my favourite episode. I was dying of laughter.
Every time Charlie shouts “BEAK” in the gang misses the boat makes me howl. My fav ep for sure
Quick small correction to 1:23:32, there were actually various cuts in the episode, but they're hidden cleverly. For example there are a few shots where the camera pans across a door, or something, which is where they have a cut.
I know my gf and I were trying to decide if it was a single shot, but noticed the very subtle cuts between doorways. Still, the gang is great at what they do and the podcast is so fun
im an actor so i noticed all the cuts just from knowing filming techniques lol
I’m really loving this comically long video era of youtube ☺️
Me too
good riddance to those 10 minute mark videos
This is one of the only lists that I’ve seen where I completely disagree with most of the rankings but can completely see where the list maker is coming from
disagreed with a lot but was really impressed with this video and watched the whole thing! the most shocking thing for me was placing “the gang cracks the liberty bell” at the bottom, it’s one of the eps i laugh the hardest at and one of my favs
MMMYYeaaaaaaaaeeaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssss
RIGHT
That episode sucks
Gotta love crickets character dedevelopment, as one comment I once read said: cricket is the Dorian Gray painting of the gang, representing the gangs increasingly fucked up shenanigans
The Gang Solves the Gas crisis and The Gang Gets on Welfare are my two personal favorites and the two episodes I show someone when I’m showing them the show for the first time
I always say the gas crisis one is the one to use to show new people!!
It's so interesting how similar and altogether different people's opinions can be. We had several of the same favorite episodes, and the same is true with some of our least favorites. However, "The Gang Spies like U.S." is one of my ALL TIME favorite Always Sunny episodes, and I find myself rewatching it constantly. Charlie, Mac, and Dennis's hushed conversation at Guigino's is perfect. The wordplay and subsequent missunerstanding around what they each mean by "cream pie" is a classic Always Sunny bit (to me). And Charlie struggling to find a good spot for the bugged-plant is another borderline perfect scene. Dee's subplot does drag the episode down a bit, but the cat and mouse game between Charlie/Frank and Dennis/Mac is just what the show does best; take a simple (insane) premise and take it to the extreme.
I LOVE Dee’s subplot lmao Kaitlin Olson’s physical comedy is masterful
@@Lasagna_Garfield_i love how it ties into the rest of the gangs visits to guiginos, too. every accident shes in causes more and more fish shortages, and mac and dennis dont know they inadvertently sabotaged themselves out of red snapper. easily top 20, i think the worst thing about the episode is its nonindicative name
The way you wrote the end was super powerful. Drawing up all those emotions from the moment with Charlie in the rain immediately followed by the shamrock tattoo yelling made me like laugh/cry in a wonderfully releasing way. Thanks for that 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, my favourite show ever. I was really surprised at how much I disagree with the ranking but good video nonetheless. Mac and Charlie die are two of my favourite episodes ever so the ranking really caught me off guard
Great job! I don't agree with like 70% of the list and the british voice guy sounds like avoice-to-text program but this takes a lot of work and it was entertaining throughout, thanks!
tbh i love how in episode about family feud, in the final to win they needed 5 points, exact amount charlie would have gotten if they let him answer, its not said up front as a joke but i details like this so much
Number 20!?!? Even without the rest of the funny moments in The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award, the meta plot representing the show's frustration at perennial snubs by the Emmys was brilliant, and Charlies's 2 songs should guarantee that episode a spot in the top 10. Robbed again.
Waiting for Big Mo is one of those episodes where it’s a lot funnier if you’ve come across the media it’s referring to (waiting for Godot). It’s really funny if you’ve read/watched that play, but if you haven’t, it would probably just come off as strange
Ah, I've never read or seen it, but still enjoyed the episode.
It’s really interesting to me how everyone has completely different favourite episodes, for whatever reason the Great Recession is my absolute favourite of all time, the opening scene and the scene where frank uses the vacuum are two of my favourite in the shows run so far, the show is absolutely brilliant and almost every episode is a fantastic piece of television in its own right
“The Gang Gets Extreme” is amazing. The unintentional terrorizing of that nice family is like pure concentrated IASIP.
Wow, I’m very impressed with how much you put into this! It’s crazy though how I knew I’d start disagreeing with so many things when you put both parts of the gang gets whacked at the bottom of season 3 and the Bums one near the top?! Lol it’s crazy how a show we all love could cater to so many different senses of humor
A great recap of one of the best and consistently high quality series!
Being Frank and max and Dennis move to the suburbs are 2 of my favorites so it’s crazy their both in A row
i actually really like season 1. i don't think i can pick one favorite overall episode, but underage drinking: a national concern never gets old to me, and it's the first episode i show to friends to try to get them into the show.
Parks and rec would be a great one
It’s on the list to do at some point
@@10KProductions can’t wait
So many comments saying they disagree with the ranking and I agree with those that disagree.
Flowers For Charlie has one of the best punchlines in the the entire series.
I’ve been waiting on you to make this video for so long thank Christ I’m so happy!!
I gotta disagree on "The Gang Cracks The Liberty Bell" I think its one of the most underrated episodes of thr show
That’s fair! I think the show is diverse enough in its premises and ideas that there’s an argument that could be made for just about any episode being “the best” or “underrated.”
My favorite is probably the Christmas one with the "Santa did you f my mom?!" I laugh my butt off each time 🤣
Idk why, but for me title "Mac and Charlie die (part 1)" is hilarious itself
For someone who loves Always Sunny, you don’t like Always Sunny very much do you
Epic undertaking and spot on, great work my friend, keep up the outstanding content!
Thanks! Hope you enjoyed it
@@10KProductions Just finished it fully, I agree, epic undertaking and I'm glad you didn't' have to go over the list again. I agree with your top choices as well, bravo
Franks Pretty Woman is the best episode in the series, Season 7 was the best season, Fat Macs existence served as a goodbye letter to the aspects of Macs character that conflicted with his gay side, and while I love Macs coming out story with all my heart, I've always felt that having Mac abandon that "macho christian asshole" aspect of his character for a strictly gay one made the character less funny in my eyes
yeah gay mac really isnt as funny as closet mac
Nah this guy was wrong about almost every episode. Lmfao that's actually crazy.
Wow your taste is so middling its astonishing.
The gang cracks the liberty Bell is an amazing episode imo and I never understood the hatred. I disagree with a lot of the rankings here but it's cool that different people can get different things from different episodes. For me the gang gets trapped is the perfect episode.
Mac and Charlie die 1 and 2 are golden 😢
Amazing job, well done!!! 👏
As usual 👏 👏 👏
somehow i’ve managed to come back to this video almost as much as i do the tv show as a whole. good shit man
Thanks so much! Glad you’ve enjoyed it!
Man. Aside from agreeing on how good this show is in general, and agreement on a few of the top ones, I could hardly be more in disagrement on these.
The gang turns black is soooo good. And a bunch of others near the bottom are near my top.
Gang Turns Black is an absolute masterpiece. My top favorite. Can tell that Megan Ganz (from Community) helped write and shape this super meta episode. And Scott Bakula?? chef’s kiss!
1:10:25 is EASILY my favorite setup for my favorite joke of the WHOLE show: because of his giant ego, and meeting the God/British version of himself, Dennis hears how awesome a British accent would be. He then busts into the room later in the episode (first time linking with the gang since his narcissistic revelation) and yells "Stop Charlie" in an AWFUL british accent.
The home makeover episode is one of the best episodes they've done!
the dennis system being above the nightman cometh is a travesty-- how can you get any better than an entire episode of quotable moments ??
I haven’t even started this video and I just think wow, this is absolutely insane but in every best way possible
You’re INSANE if you think the Liberty Bell episode wasn’t pure comedic GOLD. Smh
One of the worst episodes imo but its not bad by any means
Oh God I wonder if they will mention this on the podcast eventually
Probably not
@@10KProductions you’re right
i have been waiting for this
before i finish the video, i just have to say that "the nightman cometh" is probably my favorite episode hands down lmao
“Oh you gotta pay the troll to get to the *boysoul* “
I would like to see a ranking like this for parks and rec.
such a well made video, nice job!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it’
'Sweet Dee Has A Heart Attack' is the episode that is most memorable for me
"Maybe you shouldn't dress like a bumblebee, bitch" is classic Dee lol
The gang cracking the liberty bell is amazing
Dude I loved this thank you. I agreed with almost all of your rankings too
I disagree with you on most of your picks.
BUT I love that you did this and enjoyed watching.
Thanks!
It is amazing how much our opinions differ on particular episodes, yet we seem to love the show an equal amount lol Long live Always Sunny!
The hang gets held hostage is a great episode
I really appreciate that the show really does an amazing job where even episodes that are my least favourite are still worth watching because they will still crack me up. And while I defo have a lot of different rankings I can totally see why you've ranked everything that way even if I would rank most eps quite differently
I think I heard "this episode is weird" and "which falls in line with their character" way too many times in this video
Holy shit this might be the worst ranking I have ever seen of anything in my life
Definitely up there
Great list! For me, the DayMan/ NightMan episode has gotta be #1. I love that song so much, I even learned how to play it on piano.
speaking as a trans person, the plot lines with carmen are not more offensive or in any poorer taste than all the other stuff the gang did lol, mac is a serial killer is one of my favourite episodes-- however i know at least some other trans people who dont really grasp the point of the episodes being to satirise bigotry (not to be stereotypical but i know the trans community has not been one that is known to be good at taking jokes or criticism), which i discovered when showing my friend the episode mac fights gay marriage-- for me thats peak humor but for them it was offensive 🤷♂
It’s crazy to me how I’m able to remember each episode (except the ones that have been taken down, I can’t find them). No other show has done that for me
Favorite moment of essentially every episode, is the perfect comedic timing of the transition into the opening credit music and episode title screen.
Surprised you put the Anti-Social Network as low as you did, that's one of my favorites. The whole scene in the police station is hilarious and I think the ending is a perfect Chekhov's Gun.
Great list I think you should do Futurama or Parks and Rec next
The way you feel about Frank eating cat food is how I feel about GOOOOOOOOD MORNING JUAREZ FAMILY just a couple episodes later. One of the funniest scenes in the entire series
Thundergun express was my fav episode!
I have been doing a rewatch of IASIP and at the moment my ranking of the seasons from the first 6 seasons are:
5>3>4>2>6>1
Anyway great video even if I disagree with some of your opinions
I love "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell," all my homies love "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell"
Edit: and the extreme home makeover one is a classic
32:55 YES! THANK YOU! I'm so happy someone agrees that's the best scene in the show... the episode isn't even that great, but this scene actually gave me a laugh attack
The gang wrestles for the troops is my personal favorite
23:56
Odd way of phrasing it.
They think he's the serial killer because he is being so secretive . They don't know what he's been up to and just assume he must be the killer
When the find out the truth,
I also don't feel like it's necessarily bad . Their reaction is exactly what you'd expect from the characters
Brilliant video 👍 did you watch them back to back or did it take break between ?
So after watching this I’ve realized, I don’t know if your being honest in your own growth of humor or trying to save face, but I noticed most of the controversial episodes you rank lower. I don’t have anything to say about it, just a little tidbit
I would say that's probably just his sense of humour, which is fair
the gang goes extreme home makeover is one of my favorite episodes, it's so insane and off the rails, and the scene where they break into the house that's shot in 24 fps makes me die laughing every time I see it, I'm surprised you find it forgettable
@10k are you gonna update with season 16? Or post a review? I’m curious what you thought!
Whaaaattt? I was with you for a while but the gang makes lethal weapon 6 is a brilliant episode and Frank's character in the movie makes it.