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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Gives Back

The gang must perform community service for blowing up a building. Mac, Dennis, and Dee get stuck coaching two kids' basketball teams, which Frank sees as a gambling opportunity. In addition to interstate sanitation, Charlie must attend Alcoholics Anonymous. It is there that he runs into the coffee shop waitress, and she decides to be his sponsor—a decision she'll soon regret.


10/10 (3 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 2x6
Production Number: IP02003
Airdate: Thursday July 20th, 2006


Alternate Airdates:

NL (Comedy Central) Aug 03, 2009

Guest Stars
Mary Elizabeth EllisMary Elizabeth Ellis
As Waitress
Recurring
Patrick HallahanPatrick Hallahan
As AA Director
Bill H. McKenzie (1)Bill H. McKenzie (1)
As Rick (Rec Center)

Co-Guest Stars
Calvin TranCalvin Tran
As Flip Flop Kid
Andy PessoaAndy Pessoa
As Kid (Ducks' Team)
TumbleweedTumbleweed
As Homeless Guy
Harold ChinHarold Chin
As Vietnamese Poker Player
Main Cast
Charlie Day (1)Charlie Day (1)
As Charlie Kelly
Glenn HowertonGlenn Howerton
As Dennis Reynolds
Kaitlin OlsonKaitlin Olson
As Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds
Danny DeVitoDanny DeVito
As Frank Reynolds
Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Brother Bones & His ShadowsSweet Georgia Brownthe kids' basketball game takes place


Episode Quotes
Dee: Why would you tell the judge you were drunk?
Charlie: 'Cause I was drunk, Dee.
Dee: Why would you say that?
Charlie: Well, I thought that would get me off the hook.
Dee: That was dumb, wasn't it?

Dennis: Holy shit, look at this bill.
Dee: What?
Mac: Those mimosas were like eight bucks a pop, Charlie.
Charlie: Are you serious?
Mac: Well, you had like seven of 'em!

AA Director: The first step to recovery is simply admitting that you have a problem.
Charlie: I'm not an alcoholic, so it's cool.
Homeless Guy: He was drinking a beer when he came in!
Charlie: Oh, my—dude—oh, dude! How you gonna—really? I thought you were cool, man, like...

Waitress: I wrote down my phone number.
Charlie: Wow.
Waitress: Please ... please, Charlie, please don't make me regret giving this to you.
Charlie: No absolu ... absolutely not. (she gives him the paper) No, this will be a platonic sponsor/sponsoree kind of a thing.
Waitress: Right.
Charlie: (looking at the paper) Oh ... no shi—I was so close.

(one of the kids brings Dennis a can of pop)
Dennis: What the hell is that?
Flip Flop Kid: I don't know.
Dennis: It's diet.
Flip Flop Kid: Oh.
Dennis: Do I look like I need to be on a diet?
Flip Flop Kid: I don't know.
Dennis: Terrible. Take a lap.

Mac: Don't you ever contradict me in front of my team like that. These kids need to know who their coach is.
Dee: Well, I can see how they might be confused. Are those combat boots?
Mac: Don't get all high and mighty on me because you got a pantsuit, all right? You look like Big Bird!

Mac: (to some kids on his team) These are wristbands, and these are safety pins. I want everybody to insert their safety pin into their wristband sharp side out.

Dennis: (to his team) All right, now if you come down right on the top part and smash down with all your weight, you'll break the kid's foot in three places.
Flip Flop Kid: What if I get hurt?
Dennis: That's a good question. Now as long as you hurt the other kid as bad or worse than he hurts you, you will have done your job. And I'll be proud of you.

Mac: All right, kids, how you feeling?
Kids: (weakly) Good.
Mac: Good? Doesn’t sound good. Are you drinking the Red Bull? Come on, chug 'em down!
Kid: I feel sick.
Mac: That's the vitamins ripping out the inside of your stomach. That's a good thing. Trust me.

Dennis: (holding a pair of boots) All right. These are for you. Now there's a steel toe in there. Don’t be afraid to use it.
Flip Flop Kid: Thanks, Dad.
Dennis: I'm not your dad.



Cultural References
Mac: (to Dee in her yellow pantsuit) Don't get all high and mighty on me because you got a pantsuit, all right? You look like Big Bird!

Big Bird is a tall yellow talking bird from the children's show Sesame Street.

Music: The kids' basketball game

The song that plays during the game sounds like "Sweet Georgia Brown." This is the signature song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.



Episode References
Mac: You accidentally burn down a building and you get a hundred and twenty hours of community service?

Mac is referring to the crime they all committed in "The Gang Goes Jihad." In order to perturb the man who bought their bar, they throw a flaming bag of poop through the window of another building he owns. However, the building has a gas leak and explodes.

Waitress: Um, so I know that it was kind of—it got weird after the—
Dennis: Right.
Waitress: When we...

Dennis and the waitress slept together in "Charlie Has Cancer." And then in "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom," Dennis takes the waitress on a date to get out of doing Charlie work. She later sees Dennis kiss Charlie's mom and go inside her home, so she sleeps with Frank to get back at Dennis.



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