"Dee Sinks in a Bog" is the seventh episode of the fifteenth season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and the 161st episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Guided by a young priest, Mac spends a day at the seminary to truly understand what it takes to become a priest. Dennis and Frank plan an elaborate trap at the castle to humiliate Charlie's pen pal. Dee prepares for a date with an Irish doctor, only to find herself sinking in a bog. Having learned of his pen pal's true identity, Charlie bonds with him and makes a choice that will forever change the Gang.
Plot[]
11:00 AM, On a Tuesday, Dublin, Ireland
Dennis wakes up in a hospital, with Dee explaining to him that he collapsed from his fever the previous night after hallucinating that he chopped Dee's head off. Dennis admits he may have had the COVID virus. As the doctor checks in on Dennis, Dennis is pre-emptively outraged that he will be saddled with a large hospital bill after being taken there against his will. The doctor explains that Ireland has publicly-funded healthcare where his treatment is free, and Dennis immediately calms down. Dee then flirts with the doctor and the two agree to a date later that evening.
Back at the castle, Frank arrives and asks for Dee and Dennis to help exact revenge on Shelley Kelly for "stealing" Charlie away from him. Dee sternly demands that Dennis and Frank vacate the castle for her date this evening, and leaves to find peat moss to cover the stench of Dennis defecating himself when he passed out from his fever last night. Dennis is initially put off at Frank's attempts to reconnect as family to further his revenge on Shelley, but becomes excited at the prospect of using the castle for any plots. He draws up his plan with Frank: they will invite Shelley and Charlie over for dinner, where Frank can point out Shelley's shortcomings as a father, and eventually lure Shelley over to the site of a "murder hole" where Dennis will pour some boiling substance unto Shelley, with Dennis all the meanwhile watching from behind a large portrait with the eyes cut out.
Mac is lead through the seminary by Brother Gus. When Mac explains his reasons for wanting to join the priesthood with literal interpretations of the Bible and self-deprecation of his identity, Gus assuages Mac, telling him the Bible and its stories are merely guideposts that can have its interpretations change over time. The two begin to bond when they each incorrectly assume their respective "urges" that go against the church's teachings are the same: Mac with his homosexuality, and Gus's pedophilia. When Mac eventually finds out what Gus's "urge" is, he simply says "God damn it."
Shelley takes Charlie to a graveyard to show him the family memorial plots. There, he reveals to Charlie that all the men in the family are not buried, but instead go through the tradition of being thrown from a cliff into the sea in order to release their souls to the afterlife. He further explains that because the women are not given the honor, their souls are instead left to roam the earth to haunt others as banshees. Shelley warns Charlie that if he sees a gruesome woman with stringy hair, covered in filth, and horribly shrieking at night, that "the end is near."
While Dee is gathering peat moss at a nearby bog, she gets a text from the doctor asking for selfie photos. In her attempt to get a good angle, Dee falls into the bog and becomes trapped, slowly sinking into the water. She yells for help as she lost her phone in the fall, and The Waitress happens upon Dee. The Waitress initially feigns concern and wanting to help Dee, but instead takes to tormenting Dee for her own amusement. She promises to help Dee escape under one condition: Dee must correctly guess her name.
Shelley and Charlie arrive at the castle in the evening, taking up Frank's invitation for dinner and bringing a wheel of cheese they made together. As Frank enacts his and Dennis's plan, Charlie is critical and suspicious of Frank's intentions. Frank's plan falls apart when he attempts to make Shelley eat a meatball made of feces, something that Dennis rejected earlier when Frank pitched the idea. Charlie instead makes Frank eat the meatball first, exposing Frank when Frank is asked to chew the meatball and Frank spits it up. As Charlie leaves with Shelley, Frank angrily tells Charlie he does not want to hear Charlie mention Shelley's name when they return to Philadelphia. At this, Charlie reveals to Frank that he plans to live and work with Shelley at the cheese shop, with no intention to return to Philadelphia. Frank tells Charlie they are finished as Charlie and Shelley leave. Dennis bursts out of his hiding place in the portrait after they are gone, berating a saddened Frank for ruining their plan.
Back at the bog, the Waitress is drinking and laughing at Dee as Dee guesses multiple names. The Waitress admits Dee unknowingly got her name correct a while ago, but simply wanted to watch her struggle for fun. As Dee is close to sinking completely into the water, the Waitress finally goes to help Dee, stating she is not "a psychopath" like Dee. When the Waitress pulls Dee up, Dee thrashes and scrambles over the Waitress, dragging the Waitress into the bog as Dee escapes. The Waitress yells for Dee to pull her up, but Dee is obsessed with returning to the castle for her date and ignores the Waitress's pleas altogether. In her mania, she runs to the roadside and frantically screams for help. Shelley and Charlie are driving back to their home, where Charlie is apologizing for Frank's behavior. When their car approaches Dee on the road, they do not recognize her muddy and disheveled form screaming at them. Driving off scared, Shelley ominously declares that what they saw was "a banshee."
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly
- Glenn Howerton as Dennis Reynolds
- Rob McElhenney as Mac
- Kaitlin Olson as Dee Reynolds
- Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds
Special Guest Star[]
- Colm Meaney as Shelley Kelly
Guest Starring[]
Guest Starring[]
- Mark Prendergast as Gus
Co-Starring[]
- Tom Archdeacon as Dr. O'Shaunessy
Trivia[]
- "Dee Gets Stuck in a Bog" was the original title for this episode.
- Dee apparently correctly guessed the Waitress' real name sometime offscreen during her listing "every name on the planet." The viewers, however, still don't know what her real name is.
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