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"The Gang Runs for Office" is chronologically the sixth episode of the second season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The episode was broadcast as the eighth episode, and is listed as such on most major streaming platforms.

Synopsis[]

After realizing the money-making potential of political corruption, the gang decides to help Dennis run for the position of a local comptroller.

Recap[]

10:15 AM on a Wednesday

At Paddy's, Mac whines about the alcohol sales taxes and how there is nothing they can do about it. Dee suggests voting, but Frank tells them that all politicians are dirty, and that only scumbags enter politics due to the high frequency of bribes. The gang decides to have Dennis run for an office so they can earn money from bribes. Frank replaces Mac as campaign manager, and Mac storms out.

When Frank suggest "hobovertising" (sandwich boards on homeless people) Dennis fires him and names Charlie his new campaign manager. They go to the mall to talk to voters. Mac visits a local union's office and tries to solicit a bribe. He calls them nerds and leaves. He finds Dennis and Charlie at the mall and tries to help the campaign by convincing a woman to let Dennis kiss her baby, but he ends up chasing her through the mall. Later, the union officials pick Mac up in their car and tell him that if Dennis drops out, they will all get paid. If not, a large black man would hurt Mac.

At Charlie's apartment, Charlie prepares to film a campaign video for Dennis when Mac tries to convince him to drop out. Dennis believes he would be a good politician so stays in the race.

Meanwhile, Frank enlists Dee as another candidate for the comptroller's office. He dresses her up like a prostitute (thinking it represents real beauty) and tries to bribe the current comptroller. He charms Dee and takes her out for drinks and she fires Frank. Frank joins forces with Mac to get Dennis to drop out. Together they make a smear campaign ad about how Dennis statutorily raped a girl at a summer camp.

Charlie must trade his entire collection of Garbage Pail Kids cards for the tape. When he returns the tape to Dennis, Dennis has decided to drop out because a comptroller is just an accountant who makes less than a teacher. Charlie gets infuriated. He meets with Mac to punish Dennis, where Mac learns that Dennis has already dropped out and his life is no longer in danger.

Mac walks to meet with the union officials but is picked up by two police officers. They charge him for soliciting a bribe and offer him one out: bribing them. They laugh and tell him "that's politics, bitch!"

Cast[]

Starring[]

Guest Starring[]

  • John Rosenfeld as Morris
  • Donna Hardy as Old Woman
  • Damian Young as Jack Stanford

Co-Starring[]

  • Goliath Gregory as Marvin
  • Patrick Thomas O'Brien as Associate
  • Kelley Birney as Woman with Baby
  • Brian Thomas Fitzpatrick as Eddie
  • Edward James Gage as Phil
  • Catherine Schreiber as Angry Woman

Trivia[]

  • After the comptroller's wife throws the drink in Dee's face, the next shot shows the glass still full on the table.
  • As Mac is leaving the union office, a cameramen wearing a black shirt can be seen to the left of the screen (8:04).
  • The scene when Dennis reads aloud Charlie's "election programme" was almost completely improvised by Glenn Howerton; he took what was written on the paper and jumbled it up.
  • When Mac goes to meet the union officials to solicit a bribe, and they refuse, he says "In the movies, union guys are tough and shady and shit" - an example of such a movie would be Hoffa, directed by and co-starring Danny DeVito.

Notes and References[]

References[]


Notes[]

  1. This wiki prefers DVD order over broadcast order. Please refer to the Season 2 Notes for more information.
< Season
1
Season 2 Season >
3
  1. "Charlie Gets Crippled"
2. "The Gang Goes Jihad"
3. "The Gang Gives Back"
4. "Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare"
5. "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom"
6. "The Gang Runs for Office"
7. "Hundred Dollar Baby"
8. "Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass"
 9. "The Gang Exploits a Miracle"
10. "Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad"
 
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