Sunny Days

Episode Twelve: Hundred Dollar Baby Viewed: 2/9/22 at 11:56 am First Time: No Notes: For whatever reason, this is an episode that I often (but not always) skip during re-watches. Heading into it, I don’t remember it being particularly bad, I just don’t often rewatch...

Episode Eleven: Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom Viewed: 2/2/22 at 6:44 am First Time: No Notes:  Frank reconnecting with someone from high school is wild to me. Where did they re-connect, he’s so old and this episode predates most social media.  Charlie taping his house of...

Episode Ten: Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare Viewed: 1/27/22 at 12:47 pm First Time: No Notes: “We’ve got big dreams Mac, and we’re gonna go follow them.” / cut to “Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare” Add this (specifically Dee’s apartment) to the list of shows that show...

Episode Nine: The Gang Goes Jihad Viewed: 1/26/22 at 6:29 am First Time: No Notes: “Dennis, let your sister be part of the gang.”  “You’ve got that whole tsunami…the superdome thing.” The entire pre-credit cold open of this episode is a top five cold open easily.  My...

Episode Eight: Charlie Gets CrippledEpisode Eight: Charlie Gets Crippled   Viewed: 1/120/22 at 5:24 pm (Realized I've been writing 2021 here, but I have no intention of going back and editing it) First Time: No Notes: I won’t wax poetic about the addition of...

Season 1 Review & Recap: The Series so FarEpisode Rankings: Charlie Gets Molested (88) The Gang Gets Racist (84) Gun Fever (82) The Gang Finds a Dead Guy (81) Charlie Wants an Abortion (78) Underage Drinking, a National Concern (77) Charlie Has Cancer (74)  ...

Episode Seven: Charlie Got MolestedViewed: 1/18/21 at 6:54 am First Time: No Notes: I find it hard to remember who went to school with whom all the time. I guess Charlie and Mac went to elementary school together but the Renyolds didnt.  The molestation episode brings...

Episode Six: The Gang Finds a Dead Guy Viewed: 1/13/21 at 7:06 am First Time: No Notes: This episode aired in 2005, over 16 years ago. They open the episode by talking about breaking Tom Brady’s arms so he wont win any more Super Bowls. Tom Brady won the Super Bowl in...

Episode Five: Gun FeverViewed: 1/12/21 at 11:44 am First Time: No Notes: The opening dialogue in this episode does a lovely job of illuminating who Mac and Dennis are. For some reason the “relatively small man” comment gets me here.  PPD shines here.  Debut appearance...

Episode Four: Charlie Has CancerViewed: 1/11/21 at 6:47 am First Time: No Notes: The original shoot of this episode was the pilot, fun fact.  Charlie’s place is way cleaner (and looks more like a set) than it does in later seasons. Why do I feel like we almost never...

Episode Three: Underage Drinking, a National ConcernViewed: 1/10/21 at 7:01 am First Time: No Notes: The jukebox was a more common meeting spot for side convos early in the series I guess.  Charlie’s dance early on is 10/10. Masturbation is sin. This feels like the...

Episode Two: Charlie Wants an AbortionViewed: 1/6/21 at 6:55 am First Time: No Notes: The kid that plays Tommy is just…the poster child for awful, terrible, angry looking kid.  “Lemme tell you something Megan, I hate dead baby fetuses.” Two hot topics in two episodes,...