Following three friends who own and run a bar in Philadelphia. The guys hire Dee's friend Terrell as a promoter for the bar and get more than they bargained for, and Charlie has to prove he's not a racist.
Charlie is sceptical and nervous when a girl from his past reveals that he is the father of their child.
After noticing a rise in underage patrons, the gang decide to make a few accommodating adjustments for their younger crowd.
The gang learn that Charlie might have cancer and hatch a shallow-minded plan to alleviate his anguish.
Upon learning that the bar's safe has been stolen, the guys take matters into their own hands and buy a gun.
Mac and Dennis pretend to be acquainted with a patron found dead in their bar in order to get closer to the dead man's granddaughter.
When the guy's old gym teacher is accused of molestation, all eyes turn to Charlie as a possible victim.
The gang learns something when Charlie must use a wheelchair; Dennis and Dee's estranged father returns to town.
The gang uses unorthodox measures to save the bar from an overzealous business neighbour; Dennis and Dee's mother returns to town and makes Frank's life miserable.
Dennis and Dee quit their jobs and concoct a plan to go on welfare; Mac and Charlie suffer the consequences when Dennis and Dee quit.
Barbara becomes jealous of Frank's new relationship with Dee and Dennis and that he's been dating; she tries to seduce Mac for revenge.
Dee agrees to take boxing lessons from Frank after being mugged; Mac and Dennis enter Charlie in an underground street fight match; Dee and Charlie dabble with performance-enhancing supplements.
Mac, Dennis, Charlie and Dee are given community service for the arson mishap; Frank's attempt to bond with Dennis backfires.
A leaky pipe at Paddy's creates a water stain in the shape of Virgin Mary; the gang tries to make money off of the mistake.
The gang becomes interested in politics after Frank explains how easy it is to elicit bribes from politicians.
After a rousing debate on people's rights and freedoms, Mac and Dennis run Paddy's without rules or restrictions.
Dee receives numerous e-mails on her social networking page from a stranger claiming to be her and Dennis' father.
Dennis becomes disappointed after joining an environmentalist group; Dee and Mac decide to raise a baby they found in a rubbish bin.
The Philadelphia Eagles hold open tryouts, and Mac, Dennis and Dee use the event for their personal competition.
Frank gleefully celebrates the sudden death of his ex-wife; both Dee and Frank become enraged at Barbara's will reading.
Following day in the life of Frank Reynolds from his point of view as he joins the gang for their latest scheme.
Old grievances resurface when Liam McPoyle teams up with the Lawyer to sue Bill Ponderosa for his lost eye.
Dennis tries to create a mobile Paddy's pub experience but receives no help from customers; Mac and Charlie try to catch a thieving leprechaun.
The gang tries to shake things up by going on a cruise but find that old habits die hard even out at sea.
While facing eminent death, Charlie, Mac, Dee, Dennis and Frank finally take the opportunity to get real with one another.
After an electric heating blanket shorts out while the gang watches `The Wiz', they look in the mirror and realise they've turned black. To get back to being themselves they go through all manner of classic body-switch movie shenanigans.
The group heads to the water park, each with an ulterior motive. Dennis takes on a protégé, Frank and Charlie are determined to ride every ride, and Mac and Dee get stuck in a tube slide.
Charlie believes Mac's mother holds his mother hostage, so the gang installs spy cameras to monitor what goes on in their house.
A news segment announces that Wolf Cola is the official drink of Boko Haram so Dee and Dennis work on the PR nightmare, and Charlie and Mac try to promote Fight Milk.
When a cat-woman known as Maureen Ponderosa is found dead in an alley, Dennis becomes the prime suspect and must have an interview with the police.
The gang seeks the help of a professional arbitrator to decide which of them could be the rightful owner of a lottery ticket.
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Mac
Glenn Howerton
Dennis Reynolds
Charlie Day
Charlie
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Sweet Dee
Danny DeVito
Frank Reynolds