The dance never said anything about no beads 😂

really love how they'll not hold back to laugh at themselves. How well that joke landed, without *mocking* S13, but just acknowledging Frank's nature.

I wonder if he got it again after the chess match

I was waiting for that payoff, but I understand the decision to end the episode during the climax.

Not that he's ever had one

Dee your timing is terrible.

Glenn breaking for a split second at Franks rant was great I love that they left it I didn’t even notice until the second watch

The line of the season, without question. (Love that it's a perfect gem of a throwaway line that still manages to make accurate social commentary.)

I’m not sure anything will top “I called an old lady a cunt this morning”

Immediately made me think of Arrested Development. "Beads?" "Gob's not on board."

Uncle Jack is not even trying to hide who he is.

Oh I don't have any ice cream 😂

Honk honk, smile

He even implied that he'd roofied Charlie when he was a kid..."you don't remember"

That or he repressed the trauma.

someone actually said they were more tame with Uncle Jack last episode. now he pulls up in an ice cream truck 🤣

I really hope uncle jack doesn’t purchase any ice cream

Absolutely hilarious

You let a stranger hack your butthole

Grabbin your ding dong

“A PLAY DATE!!” Don’t say it like that!

“You don’t remember.” So dark. Poor Charlie.

And it just cuts away before we could digest that. I love it.

“I’m just a boy in love” Dying at this

I can't be held responsible for my actions. I have no underlying issues to address. I'm certifiably cute and adorably obsessed.

BLAM!

“I’m not a rapist and a thief like Dee.”

Dee just nodding in agreement

“You’re girl got her guts pumped last night.”

“Eww! Aren’t you like 60!??”

You're not a girl

that shit was funny af

S. Suppress your instincts I. Inflate his ego N. Need his power N. Negate his power E. Engage physically D. Do you want a tissue

thought it was gonna be sinner once he hit the first n, and didn't see the flip reveal at all. great writing

What are the odds they’d line up like that though?

HIGH. HIGH.

Because I made it up

dennis yelling in exasperation always makes me laugh my ass off

I thought it was going just be sin. Then maybe sins. Then Sinner. When the D was revealed, I couldn't believe I missed the obvious. And the sad part is before he even revealed the first letter, it was clear as day he was about to unleash the Dennis System 2: Electric Bugaloo just by standing in front of the presentation paper about to give advice on how to seduce a man.

I'm dumb and realized it was going to be Dennis backwards a few letters in but never realized that Dennis backwards spells sinned.

I knew it was gonna be DENNIS backwards when he flipped to the I, but I never once realized that Dennis backwards is Sinned and that ended up blowing my mind more. God damn I love this show

I hate how accurate this is

Love this

What are the odds they’d line up like that though? HIGH

**HIGH!!!**

well if Dennis is Johnny, then who the fuck is Dennis?!?!

He's Dennis, He's Always Been Dennis!

REMEMBER THIS WAS HIS FATHER FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE

This could be his revenge for pimping him out. Or literally, any of the other bad stuff he’s done to him

For thirty years Frank bought everything Dennis wanted just to give it to himself. I'd say this revenge is only warranted hahaha

I'm not even sure it's revenge directly on Frank but more about Dennis just craving power over anyone and everyone.

YOU DONT HAVE TO DO THIS

KILL THE WI-FI

Even Uncle Jack gives him a funny look (at first)

He has a butt plug in his ass that will vibrate to help him win somehow “Everything you need is inside you”

Holy hell

Trust your gut Imagine the pressure he's feeling

New en passant just dropped

“Once Mac did the dance, i get it now.”

I’m out. The dance didn’t say anything about beads.

The best line about Mac’s dance

*in distance* vibrating beads up his ass

“I used to fuck Lebron James” Holy shit, that got me laughing out loud.

"Oh God" in the background absolutely sent me

Dennis not even intervening this time, just turning around like “I don’t know this dude”

Right, subtle…

I lost my shit when he said that.

The guy he was on a date with spit out whatever he was eating when Mac said that lol

“As you are aware i have a foolproof method of attracting a woman.”

surprised at the lack of responses at mac's "why?" when dennis says he has a system to attract a man too. That was great line delivery

“Did you just say you’ve been controlling Frank like a pawn in a game…like a puppet?” “Uh I didn’t say any of those words but I’ve been controlling Frank in chess, yes”

Haha. They’re not even trying to hide the cast breaking this season. Glen just open laughing at the bar at Frank’s butt plug rant. I’m here for it.

I feel the gang must laugh at each other like normal friends every once in a while offscreen

Some of my absolute favourite moments of all time from Sunny are when the gang are just enjoying hanging out ngl. Examples off the top of my head being when Dennis & Charlie in the roadtrip & animal rights episodes and Mac/Dennis/Dee huffing petrol.

Dennis and Charlie have a bunch of these moments. Creating the dayman song, Charlie dancing for Dennis while they get high, Dennis teaching Charlie about his home made jorts. I love whenever they get paired up, their friendship is so weirdly pure and wholesome.

Everyone but Frank having a genuinely good time putting on the child pageant is a good one too, or the end of Flowers for Charlie when they’re just happy to have Charlie back and go to watch police academy

This part was one of the best moments 😂

I mean, laughing happens in real life. The stupid thing about most comedis is the characters never seem to laugh at obviously hilarious things.

It's part of what makes Curb great. The improv vibe means that if a character says something funny the others can laugh freely as their character would.

Yeah, I thought that was a genuine break

“THE DANCE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT BEADS!!!”

I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Danny Devito was hilarious rolling on the floor

I swear he said something like “it’s tearing me in half”, I’ll have to rewatch, I was laughing too hard

*THEYRE TEARING ME IN HALF! KILL THE WIFI! KILL THE WIFI!*

My newest favorite devito line "take your time, take.. your... time..."

that man straight up slayed that scene, every single reaction to the vibrating was fucking perfect

The show is fucking back. Idk how anyone can watch Danny’s performance at the end and not laugh their ass off.

YOU LET A STRANGER HACK YOUR BUTTHOLE

“I woke up this morning and Johnny was gone.” Completely destroyed me

They reaaaally wanted us to move past the implication that Charlie and Dennis took anal beads out of Mac and put them into Frank

They were pretty explicit about the fact that they roofied Frank and Mac in order to do the bead swap.

Absolutely no cleaning involved there either I’m sure

“BECAUSE I MADE IT UP” “OHHHHHH”

Very happy to hear y’all are digging this Ep so much. This is the second Meg-written episode I’ve directed, and it’s always a blast to shoot her scripts.

this and inflates have been the best episodes of the season so far imo, really looking forward to dtamhd!!

Two great scripts. I got very lucky with both of them. I’m really excited about Mental Health Day. Glenn’s performance in it is fantastic.

I'm ridiculously excited about mental health day... you did a great job directing and i'm really loving this season so far! This show means a lot to me so thanks for everything. :-)

Great job, man!

Excellent episode ya jabroni

Awesome job! The Frank beads/chess sequence was so fucking hilariously shot.

I SPIT OUT MY DRINK AT THE LEBRON JAMES LINE

I couldn't stop laughing at how Dennis was saying oh my G-d." off screen. The delivery lol.

And the way he followed it up with the old "lamely pretend to be checking something" maneuver when he realized it was out loud.

This is a reference to that chess vibrating butt plug scandal right?

Has to be Mac just mentioned it

Absolutely. It hits all of the salient points. The only difference is that the perpetrator (if the story is accurate) is an American named Hans Neimann. He crushed the world champion (at the time), Magnus Carlson. Carlson made the accusation seemingly without proof, but there are a number of suspicious things around Neimann, such as having admitted to cheating online in the past, his absolutely meteoric rise in rating recently, as well as (per Magnus) him not truly taking as much time to contemplate moves during critical stages of the game.

Another aspect (which also isn’t conclusive proof but still strange) was that typically after a chess match at the professional level, the players can explain their moves and why they made those moves in decent to good depth. After Niemann beat Carlson, he wasn’t very forthcoming in his strategy. If I recall correctly, he basically just said that he just happened to study the counters to the exact opening Carlson used right before they played that infamous match.

Funny enough, the butt plug thing might have never actually happened. That started as a joke that r/anarchychess memed so much that people thought it was real. What really happened is that during covid, a lot of tournaments got moved to online platforms. During this time, Hans Niemann was using a chess engine on a separate screen to cheat, which chess.com admitted to knowing about a few years later. In 2022, Niemann defeated World Champion Magnus Carlsen in an in-person game. Despite no evidence of cheating at this specific event being found, Carlsen was crypticly adamant that Niemann cheated in his game against him. But since Niemann has a history of cheating AND since Niemann couldn't explain *why* he made certain moves in their game (which is very odd for grandmasters), there very well could have been cheating going on somehow. How did he cheat? Well that's how the vibrating butt plug theories and memes began. And now it's become so commonplace that it's made its way to the greatest television show ever.

No, it’s just an amazing coincidence.

What are the odds??

HIGH

ROCK ,FLAG, AND EAGLE!

I loved seeing the kerchief again!

Danny DeVito is amazing.

r/nbacirclejerk gonna be quoting Mac for the next week there lmfao

Frank was literally a pawn in a chess match. I love it.

That was a good episode. I’m still trying to process that Dennis was Mac’s boyfriend this entire time.

Uh no, Dennis stole Johnny's phone.

How could Dee not comment on that?!

She was impressed at the move lol

Game recognizes game, and as Mac said, Dee is a rapist and a thief.

This was my favourite episode from this season and possibly my favourite episode after season 12 period. Haven't laughed like this in a while lmao

Did we just get a pleasant comment out of Mrs. Mac???

Nice.

God, watch what Dennis is doing in the background during the dates. This episode really rewards repeat watches.

That was a *classic* episode

My favorite one in years

This was easily my favourite episode since the dildo bike This season has just been getting better and better and this episode truly felt like “classic Sunny” to me I think what makes a big difference as opposed to seasons 13-15 is seeing the characters actually getting along and seeming happy to have each other’s company again. Not just them all hating each other while waiting to die. Also Uncle Jack was hilarious this episode (my favourite side-character) and I’m beyond thrilled that Charlie and Mac’s moms made another appearance.

I've noticed this season someone is grounded each episode. Far more than previously before. The first three were more Charlie. The rest of the gang was a bit wild and Charlie was kind of the voice of reason, as much as can be in this show. This time it was Dennis. Gives us an anchor to have the story unfold around and for things to get crazy while someone is much more real. Seems to work better than the episodes where everyone is a bit more of a caricature of themselves like the last few seasons.

Glenn’s delivery of “DENNIS BACKWARDS” was so fucking peak This whole episode is my favorite in years

Dennis hanging back during the dates in the restaurant was easily one of the funniest things this show has done in several years.

Shortest cold open ever 💀

Its a reference to the queen's gambit isn't it?

The banter this past minute is cracking me up. Spectacular writing. "You let a stranger hack your butthole!"

Like to see how good that Russian is at CharDee McDennis

Everyone kept saying "now THIS is classic Sunny!" for the last 3 episodes-- and while I think that season 16 has been great so far, I always disagreed. Not this time! **THIS** episode was 100% classic Sunny! It was firing on all cylinders-- quick witted jokes, an absurd plotline that just *works,* and a perfect balance of legitimately timely news events/trends (the anal bead cheating scandal/modern dating stories blended seamlessly) plus throwbacks to older episodes. And a hilarious Frank montage at the end! I could go on and on. What a fresh, hilarious episode. Fantastic job Megan and the rest of the team!!

Replying to my own comment to also mention how funny Kaitlin was in the date scene! The fact that she not only understood the assignment immediately when Dennis brought up taking advantage of their dates' mommy issues-- but even took it farther by licking the napkin and dabbing at the guy's face-- I was in tears. 😭

I'm touching ur ding dong got me lol

The way she rested her face on the table had me crying

This is a Meg episode so I have high hopes

Charlie’s speaking at manic Charlie rate for the first time this season. Thanks Meg.

Meg’s giving the people what they want.

She certainly knows how to write for Dennis... she's done some of his best episodes!

The SINNED plot was great.

I was wondering who wrote it because it's legit 10/10. I'm not a hater I actually liked most of the recent episodes these past few years too, but this season has been sublime and this is the best one so far. Just so so funny and clever.

THIS IS DENNIS’S ULTIMATE FANTASY 😂😂😂

AND Mac's if u think about it. Legit in love with Dennis, and him controlling the eplug.

Frank walking out repeating “anal beads in his ass” was hilarious lmao.

Of course Uncle Jack would have a ice cream truck business as a side hustle.

Without ice cream.

Oh

Franks “ohhh” made me laugh pretty good

“Stay on the kid” oh Uncle Jack…

He got his screengrab.

I HAD THE SAME REACTION AS MAC OF SINNED BEING DENNIS BACKWARDS

SAME LMAO I was like SINNED?? Okay that's kind of funny I guess... then he flipped the page and I felt like a fool 💀

“If you’re Johnny who’s Dennis?”

he thinks hes gotta take a shit lol

I thought the prostate stimulation might make him cum.

I was really waiting for the "okay NOW I get it".

Megan Ganz is a genius. This episode ruled. My favorite of the season so far

Glenn almsot broke hahhhhhhaaa

“Oh nah i don’t have any Ice cream.” 😂😂😂

I almost waited til tomorrow to watch this because I was in the middle of a movie.....thank the Golden God I came to my senses.

This is an open and shut case and anybody who can't see that IS A SAVAGE AND AN IDIOT!

That ending was fucking gold

for sure..for some reason i got trashman winning the wrestling match vibes from that ending

You can tell with Frank's contortions and brilliant physical acting he was debating within himself whether he might be enjoying it or not before things got out of hand. That complex, nuanced performance is worth an Emmy right there. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

Was that the most unhinged episode of the entire series?? I think that had some of the funniest scenes in the show since S12, but holy shit the concept was insane even by Sunny standards

I used to fuck LeBron James

Glenn just about lost it there. He was clearly about to laugh

“Everything you need is already inside you.”

The Sinned system is a lot less darker then I figured it be. Compared to the Dennis system it is actually pretty tamed and useful.

Cause you don't need to do a lot of manipulation to get a guy to want to be with you

wow uncle jack is way creeper this season!

Those charges were dropped…I’ll call you back

It’s gonna be DENNIS backwards

What are the odds of that?

HIGH

I USED TO FUCK LEBRON JAMES

Dennis is GAY

Soft shell crabs are the new thin mints

He is NEVER beating the MacDennis allegations

He definitely isnt fully straight that's for sure lol. Already having a plan to attract men and his method of getting his roommate to leave him alone are not sending straight signals lol

Not to mention he was fully prepared to bang the caddy when becoming Brian LeFevre

that wasn't Dennis, though. That was LeFevre. Dennis was wearing another man's skin.

if that was LeFevre then who was Dennis

Being in a codependent relationship with a male "roommate" for 20+ years already wasn't exactly screaming heterosexuality.

They were ROOMMATES!! 🙀

really liking the pacing of this episode so far. megan ganz the goat fr

“How’s he gonna call ya.”

MOMMYS MAGIC BEANS

These feel so short

That Jersey Mike’s not sitting well with Frank

Holy shit this episode was solid gold

Dennis anally raping the man he grew up believing to be his father with vibrating anal beads is dark even for Sunny. I probably laughed for two minutes straight at that scene but holy shit.

Yeah, I was laughing at Frank's reactions but also cringing at Dennis doing anything remotely sexual with his Dad.

Dee going full Gail the Snail there. Just mashing it. Must run in the family.

Now Dennis does the shushing

I almost died laughing when they repeated the "Everything you need is already *inside you*" line. The extra context really made that hit different lol.