The Gang Gets Racist
The pilot: Paddy's Pub becomes a gay bar.
"The Gang Gets Racist" is the pilot episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Written by series creator Rob McElhenney and executive producer Charlie Day and directed by John Fortenberry, it originally aired on FX on August 4, 2005. It introduces the four main characters of the Gang: Dennis Reynolds, Dee Reynolds, Charlie Kelly and Mac.
Quick Facts
- Series
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Season
- 1
- Air date
- 4 August 2005
- Production
- 1P01001
- Writer
- Rob McElhenney; Charlie Day
- Director
- John Fortenberry
- Photographer
- Peter Smokler
- Editor
- Robert Bramwell
Facts from the source article.
Background
Dennis and Dee hire Terrell, a student in Dee's acting class and a club promoter, and he turns Paddy's, their failing pub, into Philadelphia's hottest gay bar. Meanwhile Mac and Charlie try to prove that they are not prejudiced after Charlie's crush, a coffee shop waitress, overhears him use a racial slur.
After Dennis gets drunk and wakes up with two men, he changes his mind about Paddy's being a gay bar, and Mac fires and then offends Terrell.
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