Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow...

"I know what this is. This is a les liaisons dangereuses."

"Oh s***!"

The Always Sunny Gang rebounded big time this week with "Charlie and Dee Find Love." A laugh riot through and through, this was Season 8's best episode so far, revolving around Charlie and Dee getting pulled into the life of the wealthy Taft family via beautiful siblings and heirs Trevor (Josh Casaubon) and Ruby (Alexandra Daddario).

Initially, Dennis, Mac and Frank see this an an opportunity to mooch off the rich, but then become flabbergasted when Trevor and Ruby aren't completely and utterly repulsed by Charlie and Dee during a fancy double dinner date. Man, just watching Charlie squeal when the cheese tray rolled up and then resisting for about ten seconds before just shoving his face into the entire thing like a hog was incredible. "Can the girl not smell Charlie? Can the guy not see Dee?" Dennis was totally confused, until he realized that the entire thing was an elaborate 1% "Dinner for Schmucks"-style mind game designed to humiliate the poor and revolting.

Meanwhile, Mary Elizabeth Ellis returned as "The Waitress," still never revealing her name even though she called Dennis directly in order to reach Charlie. It was a pretty funny gag, hearing only Dennis' side of the conversation, with him not being able to recognize her by whatever name she was saying. "Just say waitress next time," Dennis demanded.

Anyhow, Dennis and Mac decided to split up in order to discover Trevor and Ruby's ultimate scheme, leading to vagina punching, some shampoo laced with rat poison and Dee doing a horrifically un-sexy lap dance to "Bad Company" by Bad Company. "Let's hump!" she drunkenly commanded. One of the most gratifying things about this episode, aside from the fact that it had many hilarious exchanges, was that not everyone in The Gang was a complete moron. Sure, they were freaks, but Dennis was actually right about Dee being used by Trevor to show his frat buddies that he could find the biggest loser. Yeah, he was wrong about Charlie's situation, but Charlie still "won"; having a secret plan of his own to use Ruby in order to make The Waitress jealous.

Of course, in Charlie's mind, winning means merely going back to the way things were; with him doing insane and random stuff that he thinks helps keep The Waitress safe...from a court-imposed distance. "I guess Charlie had the cruelest intentions of all," said Dennis, halfway impressed. It isn't often that The Gang gets a win, even a tainted one, so for Dennis to actually be able to ruin Taft's big public offering announcement with his "Mac/Trevor Definitely Not Gay Sex" video was a lot of fun.

Frank didn't have much to do in this one, but I did laugh heartily when, after being discovered by The Waitress in her apartment, he said, from behind a wall, "I'm your neighbor" before jumping out and screaming at her until she ran out the front door. So yes, these are the kinds of episodes I relish. Always Sunny might not hit it out of the park each and every week, but episodes like this prove that there's still gas in the tank. To mix up my sports and car metaphors.

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