Dennis and Dee's father Frank (Danny DeVito) abruptly appears, scaring Dennis, who accidentally runs over Charlie with his car. Frank tells Dee and Dennis that he is divorcing their mother and giving away all his money so he can spend more time with them; they storm off and rob his house. Frank, Mac, and Charlie go to a strip club where Charlie, in a wheelchair, gets free lapdances from strippers. The five return to Charlie's before leaving Frank with the two strippers; Frank decides he wants to
An Israeli businessman buys a neighboring property of the bar, the floor-layout of which actually includes half of Paddy's Pub, and tells the Gang they have a week to vacate. A lawyer tells them they have no recourse, prompting the Gang to go to extremes to get the man to leave. Frank fights with his ex-wife Barbara over the possessions she got in their divorce, and she begins dating the Israeli businessman. Mac, Charlie, and Dennis TP the building next to Paddy's, while Frank and Dee steal Barb
Dennis and Dee quit their jobs to pursue their dreams, but when Mac reminds them that unemployment eventually runs out, Dennis and Dee get hooked on crack cocaine so they can apply for welfare. Meanwhile, Frank hires two new workers under the "Work for Welfare" program, and Charlie and Mac go on a spending spree with the money in Frank's new secret bank account. Frank also tries to bond with Charlie and Mac. On their spending spree, Charlie and Mac encounter Dee and Dennis, who are strung out on
When Mac is asked to fetch Frank's toupee from his ex-wife Barbara, she comes onto Mac. Dennis and Dee are frustrated that they have to do "Charlie work" at Paddy's. Dennis asks the Waitress on a date and tells Charlie he will sleep with her unless Charlie agrees do resume "Charlie work". Frank goes on a date with an old flame, Angie. On their own date, Dennis tells the Waitress he loves her to keep her interested. After Mac has sex with Barbara, they kiss and he leaves. Charlie and Dennis are w
When the Gang gets mugged, everyone runs away leaving Dee alone with the robber. When she starts taking self-defense classes, Frank offers to train her. They go to a gym and encounter one of Frank's old friends Bobby, whose daughter Brianna (Jessie Ward) is a boxer. Dennis and Mac train Charlie for an underground fighting ring to make money off him. A woman at the gym gives Dee some performance enhancing supplements. Mac, Dennis, and Charlie get drunk and they beat Charlie as training. Dee's sup
The Gang must atone for the events of "The Gang Goes Jihad": Mac, Dennis, and Dee are sentenced to coach inner-city children's basketball, and Charlie is sentenced to attend AA meetings. The Waitress, an alcoholic, is at the meetings and offers to be Charlie's sponsor just to get to Dennis. Mac and Dee compete to see who will be head coach, while Dennis is unimpressed with his team. Charlie imposes on the Waitress by visiting her at her apartment, where she asks about Dennis. When Frank hears ab
When the Gang finds a water stain in the office that resembles the Virgin Mary, Frank charges patrons to see the "miracle". Meanwhile, Dennis stops eating when Dee tells him that his face is fat. A former childhood friend of the Gang, Matthew Mara (David Hornsby), comes to the bar and is revealed to now be a priest; the Gang wants him to bless the water stain, and Dee unsuccessfully asks him out. An old woman asks Mac to bless her, so he and Charlie become dueling preachers and argue about the B
After realizing political corruption's money-making potential, the Gang helps Dennis run for the position of a local comptroller. Frank, as the campaign manager, enlists homeless men to wear campaign advertisements. Dennis fires Frank, who goes to Dee encouraging her to run. Mac meets with local union reps and tries to bribe them; offended, they threaten to kill him. Dennis campaigns at the mall, where Mac accosts a woman and her baby. Charlie and Dennis try to film a campaign video. Frank and D
Outraged when Dennis smokes in the bar, Charlie teams with Dee to start an anti-smoking rally. Dee views the rally as an acting exercise. Meanwhile, Mac, Dennis, and Frank turn Paddy's Pub into an "anything goes" bar, but their "Girls Gone Wild" videos are interrupted by Frank's Vietnamese gambling friends and the McPoyle brothers. Mac and Dennis tell Frank and his friends to move to the basement. Dee and Charlie show up the next morning, and Charlie is furious that the McPoyles are allowed in t
Dee is contacted on MySpace by a man named Bruce (Stephen Collins) who claims to be her and Dennis's real father; they confront Frank and their mother Barbara, who immediately confirms that Bruce is their father. Frank, irate, causes a scene and collapses. Meanwhile, Mac and Charlie visit Mac's convict father Luther (Gregory Scott Cummins) in jail. In order to impress Mac's father, they agree to beat up Bruce for Frank, but do not go through with the planned attack. After bonding with his newfou