The Best Episodes Written By Dave Chernin

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(25 votes)

   #1 - Thunder Gun Express

   S7:E1112/1/2011

   Traffic problems as a result of the President's visit to Philadelphia makes it difficult for the gang to see the summer's biggest film, "Thunder Gun Express".

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   8.4/10(33 votes)

   #2 - The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore

   S7:E29/22/2011

   Dee and Dennis take the gang to their favorite childhood vacation spot where things aren't quite how they remember. While Dee and Dennis see the seedy side of the Jersey Shore, Mac, Frank and Charlie have the nights of their lives.

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   8.4/10(27 votes)

   #3 - The Gang Reignites the Rivalry

   S5:E1212/10/2009

   After being banned for 10 years from a local drinking competition appropriately named "Flipadelphia," the gang tries to reignite their old rivalry with another local bar. Finding that they are in need of some serious practice, the guys head to Dennis' old fraternity house at the University of Pennsylvania to get their game up to speed while Dee hones her skills on her own. Frank wears skinny pants.

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   8.0/10(22 votes)

   #4 - The Gang Beats Boggs

   S10:E11/14/2015

   Mac oversees the gang while they compete to break Wade Boggs’ legendary beer drinking record.

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   8.0/10(17 votes)

   #5 - Frank's Back in Business

   S8:E711/29/2012

   With Charlie under his wing, Frank cleans up so he can get his hands dirty and help out his old company with one last big merger. An unwritten rule of the bar gets the rest of the gang caught up in a case of mistaken identity.

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   8.0/10(23 votes)

   #6 - Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare

   S9:E49/25/2013

   The gang does their best to recoup their investments in questionable schemes by dumping their losses on Ben the soldier while trying to avoid being duped again by whatever mastermind is pulling their strings.

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   8.0/10(28 votes)

   #7 - The Gang Saves the Day

   S9:E610/9/2013

   A routine trip to a convenience store places the gang in the middle of an armed robbery.

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   8.0/10(9 votes)

   #8 - The Gang Goes to the Ren Faire

   S18:E59/7/2026

   Mac, Dennis, and Dee strive to conquest their way onto the Quilt of Legends at the local Renaissance Faire. Charlie discovers a love of luting while Frank tries to acquire the faire from old foes.

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   7.8/10(15 votes)

   #9 - The Grandparents

   S1:E21/3/2017

   The Pemberton kids learn some lessons in "tough love," when Mickey calls in their overly strict grandmother to discipline them. Meanwhile, Mickey reunites with Jimmy.

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    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #10 - The Fire

    S1:E51/17/2017

    Mickey tries to quit smoking. Meanwhile, Ben meets a new friend.

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    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #11 - Dennis Gets Divorced

    S6:E29/23/2010

    Marital bliss turns into business, as the gang experiences the emotional and economic hardships of divorce.

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12. 

    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Mac Kills His Dad

    S10:E72/25/2015

    News surfaces about Mac's Dad, Luther, being a murder suspect. Mac goes into full "P.I." mode to clear his father of any wrong doing.

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    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #13 - The Gang Hits the Slopes

    S11:E31/20/2016

    Dennis and Frank square off against Dee and Mac for control of the mountain, while Charlie learns that the slopes have their own set of rules.

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    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Pilot

    S1:E11/1/2017

    An unapologetic degenerate moves to affluent Greenwich, CT, to raise the outrageously spoiled kids of her wealthy sister and brother-in-law, who have fled the country to avoid prosecution for illegal activities.

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    7.0/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Frank Is in a Coma

    S17:E27/9/2025

    The five stages of grief set in for Dee as Frank lies on his deathbed. Meanwhile, the Guys plot their new path forward by pitching their business ventures to Philadelphia's elite.

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    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #16 - The War on Alcohol

    S18:E69/14/2026

    The Gang takes the trend against drinking into their own hands. Dennis, Dee, and Frank look to recruit white collar suits for happy hour while Mac and Charlie seek to enlist blue collar factory workers so they can return the bar to the melting pot it once was.

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