"Mac Finds His Pride" is the tenth and final episode of the thirteenth season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Frank tries to recruit Mac for the gang's kickass float for the Gay Pride Parade; Frank comes to the realization that Mac will never be secure with his sexual identity unless he. Mac then turns his back to the woman and turns to his father, representing him finally acknowledging himself as gay.
His father reacts in the same way Mac has always believed God would to his sexuality. Mac Fights Gay Marriage: Directed by Randall Einhorn. With Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob Mac, Kaitlin Olson. Mac pulls out the big guns to protect the sanctity of marriage, while the rest of the gang reap the rewards of marital bliss. But around season four it became abundantly clear that the only straight Mac was--as Sweet Dee and McElhenney's real-life wife Kaitlin Olsen puts it--was " straight up gay." So how did Mac get.
The episode was centered around Frank's mission to get Mac to dance on the Paddy's Pub float in the Philadelphia Pride Parade. Each member of the gang had a job, but Mac wasn't interested in his assigned role as the token gay person to dance on the float. Also, of course the whole thing hinged on a selfish act.
Follow TV Tropes. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is known for its boundary-pushing humor. Surprisingly, this is Played for Drama this time. Flanderization : Luther's indifference to his son is really ramped up here to previously unprecedented levels. A few episodes previous, however, his repressed sexuality emerged in the most Freudian of ways see the below quote. Everyone Has Standards : Despite his sexual deviant tendencies being something of a Running Gag between the dildo bike and the Dennis doll, Mac apparently draws the line at an outright fetish club.
Leave a Review. Comically Inept Healing : Rather than use a sterile cotton swab to dab at his nosebleed, Frank uses a dirty sock and strips of newspaper, and over the course of the episode fills his nostrils with buffalo wing hot sauce, mimosa, fiberglass insulation, lemon juice, and hot glue. Mac coming out seems to be the one thing his father can't handle.
Mac seems out and proud. He compares this to Mac's situation, that coming out to his dad will be painful and hurt for a time but prolonging it will be like a wound that never heals. But within the context of the show, Frank's reaction was also surprising. Frank: The Catholics really fucked you up. He realized that sometimes you need to let injuries bleed for a bit before you can get on with actually healing, by the end of the episode he had some bruising around his eyes but looked much better than when he was using chicken wings and hot glue.
His father walks out mid-performance. I get it.
Eventually, it seems, he began missing that bulge. Straight Gay : Aside from his father issues, a lot of Mac's angst stems from the fact that he doesn't really fit any of the usual gay stereotypes. The dance scene was Always Sunny presenting this real-world topic with incredible compassion. Politically Incorrect Villain : Despite generally having good intentions, Frank still uses some offensive language to refer to gay people.
It's been pointed out that he deliberately sat through part of the performance and waited until Mac was looking at him to maximize the pain inflicted by leaving. That very much seems to be the case between Mac and Dennis, the latter of whom is far too willing to share his sexual exploits via VHS tape, no less. Otherwise, you're gonna be in agony for the rest of your life. By the third act, it apparently burst off-screen, leaving an angry, dark red crescent across the bridge of his nose and under his eyes, and a bloodstain a foot long down his shirt.
Pride Parade : The central conceit of the episode involves Frank trying to recruit Mac for the gang's float in the Philadelphia Pride parade. Not That There's Anything Wrong with That : Frank does this a few times while trying to explain that he doesn't really get the whole "gay" thing. Luther: I named him that!
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