Editing Season Two

{{Infobox season
|image=Sunny Season 02 Poster.jpg 
|began=June 29, 2006
|ended=August 17, 2006
|channel={{w|FX (TV channel)|FX}}
|season=Two}}
'''The second season''' of ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' aired in the summer of 2006 on FX. It ran for 10 episodes and was the first season to feature [[Danny DeVito]] as [[Frank Reynolds]]. It is available for purchase on DVD and download in iTunes.

==Season Summary==
[[Dennis Reynolds|Dennis]] and [[Dee Reynolds|Dee]]'s parents are featured heavily this season. First, their dad [[Frank Reynolds|Frank]] blackmails his way into [[the Gang]] and [[Charlie's apartment|moves in]] with {{Charlie}}. Then [[Mac]] bangs [[Barbara Reynolds|Dee and Dennis' mom]]. Then finally, Dennis and Dee discover that Frank isn't their real dad - instead, their mom had an affair with philanthropist [[Bruce Mathis]].

Meanwhile, the Gang ups its efforts on the scheming front: first trying to get their neighbor to leave, then attempting to extort welfare from the state. When that doesn't work, they attempt to rig a fight club, exploit a water stain of the Virgin Mary in the Paddy's office and later extort bribes in exchange for running for office.

Finally, the Gang converts [[Paddy's Pub]] into yet another highly successful specialty bar: an unregulated bar that caters to drug abusers and gamblers.

==Cast==
'''Main'''
* [[Charlie Day]] as [[Charlie Kelly]]
* [[Glenn Howerton]] as [[Dennis Reynolds]]
* [[Rob McElhenney]] as [[Mac McDonald]]
* [[Kaitlin Olson]] as [[Deandra Reynolds]]
* [[Danny DeVito]] as [[Frank Reynolds]]

'''Recurring'''
* [[Mary Elizabeth Ellis]] as [[The Waitress]]
* Anne Archer as [[Barbara Reynolds]]
* Lynne Stewart as [[Bonnie Kelly]]
* Sandy Martin as [[Mrs. McDonald|Mrs. Mac]]
* [[David Hornsby]] as [[Rickety Cricket|Matthew "Rickety Cricket" Mara]]
* [[Artemis Pebdani]] as [[Artemis Dubois]]
* Jimmi Simpson as [[Liam McPoyle]]
* Nate Mooney as [[Ryan McPoyle]]
* Thesy Surface as [[Margaret McPoyle]]
* Gregory Cummins as [[Luther McDonald]]

==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!width="5%"|#
!Title
!Directed by
!Written by
!Airdate
|-
|1
|"[[Charlie Gets Crippled]]"
|John Fortenberry
|[[Rob McElhenney]]
|June 29, 2006
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"|Dennis and Dee's father Frank abruptly appears, causing Dennis to accidentally run Charlie over with his car. After seeing Charlie get attention from strippers over being in a wheelchair, the gang decides to feign disabilities in order to garner sympathy from others.
|-
|2
|"[[The Gang Goes Jihad]]"
|Dan Attias
|Rob McElhenney
|June 29, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |An Israeli businessman claims ownership of the street that Paddy's Pub is on, prompting the gang to go to extremes to get the man to leave. Meanwhile, Frank fights with his ex-wife over the possessions she got in the divorce.
|-
|3
|"[[The Gang Gives Back]]"
|Dan Attias
|Charlie Day
|July 20, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Mac, Dennis and Dee are sentenced to teach inner-city children how to play basketball while Charlie is sentenced to attend AA meetings.
|-
|4
|"[[Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare]]"
|Dan Attias
|Rob McElhenney
|July 6, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Dennis and Dee quit their jobs to pursue their dreams, but 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 secret bank account.
|-
|5
|"[[Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom]]"
|Dan Attias
|[[Charlie Day]] & [[Glenn Howerton]]
|July 6, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |A visit to Frank's ex-wife's house turns into a web of back-stabbing and deception after Mac has sex with Dennis's mother and Charlie hatches a plan to get close to The Waitress.
|-
|6
|"[[The Gang Runs for Office]]"
|Dan Attias
|[[David Hornsby]]
|August 3, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |After realizing the money-making potential of political corruption, the gang decides to help Dennis run for the position of a local comptroller.
|-
|7
|"[[Hundred Dollar Baby]]"
|Dan Attias
|Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton
|July 13, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Frank trains Dee for a boxing match against the daughter of his old boxing foe. Meanwhile, Dennis and Mac train Charlie for an underground fighting ring.
|-
|8
|"[[Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass]]"
|Dan Attias
|Rob McElhenney & Charlie Day
|August 10, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Charlie is outraged over Dennis smoking in the bar, and teams up with Dee to start an anti-smoking rally. Meanwhile, Mac, Dennis, and Frank turn Paddy's Pub into an "anything goes" bar.
|-
|9
|"[[The Gang Exploits A Miracle]]"
|Dan Attias
|Charlie Day, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2361892/ Chris Romano] & [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2342762/ Eric Falconer]
|July 27, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |When the gang finds a water stain in the office that resembles the Virgin Mary, Frank begins charging patrons to see the miracle.
|-
|10
|"[[Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad]]"
|Dan Attias
|Rob McElhenney
|August 17, 2006
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Dennis and Dee discover the MySpace page of the man who turns out to be their real father. Meanwhile, Charlie and Mac visit Mac's convict father in jail.
|}

==Notes==
*Many episodes of Season 2 were aired out of order, and several continuity issues arose from this. [[The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 DVD]] was released with the episodes in the correct order, however, many streaming services still list them by broadcast order.
**Broadcast order is as follows:
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!width="5%"|#
!Title
!Airdate
|-
|1
|"[[Charlie Gets Crippled]]"
|June 29, 2006
|-
|2
|"[[The Gang Goes Jihad]]"
|June 29, 2006
|-
|3
|"[[Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare]]"
|July 6, 2006
|-
|4
|"[[Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom]]"
|July 6, 2006
|-
|5
|"[[Hundred Dollar Baby]]"
|July 13, 2006
|-
|6
|"[[The Gang Gives Back]]"
|July 20, 2006
|-
|7
|"[[The Gang Exploits A Miracle]]"
|July 27, 2006
|-
|8
|"[[The Gang Runs for Office]]"
|August 3, 2006
|-
|9
|"[[Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass]]"
|August 10, 2006
|-
|10
|"[[Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad]]"
|August 17, 2006
|}
*After "''{{w|Starved}}''" was cancelled in October 2005, {{w|John Landgraf}} proposed a 10:00 PM time-slot - but only if they were able to sign a "big name" for the show. Prior to becoming president of {{w|FX (TV channel)|FX}}, Landgraf had worked for [[Danny DeVito]]'s production company, {{w|Danny DeVito#Producing|Jersey Films}}), and called him with this proposition. Later, [[Rob McElhenney]] visited DeVito at his home to pitch the part of [[Frank Reynolds]] to him, and found out that he was already a fan of the series, thanks to his kids.
*Due to other commitments he had at the time, DeVito was only available for 20 days of filming, meaning that every scene that Frank was going to be in for the entire season had to be shot before any others. This is a highly unusual situation for a TV series: typically, production takes place on one episode at a time, and production on the next episode does not begin until that episode is completed. It led to a situation where scripts for all 10 episodes had to be ready to be shot by the time production began, and continuity nightmares, since weeks could pass between when scenes meant to be in the same episode were actually shot.
*Starting with the second episode of the season, "[[The Gang Goes Jihad]]", the order in which the titles had been shown at the beginning of each episode was reversed, so that the title of the episode comes before the name of the series. Previously, the name of the series had been shown and ''then'' the title of the episode (for example, "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" and then "[[Charlie Has Cancer]]"). This change allows the title of the episode to serve as the punchline to a joke set up by the show's opening (the first time this was done being the episode "[[Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare|Dennis and Dee Go On Welfare]]").
*A promo for season 2 which parodied NBC's sitcom ''{{w|Friends}}'' two years before Danny DeVito appeared as a guest star on the show itself.<ref>[https://youtu.be/DlTN9p9sdhk It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "Friends" - YouTube]</ref>

==Gallery==
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==References==
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