My Two Dads.
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Always Sunny closes up shop on its twelfth season with a handsomely hilarious episode that left us with, of all things, a couple of cliffhangers. Is Dennis really gone? What will become of Charlie and the Waitress now that he's finally gotten his wish after so long and almost instantly regretted it? There's a lot more up in the air by the end of "Dennis' Double Life" than you get in your usual Sunny season finale.
The cleverest aspects of this season closer involved both Dennis and Charlie regretting their choices. There was a big "grass is always greener" theme running through the episode as Dennis decided, when the dust settled, that he actually wanted to be a dad while Charlie realized that he really wanted know part of being a father, or being with the idealized love of his life, The Waitress? So we ended things with Dennis somberly leaving the Gang behind while Charlie got stuck being part of a family after utilizing a Dennis-style scheme.
Also -- wouldn't ya know it? -- this one ended with another quick, quiet moment of genuine emotion. Dennis, who's now had two of these this year, teared up while saying goodbye to his son, Brian Jr. (which is a hilarious name given the circumstances). Then, in another nod back to "The Gang Tends Bar," Mac fired off the RPG in celebratory, and explosive, fashion. This was an oddball entry, sure, but it was also a very serialized one - one that connected back through this season and to previous seasons.
I also really enjoy the fact that Mac has now developed this obsession with/attraction to Dennis. We got a peek of it back in "PTSDee" when Mac had a dream that involved almost kissing Dennis, and here Mac almost seemed to want to trick Dennis into being in a relationship with him (the power bottom gimp, naturally) during a dumb ploy to scare away his North Dakotan baby mama (Christine Woods).
This isn't to say that Mac truly believed he could make Dennis fall in love with him, but he was certainly in it for the "playing house" aspect. The closeness involved and the fantasy of being in a relationship with Dennis - even in a gay dads scenario. It actually comes off as being very sweet given Mac's new wide-eyed and happy demeanor. It's also not the first time we've visited with this idea, especially when you look back at the unsubtle husband/wife subtext of "Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs."
The Verdict
"Dennis' Double Life" had crazy schemes (from indecent proposals to poorly faked deaths), roaring rockets, the huge quasi-closure of a decade plus-long arc (Charlie slept with the Waitress!), and a doubting Dennis leaving the Gang for the normal life of a loving family. Not that any of this will hold. The Waitress may not be pregnant and "Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs" definitely showed us that Dennis can't hack the domesticated life. Or the commute!
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