I am at a truly wretched end and, with nothing better on the horizon, consulted my cousins to determine:

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝟷𝟶 𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝙰𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚊

This is a conclusive list and leaves no scope for debate.

Join me!

| 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 (11:00am, on a Tuesday, Philadelphia, PA)

There are many superb moments in this episode but Frank's botched introduction to a table of beautiful women, after hours of painstaking elocution lessons, is so good!

| 𝗠𝗮𝗰 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 (10:15am, on a Saturday, Philadelphia, PA)

Season 13 was uneven but its final five minutes, where Mac comes out to his father and performs a stunning dance, is jaw-dropping. Arguably the best moment of the series.

| 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗴𝗴𝘀 (9:30am, on a Thursday, Philadelphia, PA)

The gang embark on a cross-country flight to beat Wade Boggs' record of downing 50-odd beers before landing in LA. Dee is a disgrace and Dennis is just pitch black.

| 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀' 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (12:00pm, on a Saturday, Philadelphia, PA)

Frank inexplicably buys a child beauty pageant. The boys throw themselves into it and Dee mentors a contestant. Repulsive from start to end.

| 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗳𝘀 (1:00pm, on a Wednesday, Philadelphia, PA)

Years of ill feeling with the McPoyles, Gail the Snail, Bill Ponderosa, Cricket and Hwang culminates with a disastrous Thanksgiving dinner. Hilarious!

| 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 (10:30am, on a Monday, Philadelphia, PA)

Arguably the quintessential episode of It's Always Sunny, featuring a ludicrous hare-brained scheme to invest in oil. This is world-class TV.

| 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲 (12:15pm, on a Wednesday, Philadelphia, PA)

Dee Reynolds has always been treated shabbily by her associates... but what if she utilised her self-loathing to become a successful comedian! Or is everything a ruse?

| 𝗠𝗮𝗰 & 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗯𝘀 (10:30am, on a Thursday, Philadelphia, PA)

Mac and Dennis leave the city for the suburbs and slowly lose their minds. This is probably Glenn Howerton's finest performance - deranged!

| 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 (9:00am, on a Monday, Philadelphia, PA)

Charlie Work is the cleverest, most audacious, most perfectly executed episode of the whole series. Charlie helps the bar pass a health inspection in long, unedited takes. A triumph!

| 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵 (7:15pm, on a Friday, Philadelphia, PA)

Simply: this is one of the funniest episodes of television of all time.