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"The D.E.N.N.I.S. System"

Season Five, Episode Ten
Writer	David Hornsby & Scott Marder & Rob Rosell
Director	Randall Einhorn
Air Date	November 19, 2009
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"The D.E.N.N.I.S. System" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Dennis reveals his foolproof system for seducing any woman to the rest of the gang, but they don't grasp the concept.

Recap

1:30PM on a Saturday

Dennis proudly plays a hateful voice message from Caylee, a pharmacist he recently had a relationship with, telling the gang that he now has her undying love. Dee argues that he has obtained the oposite, so Dennis agrees to explain his system for seducing any woman and earning her undying love: The D.E.N.N.I.S. System.

Demonstrate Value - Dennis pretended to purchase medications for his ill grandmother from Caylee. He then proceeded to Engage Physically - by taking her on a cheap date to a closed restaurant with the backup plan of pizza and a movie. Mac played wingman and said he saw a spider, causing them to watch the movie on Dennis' bed which led to sex. Nurture Dependence - Dennis prank called her as an angry neighbor, threatening her life. She grew to need him, and then he proceeded to Neglect Emotionally - he continued to prank call her but didn't show up for her, causing her to fall into emotional distress. Inspire Hope - he showed up at her window, telling her that he was afraid to love and that she cured him. After have emotionally passionate sex, he sneaks away in the middle of the night to never be heard from again - Separate Entirely.

Dee is appalled while Frank, Mac, and Charlie are all proud of this system. Dee bets Dennis that he can't win Caylee back, a challenge he accepts. When Mac mentions her boyfriend, the gang is shocked she is dating Ben. She shows them that he is waiting in the car (in the 100 degree heat). Charlie and Dennis tell her he is playing her.

Later, at the pharmacy, Dennis apologizes to Caylee and tells her that his grandmother took a turn for the worse. She tells him that the doctor signing his perscriptions was fake, a lie which he tries to cover up. He leaves but runs into Mac in the entryway, who is performing his system: Move in After Completion. Frank then shows up, urging Mac to hurry so he can get to his system - SCRAPS, which is not an acronym. Dennis demands that he have his chance to get Caylee back.

Meanwhile, Ben takes Dee to the park for a picnic. She has led herself to believe he is playing her and tries to walk out of the forest without his help. She falls down a hill and stumbles away, refusing any of his help.

At The Waitress' apartment, The Waitress enters and sees Charlie taking apart her garbage disposal. He had been sneaking in, putting hair in it, hoping to break it. She orders him to leave.

Back at the bar, Charlie complains the system isn't working for him and Dee complains that Ben isn't afraid of her independence. Dennis plans a trip to the fair which will solve everyone's problems.

Dennis brings Gladys to the fair to pretend to be his grandmother, to prove to Caylee he wasn't lying. Mac brings Caylee and then run into each other. At the same time, Charlie plays a pitching game the Waitress is running at the fair. Dee attempts to make out with a carny to make Ben jealous, but the Carny stabs her with a key. Charlie gets upset because he was supposed to stab the Waitress so he could help her. Dennis jumps in, upset that everyone is messing up his plans for them.

Frank enters, dressed in a tie, pretending to be Dr. Mantis Toboggan. He tells Dennis that he has HIV in an attempt to make Caylee feel bad so she'll sleep with him. He later drops a magnum condom by her feet so she'll think he has a huge dong.

Caylee leaves with Ben, who dumps Dee because she was mean to him. The Waitress yells at the gang to take their fighting elsewhere and they leave the fair, leaving Gladys behind all alone.

Recurring Roles

Guest Stars

Jill Latiano as Caylee
Price Carson as Carney Boss
Brad Carter as Carney

Trivia

The D.E.N.N.I.S. system is revealed to be an acronym:
- Demonstrate value
- Engage physically
- Nurture dependence
- Neglect emotionally
- Inspire hope
- Separate entirely

Later we learn the M.A.C. system, the acronym:
- Move in
- After
- Completion

And finally Frank's system, SCRAPS!, which is not an acronym.
- Frank's system consists of flashing a wad of $100 bills and a magnum condom, to show you have money and a monster dong.
Caylee was played by Jill Latiano, Glenn Howerton's ("Dennis") real life wife. Others real life couples from It's Always Sunny include Charlie Day ("Charlie") and Mary Elizabeth Ellis ("The Waitress"), plus Rob McElhenney ("Mac") and Kaitlin Olson ("Sweet Dee"). (As of Season 7, Danny DeVito's wife Rhea Perlman has not been on the show itself, but she did appear in a Funny or Die video with him, Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day, in which Charlie must perform a special service for Mr. DeVito as part of the terms of his contract.)
Ben's line "I like turtles" when he gets his face painted is a reference to a famous viral video in which a TV reporter doing a live report from a carnival compliments a kid who has gotten his face painted like a zombie, but, seemingly apropos of nothing, the kid tells her "I like turtles." Much awkwardness ensues.

Quotes

Dee: You're forging perscriptions now?

Dennis: Well, that's the easy part Dee.

Frank: See, I would have gone in and bought a box of magnum condoms, thus demonstrating I have a monster dong.

Dennis: I try to engage physically without ever going on a date, which to me is just a big waste of time and money.

Dennis: Once you've had sex with the woman, she will naturally start to depend on you, okay? All women do this.

Mac: They certainly do, you got that right!

Charlie: Sex with women!.. it's like that!

Dennis: Have her car towed, or slash or tires. Make her depend on you for rides.

Dennis: (On phone with Caylee, in a disguised voice) Welcome to Hell! Muhahaha.

Dennis: (On phone with Caylee, in a disguised voice) I'm watching you, you bitch. You're going to die tonight!

Dennis: And then, naturally, we bang.

Mac: I wait til you're done with them, and then I swoop in, give them a shoulder to cry on, and then we hump.

Dennis: You've been humping these girls after I'm done with them?

Mac: Oh yeah, dude. I come in as the sensitive intellectual type. Why do you think I'm always reading books and shit when we do the spider routine?

Dennis: I thought you were just my wingman though.

Mac: No, I'm swimming in your wake.

Frank: I got my magnum condoms, I got my wad of hundreds; I'm ready to plow!

Charlie: You're working at the fair! Well look at us... I'm a plumber, you're a fair worker... they go together well, right?

Dennis: So what did you do exactly?

Charlie: I broke into her place, I ripped her sink apart, I brought a bag of hair. And I come across looking like a total jerk!

Charlie: Maybe I should just stick to stalking. Maybe that's my system. She got a job at the fair, it could be fun to stalk around a fair.

Frank: Jesus Christ on the cross, you look like shit.

(Dennis is walking through the fair while pushing an old lady in a wheelchair.)

Gladys: What's going on?

Dennis: Well, Gladys, we are at a fair, and you're going to pretend to be my grandmother.

Gladys: My grandmother had an affair with Susan B. Anthony.

Ben: I like turtles!

Frank: The name's Toboggan, Mantis Toboggan, M.D.

Frank: I got the test results. You're positive! You've got the HIV! You got the AIDS big time!

Dennis: Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! You were supposed to let her get stabbed, hope that it hits a major artery, and then as she's dying you nurse her back to health, thereby making her totally dependent on you.

Dennis: You mean to tell me you got your face painted like a god damn frog person with no ulterior motive?

Ben: I'm a lizard!

Frank: Whoops! I dropped my monster condom that I use for my magnum dong.

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Season 5 Episodes
	1. "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis" 2. "The Gang Hits the Road" 3. "The Great Recession" 4. "The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention" 5. "The Waitress Is Getting Married" 6. "The World Series Defense" 7. "The Gang Wrestles for the Troops"	8. "Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens" 9. "Mac and Dennis Break Up" 10. "The D.E.N.N.I.S. System" 11. "Mac and Charlie Write a Movie" 12. "The Gang Reignites the Rivalry" 13. "A Very Sunny Christmas"

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