Real Lawyer Reacts to It's Always Sunny (Hero or Hate Crime?)

The gang engages in a surprisingly accurate portrayal of an arbitration.

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[LegalEagle]

Are there any legal IASIP episodes left to review?

[Mr.PepeSilvia]

"Even the kid with the balloon knew where to look" kills me every time

[TheAzulmagia]

To be fair, the third arbitrator just coming up with nonsense is exactly what the gang was looking for. They fired the previous two for trying to determine fair ownership rationally.

[lizdillinger]

"Charlie is not a legal expert, even in bird law."
You totally besmirched him today and I demand satisfaction.

[javierganzarain]

I like how this trilogy is basically legal eagle slowly coming to terms with being an IASIP fan

[SairajRKamath]

The funniest part about this episode is that it's Mac's "coming out" moment. He doesn't do it out of personal struggle, catharsis or to inspire others - but to just win a lottery ticket. 😂😂😂

[wfly]

Yeah, Frank's argument is basically how the entire gang works - "If by some accident, I actually do something in my life that helps someone else...then obviously somebody owes me something."

[ARVash]

On the one hand her judgment was not based in law, but on the other she understood the situation well enough to know that they wouldn't challenge the ruling because she was working under their "moral" framework lmao.

[misslittledove]

6:49
I love that he’s seen enough episodes now to understand the gang’s relationship with Dee and fully piles on with the others.

[Jermbot]

To be fair, that 3rd arbitrator was probably just a legal secretary told to make something up and get rid of them so that the support staff could go home.

[margotp]

I love that he started yelling about how sad Dee is along with the gang

[christopherlundgren]

I think the arbitrator was operating under the kind of schoolground justice model that the gang was presenting. They didn't hire an arbitrator to tell them who, legally, owns the ticket; they were hired to tell them who "should" get it. They weren't going to accept a legal justification anyway, only one that they would find compelling enough to go along with it, like the lofty principles of "finder's keepers" and "I did you a solid".

[communistpropagandist]

"Im her boss and she makes less than minimum wage"
Thats quite a confession.

[DeathEatsCurry]

"It's a 2 dollar scratcher, who cares" To be fair, this in essence sums up 90% of the gang's problems.

[dylman]

"the writers must know about law with how they write charlie to seem so insane from a legal perspective" -> charlie day is one of the two most active writers in the series -> charlie must know about law -> wait what?

[Wooskii]

That's one of my favorite episodes and I've seen it a few times, but I just caught the full irony of the legal bill being $9, 998 which Mac has to pay so he can receive a ticket that costs 2 bucks, but is worth 10 thousand, leaving him with 2 bucks profit, presumably to buy another ticket and possibly start the cycle again from the very beginning. I would love to see that sequel!

[jamesmac]

I think the point of them switching arbitrators 2X is they don’t want a “Legal” answer. They want someone to conform to their version of reality.

[itsahostiletakeover]

I definitely laughed when Devin fast forwarded through the "exercise" bike part to giving us that face after all of that 🤣

[CM-yxxw]

I love how you genuinely enjoy the show despite the legal shenanigans.

[fawkestheplotphoenix]

“Arbitration is a thing that you can do.”
This is the hard hitting commentary only a lawyer can provide