eventual iasip plotline where mac and dennis decide to move out on their own - they’re in their late 40s, they’ve been living together for over two decades, they both blame each other for how little progress they’ve made toward their life goals (or maybe mac just put a red sock in the wash with dennis’ white shirts, and that’s the final straw). whatever the case, they both want out.
they need to find two suckers to take over their lease, but how? it’s impossible to find a good realtor in south philly…
enter vic vinegar and hugh honey.
each time mac and dennis show the apartment, something goes wrong, something breaks - a light fixture falls from the ceiling, mac’s room is completely made up of inflatable furniture (turns out he never got rid of it all from the “inflates”scheme), dennis’ spooky escape room mechanism goes off. vic and hugh try to make up for the chaos by being charming; holding hands, telling personal anecdotes, trying to woo prospective buyers with their rich gay lore.
and in the process, somehow, impossibly, dennis falls back in love with spending time with mac; playing pretend with him; scheming with him. and mac, who has all but given up on his pursuit of dennis, is clueless.
until the final scene of the episode when, in a last ditch desperate effort to lock in some new tenants, dennis grabs mac by the cheeks and kisses him so hard he nearly breaks his nose.
partners in real estate, and as of season 17, partners in life.
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i had a dream last night that i was watching a new episode of sunny live at the time of broadcast and there was a macdennis kiss onscreen but i waSNT LOOKING AT THE TV WHEN IT HAPPENED and then they EDITED IT OUT for all streaming/syndication and i was oh i was SO angry in the dream i couldn’t even speak
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that official macden compilation is literally structured like a romcom. cute budding relationship then arguments and breakups then “let’s find you some romance” immediately followed by all the gayest shit. whoever made it needs to be shot
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Thinking about the way Mac misremembers Dennis leaving. In his own mind, he wishes he left with Dennis, but in reality he didn't. He let Dennis walk away and out of his life. He didn't chase after Dennis, but he wishes he did.
A theory for why Dennis acts different towards Mac after returning from North Dakota is that Dennis is resentful towards Mac for this very reason. Mac let him walk away. He had always thought Mac would be there by his side, to catch him when he faltered, but Mac had failed him. Dennis was waiting for someone to chase him, and it should have been Mac, but Mac didn't. Mac didn't even bat an eye. Mac let Dennis slip away, and this is something he will never forget.
When Dennis was away, he never checked in with Mac. We know he gave Mac a fake number, so Mac couldn't contact him, but Dennis has Mac's number memorized. He could've called Mac, but he never did. Maybe he was avoiding Mac. Maybe he didn't want to show that he cared for Mac when, in his mind, Mac didn't care about him.
I wonder if Mac is aware of this. I wonder if this is why Mac wishes he had chased after Dennis. I wonder if Mac remembers that night this way because it's what he so badly wishes had happened. He wishes he had followed Dennis, but he didn't.
Maybe he thinks Dennis would love him if he had.
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