Episode
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Turns Black
Overview
After an electric heating blanket shorts out while the gang watches the Wiz they look in the mirror and realize they've turned black. They have to figure out how to get back to being themselves by going through all the classic body switch movie shenanigans they encounter.
Details
- Series
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2017-01-04
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Gang Turns Black is Episode 1 in Season 12 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It aired on 2017-01-04. The runtime is 22 min.
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