Real Talk, If The Gang WERE To Freaky Friday, Who Would Body Swap With Who?

dennis reynolds dying in a glue trap

he is never beating the babygirl allegations

not to over analyze sunny again but anyone else think that dennis left brian jr to be with mac and the reason it kinda seems like he resents mac in season 13/14 is because he kinda does? like dennis doesnt understand he can love more than one person at a time. and he picked mac. and so now hes mad at mac because he should be being a father rn. hes mad he likes mac enough to leave his own son for him. hes mad that mac isnt standing up for himself or controlling dennis cause it means that dennis chose to leave his son without mac forcing him to. he can't blame him for it. mostly tho, i think dennis is mad at mac for not being sorry that he loves him because dennis is sorry that mac loves him.

"charmac this, charden that." i'm waiting for charlie to get with the lawyer

the greatest will-they-won't-they in television sitcom history. i guess.

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.

Mac and Dennis do: gentle touching