Frank Is in a Coma
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Episode 2
- Dave Chernin
- John Chernin
| "Frank Is in a Coma" | |
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| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 17 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Imani Hakim |
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| Cinematography by | John Tanzer |
| Editing by | Steve Welch |
| Production code | XIP17007 |
| Original air date | July 9, 2025 |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Frank Is in a Coma" is the second episode of the seventeenth season of the American sitcom television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It is the 172nd overall episode of the series and was written by executive producers Dave Chernin and John Chernin, and directed by Imani Hakim. It originally aired on FX and FXX on July 9, 2025.
The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the humor, tone and twist ending.
Dee finds that Frank threw an invitation in the trash, where they were invited to the Ben Franklin Liberty Ball. While the gang is excited over the gala, Frank does not want to go. He gets into an argument with Dee over what constitutes a "real cake", who responds by tickling him. However, Frank ends up falling in a coma.
Frank's body is taken to Charlie's apartment, where a nurse reveals that Frank specified that Dee should turn off his life support if his condition worsens. Charlie, Mac and Dennis leave to buy beers, when they actually leave to attend the gala by themselves. They hope to introduce themselves a self-made entrepreneurs to fit in with the rest of the guests, but they are mistaken for waiters. As they discuss their next strategy in the restroom, they are approached by a man named Simon, owner of a company. He's gleeful of his father's death as he inherited the company and after getting them to snort cocaine, invites them to join him at a party.
Dee is forced to stay with Frank and his nurse after realizing that the boys abandoned her. She decides to check the apartment to find any of Frank's prized possessions, but she only finds a pornographic magazine as his biggest possession. Upset, she leaves for her apartment. As she reads the magazine, she finds a paper. The paper is a childhood drawing that Dee made for Frank, moving her. Charlie, Mac and Dennis accompany Simon to another party after successfully convincing him to invest in Paddy's Pub. However, they decide to leave after he loses consciousness in a crackhouse. They return to the apartment, where Dee has decided to pull his life support. However, they soon discover that Frank's body is actually cake, and Frank emerges from the adjacent room. He reveals that he pulled a prank on them to prove that they were not able to differentiate a real cake from a fake one, also revealing that he drew the paper that Dee found. As Charlie, Mac and Dennis ask Frank over a possible investor for the bar, Frank dismisses it.
Production
Development
In June 2025, FXX reported that the second episode of the seventeenth season would be titled "Frank Is in a Coma", and was to be written by executive producers Dave Chernin and John Chernin, and directed by Imani Hakim.[1] This was Dave's 11th writing credit, John's 10th writing credit, and Hakim's first directing credit.[2]
