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Something Wicked Haunts It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Season 13 Teaser

Now that Dennis (Glenn Howerton) will be sending a little less time around Paddy's Pub (but still around this season, see below) sucking all the sociopathic oxygen out of the bar, it appears that some of supporting cast from FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are going to get a chance to let their freak flags fly when the series returns for its lucky 13th season on Wednesday, September 5th.

As we can see from the following teaser from FXX, we're talking about a group of people who can even make a masked serial killer afraid to go back into the woods. Impressive… and is that Dennis wearing the mask?!?!?

The Gang Returns… mostly…. in the 13th season of the FXX original comedy series It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Mac (Rob McElhenney), Charlie (Charlie Day), Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and Frank (Danny DeVito) return to their duplicitous, scheming ways at Paddy's Pub, while Dennis (Glenn Howerton) takes on the new role of father in North Dakota.

Even without Dennis Reynolds, the Gang has its hands full as Charlie hopes to have a child with The Waitress, Mac sets out to understand his newfound sexuality, Dee takes feminism to new heights, and Frank goes to great lengths for the Gang to experience the greatest moment in Philadelphia sports history – an Eagles Super Bowl victory.

Taking the stage this past Friday for the Television Critics Association (TCA) summer press event, Sunny cast members Charlie Day, Danny DeVito, Rob McElhenney, and Kaitlin Olson addressed the "massive" outpouring of support from LGBTQ viewers to McElhenney's Mac coming out as gay in season 12 – but not before an interesting presentation from the group: a table read of season 13 episode 'Mac Finds His Pride', followed by a sneak preview of the episode.

In the scene, Mac (McElhenney) and an unnamed female partner perform a rain-soaked, choreographed dance number in Mac's father Luther's (Gregory Scott Cummins) prison as a way of Mac coming out to his dad in a very sincere, intimate way.

Here's a look at some of the highlights from the post-screening Q&A:

● When asked about the upcoming "Pride" episode, McElhenney joked, "It's Season 13, so we've gotta do something." Following up, he revealed that Mac's storyline "slowly evolved over time" and that fan response has been largely positive: "They told me how moved they were by it and how important it was to be represented." Day added, "We wanted to try something, for lack of a better term, heartwarming." For DeVito, the reaction hit a personal note: "I was really moved by it. It was cool to see that. And inspiring."

● With the new season set to premiere next month on FXX, McElhenney confirmed that Howerton will appear in most of the season's episodes: "We went through all sorts of ideas before we knew that Glenn was coming back. He's in pretty much every episode." Day followed up by saying, "He's in the majority of them."

● According to McElhenney, Mac will finish transitioning from "Fat Mac" to being back in shape.

● Day praised the how much more experimental the show continues to be, alluding to new upcoming episode "experiments" that would include an all-female remake of a previous episode (possible for season 14); and Dennis being portrayed in one episode by a sex doll.

● McElhenney said it took about 50 takes to shoot the dance number.

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