After the sudden death of Shelley, Charlie enlists the help of the others to carry Shelley's corpse up a mountain to fulfill a family burial ritual.
This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
- Brick Joke: In the first Ireland episode, Dennis talks about how he dislikes a big American truck ruining the vibe of his charming European vacation. In this episode, the Gang buys that truck off another American tourist and triumphantly drive it over the lush green mountains.
- Broken Pedestal: Dragging Shelley's corpse up the mountain forces Charlie to unbottle his anger over Shelley abandoning him and never trying to be part of his life. By the end, while he's still clearly in grief over Shelley's death and remains resolute in dragging him up the mountain, once he's succeeded he's come to terms with the unsavory side of his father well enough that he openly refers to him as a deadbeat.
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie: It's a Kelly family tradition to have your corpse thrown off the top of a mountain. Irritated by the long walk and the heavy body, every member of the Gang except Charlie drops out.
- *Crack!* "Oh, My Back!": Dennis invokes his concern over a bad back to try and get out of carrying the body up the mountain, and also uses it as an excuse for hanging off the corpse instead of carrying it.
- Cultural Personality Makeover: Mac fully throws himself into being Dutch (before The Reveal, of course), much to the irritation of the others.Mac: Now, as a Dutch man, I think I would look at this the way I would think of a windmill or a dam.
Charlie: Cool. How's a windmill going to help us?
Mac: ...I haven't been Dutch long enough to know. - Desecrating the Dead: Shelley's corpse is frequently dropped and also slides down a steep slope, catching quite a few bumps on the way. The Gang (besides Charlie) also proposes chopping or burning the body to make it easier to carry. To add insult to injury, the Gang throws his body off the cliff at low tide, leaving it to be found by the birds and some kids.Charlie: Can we please not make dropping my dad a thing?
- Disappeared Dad: Charlie confronts his anger over this, and he ultimately decides he's done enough for his dad when Shelley's corpse lands on rocks instead of the water.
- Dramatic Thunder: Charlie is sad that his father died, but also furious and frustrated that Shelley was a Disappeared Dad when Charlie needed him.
- Every Man Has His Price: Frank manages to procure a large pickup truck by throwing money at its owner.
- Flat "What": Mac's reaction after finding out that he isn't Dutch after all, and is in fact Irish.
- Friendship Moment: One of the most straightforward in the series to date. The Gang return to help Charlie throw Shelley's corpse off the mountain, and then walk off arm-in-arm happily chanting together as they decide to head back to America.
- For the Evulz: We find out here that, after Charlie and Shelley left the castle in the previous episode, Dennis was disappointed that he wasn't able to use the booby trap he and Frank set up for them. So he used it on the Irish doctor Dee had tried hooking up with when he arrived at the castle to meet with her. Essentially, Dennis ended up scalding and possibly gravely injuring an innocent man for no other reason than he felt like it.
- Gray Rain of Depression: Charlie laments that his father wasn't around during a heavy bout of rain.
- Harmful to Minors: When seeing that there's a group of kids that could discover Shelley's body at the bottom of the cliff, Mac casually states that they can take care of the rest and that this could be a fun Stand by Me experience for them.
- I Am the Noun: When the gang tries to justify their shouting discussion as the American way, The Waitress points out that they aren't in America. Frank shouts "We are America, sweetheart! And we carry our country with us wherever we go!"
- Instant Illness: Shelley dies of COVID a day after catching it from Frank, which should be impossible.
- Jerkass Realization: Of a very narrow, specific sort: While having their Patriotic Fervor moment, Frank proclaims to the Waitress that they love America, and "when you love something, you never leave it behind!" This does quiet them down, because it dawns on all four that they bailed on Charlie when he needed their help.
- Killed Offscreen: Shelley died between the previous episode and this one.
- Non Sequitur: Charlie gets the others to help out by invoking "Bros before hos." Dee points out this makes no sense in context but is promptly ignored.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Frank has made it clear on numerous occasions that he has no respect for the dead or their remains, he even refused to go along with Mac's Due to the Dead ritual for his cousin in favor of flushing his ashes down the toilet. But here he's so desperate to get back in Charlie's good graces he goes through with his ritual for his dad, being the last of the gang to stick with it and the only one Charlie forces to leave instead of storming off in a huff.
- Parental Substitute: Discussed. For over ten years, it's been a distinct possibility that Frank is Charlie's father, and their relationship is fairly similar to that of a father and son. Frank makes it clear that even though he may not be Charlie's biological father, he'll always be there for him.
- Patriotic Fervor: Having had a generally terrible time in Ireland, the Gang concludes that they never should have left America in the first place. They also reject the Irish stew that they've been eating in favor of McDonald's, and chant "U.S.A!" as they leave the mountain.
- Born in the U.S.A. plays over the end credits.
- Scenery Porn: The opening credits and cutaway footage heavily feature beautiful green mountains and the sea. note
- The Reveal:
- The cute Irish doctor that Dee tried to hook up with in the previous episode ended up being horribly scalded offscreen by the booby trap that Dennis and Frank set up against Shelley because the latter was bored. Dee is understandably furious at this.
- Mac really is Irish, not Dutch. The others paid his mom in cigarettes to lie to him because they knew he would constantly bring up his Irish heritage on the trip.
- Frank isn't vaccinated and probably gave Shelley COVID, which is what actually killed him.
- Revenge Is a Dish Best Served: Frank puts piss in the canteens he's brought with him (as part of his plan to get back at Charlie and Shelley), and accidentally gives them to Charlie when they're on better terms again.
- Riddle for the Ages: How did The Waitress get out of the bog?
- "Ugly American" Stereotype: Dennis, Frank, Dee, and Mac scream at each other and then the Waitress in a bar, asserting their right to do so as Americans.Mac: We should be able to speak at whatever volume we identify with! Because that is the AMERICAN WAY!
- Earlier in the episode, Dennis mentions his dislike of "obnoxious Americans" on vacation.
- The very American pickup truck that the Gang bought crashes over the green Irish landscape - with the horn playing ''The Star-Spangled Banner'', no less.
