The League: The Rafi and Randy Saga | Curation
Even if you’re not a sports fan, if you’re a fan of irreverent comedy, you’ll love this curated collection of episodes from The League — FX/FXX’s semi-improvised sitcom about fantasy football, toxic friendship, and absolute nonsense.
This episode focuses on the cult-favorite side stories featuring Jason Mantzoukas as Rafi and Seth Rogen as his chaotic partner-in-crime, Dirty Randy. When watched together, their four appearances form an absurdist, Tarantino-style crime film hiding inside a sitcom about fantasy football.
Created by Jeff and Jackie Schaffer and starring Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, Mark Duplass, and Jon Lajoie, The League ran from 2009 to 2015 — a cornerstone of FX’s early-2010s comedy lineup. While the rest of the series leans on sports fandom, the Rafi and Randy episodes dive head-first into deranged side quests of gunfights, porn sets, and genuine friendship among sociopaths.
So, whether you know a touchdown from a turnover or not, these episodes are pure chaotic gold. All seasons are available on Hulu.
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The Rafi & Randy Saga (in airing order):
Season 3, Episode 1 – “The Lockout”
The introduction of Dirty Randy; chaos begins.
Season 5, Episode 4 – “Rafi and Dirty Randy”
The duo’s full-length rampage — a blood-soaked, NSFW buddy movie.
Season 6, Episode 4 – “When Rafi Met Randy”
Their unreliable-narrator origin story.
Season 7, Episode 11 – “Adios y Bienvenidos”
A farewell fittingly unhinged; the saga’s emotional(ish) conclusion.
Additional Rafi Episodes (for completists):
S2E1 – “Vegas Draft”
S2E2 – “Bro-Lo El Cuñado”
S2E10 – “High School Reunion”
S3E1 – “The Lockout” (ft. Randy)*
S4E3 – “The Freeze Out”
S4E4 – “The Breastalyzer”
S5E4 – “Rafi and Dirty Randy”*
S5E9 – “The Automatic Faucet”
S5E13 – “The 8 Defensive Points of Hanukkah”
S6E4 – “When Rafi Met Randy”*
S7E11 – “Adios y Bienvenidos” (ft. Dirty Randy)*
S7E12 – “The 13 Stages of Grief”
Stay Snide.
