It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia!

[Wretchedest]

The new season has been awesome!

The return of Mantis Taboggen, crazy board games, it's been awesome!

Discuss!

[S. Chonson]

I agree. Fantastic season.

Storm comin? HATCHET COMIN!

[Collin]

New season kicks Season six's ass so far. Although, the "How Mac Got Fat" episode was halfassed. I could tell they used clips from an unrelated unaired episode and tried to fit it all together. fail. although every other episode has been top-notch so far.

[S. Chonson]

The montage on the Jersey Shore episode was fantastic.

[Wretchedest]

The twist at the end of the trapped in the house episode had me crying. That was gold.

[S. Chonson]

Hello I am a svedish plumber!

[S. Chonson]

Holy. Shit.

That was a GREAT episode! Dennis' creepy tapes, running around the sewer, Mac getting stuck in the gutter, Frank's boat tour.

[Wretchedest]

Hello I am a svedish plumber!
Yeah, that's where I REALLY lost it in that episode. It was already ridiculous.

Tonights was good too, lots of great situations.

[novacide]

"That is outrageous. That is an outrageous amount of noise".

[Wretchedest]

Tonight the Gagn goes to their high school reunion. I've always wanted a high school fashback episode. This'll do fine.

[NIN64]

The first episode this season with Frank's prostitute wife had be dying of laughter. At the end of the episode when she was lying dead in the hallway while the song "Pretty Woman" was playing. . . amazing. . .

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

I love the episode when they're stuck in the house. The Indiana Jones references, Mac being a fat fuck and leaving them to get food, it's one of my favs :). "Dee, your breath is dog shit", hahaa.

[NIN64]

Ronald McDonald lol. . .

[Wretchedest]

did anyone else notice that frank was wearing the waitress' name tag?

[richardp]

did anyone else notice that frank was wearing the waitress' name tag?

Yes!! I thought that was very clever.

[S. Chonson]

https://twitter.com/#!/Glenn_Howerton/status/145044563747274753

Boom.

[richardp]

Oh shiiiit. So awesome.

[Wretchedest]

Lame, that would've been a great way to do it. suppose you can't spoil both there names in one episode though.... that would be lame.

[Zipfinator]

New season starts in a couple of weeks. Mac is dang thin again.

[ImTheWiseJanitor]

Oh my God, Xzibit as Sweet Dee. SO HYPE.

http://youtu.be/TjBerBpn4q8

[S. Chonson]

Tomorrow night woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

Watching right now and man this show does not miss a beat. Love how they are connecting this episode with past episodes and such.

[Kid Charlemagne]

That episode was dark as fuck!

[S. Chonson]

I fucking love this show and I'll never quit.

Only 10 episodes this season. :(

[Zipfinator]

Brett Delawyer, A denial correlation. What does that mean?

I didn't think Cricket could go much lower but they've done it.

[S. Chonson]

Yes! Great episode. You can tell it was an homage to the fans.

[spiralout]

Wild card bitches!!

[sa_nick]

Haha, loved the scene where Charlie had no idea what Mac and Dennis were talking about.

[Fixer808]

I want the rulebook for CharDee MacDennis.

[S. Chonson]

Spoilers for next week: MCPOYLES!!!!

[Exploding Plastic]

First episode this season was major MEH. Even leaning closer to the "groan" side. Second episode? Pure genius. Welcome back Sunny!

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

The first episode had me laughing, but the second I was cracking up! Man what a genius story line and script. WILD CARD BITCHES!!!! YEEHAWWW!!

[S. Chonson]

The Walking McPoyles!

[Wretchedest]

I was beginning to worry! The last two episodes were so lack luster and then this one comes along and knocks it out of the park. Instant classic!

[Wretchedest]

Tonights episode: Instant classic.

[blackholesun]

Can't believe it's the 8th season already! But yeah. The McPoyles wedding episode was instant classic. Every season seems to be split between meh and instant classics haha.

[johnbron]

Tonights episode: Instant classic.
Agreed! I've been a little worried with the past couple of seasons. While it's still one of the funniest shows on TV, it's been lacking more and more frequently in recent seasons. Tonight's was so damn good.

[blackholesun]

It looks like Charlie had the cruelest intentions of all.

[Wretchedest]

Ha! I did not realize i said the same exact thing last week! Loopy...

I love charlie episodes, and its funny to see him succeed for no apparent reason. The audience knows things have to return to normal, but they still managed to pull something completely unexpected.

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

I have to re-watch this episode because I was in the the midst of hunting down gas stations while it was on. But the scene when Mac looked like he was getting pounded from behind had me cracking up. The last three episodes have been pure gold for me.

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

End of tonight's episode was freaking fantastic and hilarious. Just when you think this show cannot top itself, it does.

[Magtig]

I can't decide if the last episode was genius or complete lunacy, but I do know it was riveting!

http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b469/dryedmangoezsunny/eight/sunny808-1025.jpg

[profane]

The finale was hilarious! Mac had me in stitches. Ah man, wonderful :D

[Wretchedest]

Season 10 has been announced as Sunny's last.

[sa_nick]

Two more seasons. I can dig it.

10 years is a damn good run. It's a pity there's almost no chance anything the guys do post-Sunny will be anywhere near as great though :(

[p_rez17]

The guys were misquoted. Glenn Howerton's tweet regarding the matter:
https://twitter.com/Glenn_Howerton/status/359842619095920642
"That was a misquote in Rolling Stone, y'all. We're signed on through 10 seasons, but may do more."

And:
https://twitter.com/Glenn_Howerton/status/359863856799031297
"It's a great article in Rolling Stone. I just think he misunderstood when I said we're only signed thru 10. We still might sign on for more."

[Wretchedest]

That's a relief.

Also: Lethal Weapon 6 in Season 9

[blackholesun]

New season started tonight. Such a hilarious ending.

[spiralout]

Dennis' reaction to the joke at the end was hilarious. So happy this show is back.

[S. Chonson]

He might go kill himself.

[Wretchedest]

It started just amazingly too. the trash cake and the cigarettes... "Im a trash man!"

Good stuff.

[Wretchedest]

*double post*

[spiralout]

Holy shit that was the best Sunny episode in recent memory. Charlie's songs were amazing.

[Zipfinator]

Holy shit that was the best Sunny episode in recent memory. Charlie's songs were amazing.

I agree, one of the best episodes of the series for me probably.


There is a Spider
It's deep in my soul
He's lived there for years
He just won't let go
He's layin around
He's got a mean bite
Now he's ready to fight
And stand up for what he loves
I don't need your trophies or your gold
I just wanna tell you all

Go fuck yourselves
Wooaah
Go fuck yourselves
*spit*
Wooo ooo ooo
*spit*
Woah oooh
Fuck yourselves

I really mean to tell you
Fuck you motherfuckers
I don't need you in my butt


Right when he started this song it really got me because of how earlier Dennis was like "At least he didn't sing about spiders or ghouls...". Also the Paddy's branded egg Frank had was great. That's how I like the callbacks in the show, not like the garbage episode last season or the last episode rehashing the gun debate where they base an entire episode off of calling back to a previous episode unnecessarily.

[Wretchedest]

I love that they keep bringing back Z, he's hilarious.

And the bit with the sit com bar was pretty great too. So far the best episode of the season. But its been a pretty slow season

[Zipfinator]

I just watched The Gang Saves the Day. That was an amazing episode. The production on Mac's fight scene and the animation in Charlie's fantasy (Done by the people who animate Archer) were both great. I never would have expected either of those from this show.

[blackholesun]

Yeah that was such a good episode. I love how Dee dies in almost every scenario but hers. Charlie's fantasy scene was too good. The rats had me cracking up.

[sentient02970]

http://www.inpapasbasement.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Shadynasty_Always_Sunny.jpg

[Throw_it_away9]

Dee, you look like a bird.

[sentient02970]

New shirt for Christmas:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b375/sentient02970/IMG_20141225_101230385.jpg

[Space Suicide]

Awaiting season 10...

I wish Fox would get their head out of their ass and release season 9 on blu-ray. They only released it on DVD for some reason. It makes no sense. They made 1-4 on DVD (since blu-ray wasn't out and big) then they made 5-8 on blu-ray along with the Christmas special. 9 is DVD only. WTF?

[decadent]

So are you guys watching this? This season is so good, the dating-ep, the Birdman-one-shot-ep and the last one - first time I have heard the words "asian creampie" in a prime-time comedy show :D

[spiralout]

So are you guys watching this? This season is so good, the dating-ep, the Birdman-one-shot-ep and the last one - first time I have heard the words "asian creampie" in a prime-time comedy show :D


Agreed. They are killing it this season. My favorite episode so far has to be the dating app episode. "I'M A FIVE STAR MAN!!"

[implanted_microchip]

Charlie Work was actually meant to reference True Detective, hence Dennis saying "Alright, alright, alright." The crew said they hadn't seen Birdman yet.

I can't think of any series that was this fantastic still in their 10th season. Frank's "It's a thing" moment was hysterical. As was the Froggy storyline. Dennis is just getting scarier, Mac gayer and Dee's physical comedy is on a new level.

[Space Suicide]

Yeah, that whole Frog storyline in that episode was seriously dark and messed up.

On topic, I think Dennis is a sociopath. He's incredibly narcissistic, emits a bit of superiority over everyone and has little regards for any woman's feelings overall, minus Dee (sometimes). So yeah.

I like this season.

[Wretchedest]

This season is going surprisingly well so far. Not that they wer bad but 6-9. Represents something of a decline in my opinion, and for some reason they havent quite had the same magic. I cant put my finger on it.

Here in 10, there's a new magic. I am assuming that in both cases there is some kind of shift in the writing room. Charlie Work is the obvious one here, i am not sure if the long take means its based on anything but it was impressive and it gives us our first ever tour of the bar, which is apprently a whole bar instead of a studio set? I had no idea. Insane performances in that one, with Charlie Day firing on all cylinders.

Also the plane episode was amazing. Sunny has fallen on a lot of gimmicks in the last few years, but with this one they went in many different directions than you would expect. Im glad they still got it.

[spiralout]

Charlie and Dee made me uncomfortably happy last night.

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

I would like to know the amount of times they have called Dee a bitch this season so far.

[TheyCallMeDrug]

this weeks episode was incredibly funny. best episode ive seen in a long time from them.

[Space Suicide]

The best so far (to me) was the Online Dating episode. Episodes that make Dennis look like a dumbass make me laugh.

[Space Suicide]

Tonight's episode was amazingly epic. Funniest shit from this I've seen in seasons.

[spiralout]

Tonight's episode was amazingly epic. Funniest shit from this I've seen in seasons.

I have to agree. My stomach hurt from laughing so much throughout the episode...no other show does this for me at the moment.

[sa_nick]

I thought the last two episodes were the weakest in a while. Not so much the game show one but certain "Mac Kills His Dad" or whatever. Before that the season was going super strong and had a lot of standout moments, for me anyway.

[Space Suicide]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj84XYqkbow

I'M DEAD.

[Space Suicide]

Tonight's season 12 premiere was weird as hell but also very fucking funny. This show doesn't back down from anything and it's still as funny and fresh over 12 years later. So awesome.

[eversonpoe]

i haven't watched the show since a couple episodes into the sixth season, but my friend Randall wrote a fascinating article about Dennis' insanity that i had never really considered before

http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/the-downward-spiral-of-its-always-sunnys-dennis-reynolds/

[sentient]

i haven't watched the show since a couple episodes into the sixth season, but my friend Randall wrote a fascinating article about Dennis' insanity that i had never really considered before

http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/the-downward-spiral-of-its-always-sunnys-dennis-reynolds/

My wife and I have watched several marathon runs of this show and came to a very similar conclusion that Dennis has taken a slow turn towards mental instability. It becomes more and more apparent but is a welcome detail when the mask comes off. Thanks for sharing this!

Charlie has a bit of a similar edge to him as well that comes out in certain circumstances but it's almost assumed there's consistently something wrong with him. The backstory about his mom is probably a good indicator of why.

[TheyCallMeDrug]

last night was interesting. some really funny parts some just ok. musical episodes are usually on point with these guys.

i thought frank and dee's song about the N word was hysterical. and Charlie playing with the train in the police station was great too.

they're def not shying away from controversial topics.

[ziltoid]

It was a great season premier, I hope they keep up the great quality.
My all time favorite scenes is from the Christmas special they did a few years ago.
It always manages to make me laugh hysterically no mater how many times I see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNSgZpRyzsQ

[Space Suicide]

i haven't watched the show since a couple episodes into the sixth season, but my friend Randall wrote a fascinating article about Dennis' insanity that i had never really considered before

http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/the-downward-spiral-of-its-always-sunnys-dennis-reynolds/

Unfortunately he missed a vital episode and scene from his specific episode moments. He has a mini meltdown in "The Return of Psycho Pete" in season 10 when he talks about making Dee's skin and other's into lampshades and suitcases and putting body parts on display.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wnYNTyE4IA

[icklekitty]

I can't believe some people thought this week's episode was racist. I thought quite the opposite. Also, good to see them do an episode where I don't have to worry about whether I'm eating in front of it!

[Archive_Reports]

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1791025960_16.jpg

Crowtein - King Ov The Rats (https://crowtein.bandcamp.com/album/king-ov-the-rats)

[Volband]

Necromancy incoming.

I've got two episodes left from my Always Sunny binge, but I feel like I've seen enough that I can comment now. Just like with Breaking Bad, I am reaaaaaaaally glad I gave this show a chance, and that I did not have to wait from week to week and from season to season in order to continue. There were only 3 seasons where I was worried that the quality of the show may go down:
- First two episodes of season 2. I knew everyone was crazy for Danny Devito, but his introductory first two episodes were pretty ass. I did not like his character at all, and how he made everyone else less funny. But from ep 3. onwards it started to click, and one of my all time favorite episodes is when Mac bangs Frank's wife.
- Season 9. It was the first season where I felt the "South Park effect", by which I mean that some episodes were extremely in your face. Sunny always had some social commentary, I mean the very first episode has topics like racism and homosexuality, but until that gun episode it was never so obvious that the gang took sides. I'm personally not a fan when shows do this, because it's kind of the lazy approach, but despite this, Season 9 had some of the funniest moments up until that point, so overall I didn't mind, though S10 was like one of the bests.
- Season 13... I still have two episodes left, but unless something extraordinary happens, it is going to be by far the worst season ever. I mean, I have watched 142 episodes so far, and only two made me question why the fuck am I not just skipping them: The Gang Does A Clip Show (S13) and Charlie's Home Alone (S13). Even worse yet, these aired as back to back episodes, so I can't even imagine the disappointment of the fans. I know the actors are spread thin, but either skip a season (worked wonders for S10), make the seasons shorter, or pull the plug entirely. It's one thing to do a lazy episode (ie. S11E01), but the clip show and the Charlie special were lazy AND godawful. These are DVD extras at best.

Anyway, this show is such a fairy tale for the actors and the creators. Rob couldn't even afford rent according to him, and this made him a millionaire - and I'm sure the others are well off too! It was such a breath of fresh air how they have done away with soooo many comic tropes and clichés. Ie. CHarlie and the Waitress would have been a 3 seasons long misery in TBBT, where in the end they get togheter. In Always Sunny it's just a throwaway gag which keeps getting darker and more sad. I also loved how up until Season 9, nothing was really explained to the viewer. I had no idea whether the writers of those episodes wanted me to swing one way or another, because they made every ideology look bad a little, without talking too much about it. Also, it was pretty rare to begin with that an ideology was a center of an episode.

I also loved how some of the side-characters evolved without being overused. On that note, I really miss the McPoyles.

It's a shame they never even got a proper Emmy nomination, given how they had some really cool special episodes, like The Nightman Cometh or The High School Reunion episodes. Though maybe a cult following means more than some shiny awards, dunno.

Even if the last remaining two episodes will be just as bad as the clip show and home alone, I'll be still looking forward S14, because you can never know with these guys.

[imail724]

Volband, I agree the Home Alone episode is probably the worst in the series, but I liked the clip show episode. I actually watched every episode week to week since season 6, but I also just recently binged the entire thing since my girlfriend had never seen it, and I honestly like the show even more now. It's amazing how often they do call backs to earlier episodes that I never noticed because I just forgot things with so many weeks/months/years in between.

[Volband]

Yes, I suppose calling the clip show bad does not do it justice, but like 40% of it is reused material and that is not okay. It reminded me of filler episodes back when I was watching series from the national televisions, and they had to fill up their 22/24 episodes per season quota.

Watched the second part of the Super Bowl, and it was pretty good, it also had a pay-off in the end, so all in all, the two episodes would have made one pretty good one, but honestly, it is even more baffling to me why they chose to do it this way. We could have had two episodes where the screen time were shared by everyone.

And the last episode is another example of weird Sunny episodes, which are at the very least Emmy-nomination worthy. Do we know which episode they submit to the people? Not only it's quite artistic, sweet, yet quite funny in the first half, it also tackles a sensitive issue which "award people" eat up. And imo, here it was done a cool, non-intrusive, non-judmental, non-lecturing way.

All in all, worst season by far, but I really, really enjoyed the escape room, seminar and new cars episodes. I also didn't mind the lady episode, because it was quite self-aware and funny, even though the gang should never be broken up. Probably the best "solo" episode was Frank's.

All I wish for season 14 is that Dennis is prominently featured, like before, because he (and everyone else) is needed for this show to be great.

As for the callbacks, I'm so-so about them. It's great when Cricket, Ponsy, the waiter or the others show up occasionally, but when the whole episode is about callbacks, it feels like a high-school reunion. It's great once in a while, but it gets a bit sad when all you can talk about is how great you were. And Always Sunny doesn't need some deep plot to explore for it to excel. Just put the gang into any situation, and let them ruin it for everyone involved, learning nothing from it.

[Volband]

This was a really good episode. No reused gags, no deep moral dilemmas, every cast member could shine, and of course, quite inappropriate and evil.

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

Holy shit, it was Mac the entire time.


https://youtu.be/ltqssfzVyrw