By Alina Rosenkranz |
When Charlie, Dennis, Dee, Mac and Frank mess up again, after following their newest crazy idea and end up drunk in their own bar (Paddy’s Pub), I happily realize that my own life is only half as strange as I tend to believe.
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” follows the main characters through their daily lives and weird trips, but in contrast to many other TV series, their lives are slowly but steadily going downhill.
Whether Dennis and Dee are using methamphetamine to get on welfare, Charlie and Frank are sniffing glue and eating cat food in order to fall asleep, or Mac is supervising a beer drinking contest among them all on an airplane, this series includes every scenario you couldn’t think of.
Since it first aired in 2005, the cast for “the gang” hasn’t changed much - only Frank joined after the first season. Currently FXX is streaming the tenth season.
In basically every episode “the gang” fights over a controversial issue.Their extreme beliefs’ and unconventional lifestyles are a result of their messed-up childhoods and selfishness. As a result “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” knows no taboos. It touches on every topic, starting from gender and racial issues, to gun laws and incest.
Every viewer might have a different favorite character from the series, but I personally sympathize with the illiterate Charlie Kelly whose job it is to do “Charlie work.” “Charlie work” is basically any dirty work the others don’t want to do, like freeing the pub from rats.
Charlie is obsessed with a woman who is known as “the waitress” and is creeped out by him. If he is not following her around or doing “Charlie work,” he eats cheese or sleeps in the bed he shares with his assumed dad, Frank.
Everyone is an important part of “the gang”. Dennis is “the looks”, Mac is “the brains”, Charlie is “the wildcard”, Dee is “the useless chick” and Frank is “the muscle”.
For example, when Charlie screams “Wildcard!” he has done something insane and dangerous again, like manipulating the breaks of Frank’s van, causing it to crash and burst into flames.
It’s hard to believe “the gang” survived the first ten seasons - for my part, I can’t wait for the next ten!
