[7.6/10] One of the best regular episodes the show has done in a while. Nothing fancy or that outlandish here (at least by IASIP standards, but just some really amusing escapades that feel like a throwback to the show's earliest seasons.
I think my favorite of the three stories was Dee and Charlie trying to walk a mile in one another's shoes. The more details we get of Charlie's bizarre hobo life, the sadder and yet also funnier it becomes. Needing to eat cat food and huff glue to ignore the yowling of cats who are after the rats in the building is the right intersection of insane logic and weirdness that makes Charlie-based comedy work. And the homage to The Shining when Dee wanders out into the hallway in the middle of the night was wonderfully shot and edited. I also liked the flipside, where walking a mile in Dee's shoes means being nervous to the point of nausea while trying to perform stand-up comedy. It's such a nicely specific detail that the whole thing just clicks, especially when Charlie brushes it off only to find himself doing the same thing.
I also enjoyed Dennis's stint in rehab after trying to recreate the events of his memoirs. (Side note: I had totally forgotten about that Million Little Pieces guy.) There's something so absurd about him being harassed, prison-style, by Sinbad and Rod Thomas, that the whole thing just reaches a comedic level of out there. Sinbad does great work, and the "it's all a hallucination" ending is the icing on the cake.
The one I was the least into was Frank and Mac trying to get into contact with Bon Jovi, but even that had its charms. The two of them living up to Dennis's "you get super excited then give up at the first bump in the road" prediction is a nice touch, and there were funny bits like Frank not really knowing Bon Jovi's name and Mac not understanding that chemo makes you lose your facial hair too. Plus the two of them screwing around in the movie theater has a sophomoric charm to it.
The lot of them ending up at the fountain in Logan Circle is a little forced, but still an acceptable means of getting the whole gang together for the finish. All-in-all, a very funny, meat and potatoes installment of It's Always Sunny.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-09-14T03:09:53Z
[7.6/10] One of the best regular episodes the show has done in a while. Nothing fancy or that outlandish here (at least by IASIP standards, but just some really amusing escapades that feel like a throwback to the show's earliest seasons.
I think my favorite of the three stories was Dee and Charlie trying to walk a mile in one another's shoes. The more details we get of Charlie's bizarre hobo life, the sadder and yet also funnier it becomes. Needing to eat cat food and huff glue to ignore the yowling of cats who are after the rats in the building is the right intersection of insane logic and weirdness that makes Charlie-based comedy work. And the homage to The Shining when Dee wanders out into the hallway in the middle of the night was wonderfully shot and edited. I also liked the flipside, where walking a mile in Dee's shoes means being nervous to the point of nausea while trying to perform stand-up comedy. It's such a nicely specific detail that the whole thing just clicks, especially when Charlie brushes it off only to find himself doing the same thing.
I also enjoyed Dennis's stint in rehab after trying to recreate the events of his memoirs. (Side note: I had totally forgotten about that Million Little Pieces guy.) There's something so absurd about him being harassed, prison-style, by Sinbad and Rod Thomas, that the whole thing just reaches a comedic level of out there. Sinbad does great work, and the "it's all a hallucination" ending is the icing on the cake.
The one I was the least into was Frank and Mac trying to get into contact with Bon Jovi, but even that had its charms. The two of them living up to Dennis's "you get super excited then give up at the first bump in the road" prediction is a nice touch, and there were funny bits like Frank not really knowing Bon Jovi's name and Mac not understanding that chemo makes you lose your facial hair too. Plus the two of them screwing around in the movie theater has a sophomoric charm to it.
The lot of them ending up at the fountain in Logan Circle is a little forced, but still an acceptable means of getting the whole gang together for the finish. All-in-all, a very funny, meat and potatoes installment of It's Always Sunny.