That was one of the best episodes I've ever watched,hilarious.
I didn't get the whole Jersey Shore joke (probably because I'm not American), but that last third of the episode was pure gold!
I've never laughed so hard in my life... when Dee and Denis are on the ride...
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-01-09T07:29:14Z
[9.6/10] Oh man, this was a treat. The heart of comedy is reversal, and this was chock full of them.
My favorite may be a pretty old trope, which is Dee and Dennis romanticizing their histories at the Jersey Shore as children, and then getting into a parade of horribles that just gets more and more extreme. Going from a garbage-lined, dog-filled beach, to homeless guys having sex under the boardwalk, to Dee getting her braid ripped out on a carnival ride, to a horrific sequence of angel dust, robberies, murder, and firefight escapes, the way the brother and sister’s nostalgia trip goes further and further downhill is a masterclass in comic escalation.
The reverse is true for Frank, Mac, and Charlie, each of whom have an unexpectedly wonderful time. Frank and Mac’s situation is the most absurd, but also hilarious. Their fixation on “rum ham” is the sort of goofy detail that keeps bringing the laughs. Their being stranded in the middle of the ocean lends itself to some fantastic castaway humor. And their being rescued by some stereotypical Jersey Shore types and living it up like Snookie and The Situation on a boat results in a series of out there but laugh-worthy scenes.
But my favorite storyline in the episode is Charlie actually having a magical evening with The Waitress. Charlie being so provincial that he’s wowed by the ocean and thinks he could swim to Europe is kind of adorable. And the romcom-esque interactions he and The Waitress have are genuinely sweet. The reveal that The Waitress was on ecstasy is a nice swerve, and I love how Charlie writes it off as the vicissitudes of summer love.
The best part of the episode is when it smashes all three of these things together: Dennis and Dee freaking out at their horror-filled series of events; Mac and Frank partying it up with the “gym, tan, laundry’ set; and Charlie having the time of his life with The Waitress. It’s an exercise in comedic contrasts, and “Vacation” is the perfect sountrack.
Overall, quite possibly the funniest, and most enjoyable episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia yet.