It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia: “The Gang Gets Whacked”
Kind of impartial to this episode. I think the same principal that applies to The Office applies to this series as well, only its exaggerated by about ten times. We can only see so many examples of ill-advised decisions within the same story thread.
For instance, we went from a typical story: the gang finds a kilo of coke and wants to use it to their advantage. But it spins into these three different stories with (even for this series) outlandish results. Never would I think Dennis would allow himself to be pimped by Frank, or that Charlie and Dee would resort to using their own drugs to “keep up” with the white collar crowd, or that Dennis and Mac would allow Dee and Charlie and to sell the coke in the first place.
It had its moments, Dennis’ dancing music was off the charts and the impersonation of the pimp-prostitute mentality was hilarious, regardless of how far-fetched. And Charlie with the jockeys, the stable version of Charlie work, and the horse (particularly when he cut him loose in the streets of Philly) had me rolling. Much like the half hour episodes, it was overloaded with screaming matches and frivolous arguments that turn into hilarious justifications, but for a full hour with one episode, it just got too tedious. The ending was a little too heinous, even for my twisted sense of humor.
I’m sure they just wanted to test the waters here, but sticking with what you know is generally the safe play. Another full hour and I might just become too engaged and begin trying to embody these people, and that’s something we all should avoid.
Back with an FNL recap later.
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
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