So I thought this ep of sunny was lacking some bite, some of their typical racism or dark humor.
Then the cops shot Charlie
Fucking genius
Lull you into a false sense of security with some weak kumbaya discrimination is hard to ferret out faux moral and then hit you with the whammy: oh yeah cops shoot innocent black kids to death on a far too regular basis
Good on you for calling the ending. I called most of the jokes but I didnt see the ending coming. In retrospect the toy train makes it obvious. Damn this show is smart.
I don't know how to feel about that ending. I understand why they did it, but that seems like the kind of thing that needs a trigger warning (and I usually never worry about things like that).
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Hmm, this episode had a few laughs but wasn't generally very funny (or shocking, or insightful)
I often feel this way about an Always Sunny season opener lately, though. The show's getting long in the tooth and they may need fresh projects to spark some different writing
I don't feel like they pulled off the singing stuff as well as they wanted. Especially as well as they have individually in the past. Really felt like they didnt have the time to do what they wanted either? It seems to all have worked out by the end of the episode to be pretty good though.
ending gag spoiler:
It being a stealth quantum leap episode was really funny. If you follow the shows super dark ending(He never stops leaping, maybe for eternity since he has no body to age, he might just be stuck, going crazy in someones body who he failed to help)
Edit: I'm not sure what trigger warning you want in a show that every main character(and most side ones) has been raped or has raped someone and its treated like a joke. Entire episodes get dedicated to it on different occasions. I'd be interested in commentary on the episode to know if frank not saying the N word was S&P, devito or just internal decision. Because this episode wasn't, pardon the pun, shooting for "class".
watched season 11 on netflix. It was underwhelming honestly. the show is kinda running on fumes
That's how I've felt about the last two or three seasons. Definitely some great episodes and moments in there but it's not anywhere near as consistent
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what would you say were the best seasons? or your favorite I should say.
I don't really concern myself with comparing, it still makes me laugh every single episode and at leats a handful of things per season are brilliant to me and that's really all I need to know.
Wtf is going on here, were there new episodes or did I not finish the last season?
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Holy shit! It's back?? I thought that was the final season.
:heartbeat::heartbeat::heartbeat:
They were renewed last year through season 14.
I think the show is running dry too, but I think its causing them to get more creative and willing to stretch the premise. I'd rather them try something and misfire like (how I felt) this episode than just stick to a formula. I thought the singing was iffy, but the payoff at the end made me go tell other people to watch it.
It's our favorite show and we turned off lasts night's episode about 5 minutes in. That's how much my wife and I disliked the season opener. It felt like a major shark jump.
It's our favorite show and we turned off lasts night's episode about 5 minutes in. That's how much my wife and I disliked the season opener. It felt like a major shark jump.
This is just putting them in a box. This was absolutely an ep that felt like sunny.
The show is at its best when it's going meta or gimmicky these days. You can tell when the cast is excited, and they were definitely excited about last night.
I absolutely loved it. There are plenty of arguments against that late-game gut punch. As a white guy I'm really not the one to call whether it was appropriate or not, but it hit really fucking hard and I think it earned it. The whole premise was figuring out 'the rules' of their situation and the rules of being black in Philly, and ending with "It's really fucking complicated and occasionally horrifying," felt right.
If it was being played for laughs I'd be upset, but the way they did it was clearly supposed to slam the theme home. The aftermath is your palate cleanser and reminder that the gang is the worst.
I love Always Sunny as a sitcom about a bunch of strange horrible people wreaking havoc, but when they aim for something grander they almost always nail it, and I think they did it with the premiere.
Last season had The Gang Hits the Slopes, Being Frank, and the Goes to Hell two-parter that I liked a lot. The quality of the episodes can swing pretty wildly, but they're reliable for a few gems every year.
Edit: And of course The Suburbs, which is one of the best episodes of the entire series.
Edit 2: Also massive props for sending them down a cobblestone brick street during their biggest riff on The Wiz. The show can be sloppy sometimes but there's a lot of wonderful little details too.
It's our favorite show and we turned off lasts night's episode about 5 minutes in. That's how much my wife and I disliked the season opener. It felt like a major shark jump.
This is just putting them in a box. This was absolutely an ep that felt like sunny.
I hate musicals so that didn't help at all (which people find bizzare since I'm a musician). That and it being sci-fi/fantasy-ish made it wholly unappealing to me.
It's our favorite show and we turned off lasts night's episode about 5 minutes in. That's how much my wife and I disliked the season opener. It felt like a major shark jump.
This is just putting them in a box. This was absolutely an ep that felt like sunny.
I hate musicals so that didn't help at all (which people find bizzare since I'm a musician). That and it being sci-fi/fantasy-ish made it wholly unappealing to me.
I hate musical but thought this episode was hilarious. They were clearly just making fun of all that stuff
It's our favorite show and we turned off lasts night's episode about 5 minutes in. That's how much my wife and I disliked the season opener. It felt like a major shark jump.
This is just putting them in a box. This was absolutely an ep that felt like sunny.
I hate musicals so that didn't help at all (which people find bizzare since I'm a musician). That and it being sci-fi/fantasy-ish made it wholly unappealing to me.
I hate musical but thought this episode was hilarious. They were clearly just making fun of all that stuff
Also, lots of musically-trained people hate musicals. I'd be one of them.
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At least 3 of the main members are/were theater people so thus the musical stuff they do (like nightman) should make more sense.
They like that kinda stuff so they put it in their show.
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Podlyyou unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered Userregular
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Not the strongest episode but I laughed a lot and appreciated the risks they took and the continued use of more cinematic film techniques.
Also I loved seeing Zee and under the bridge and cracked up when Zee said " you talkin about old black man"
Solid episode but not a top one. I am torn about whether or not the seasons have some decline. They are almost falling into the fan service trap that Community did. However it semi works, so I dunno how to feel about it. Stuff like Dennis dark side and Mac being gay getting brought from the subtle hints to the surface in the last few years is fun. But the call back jokes are a bit too on the nose of folks favorite sunny moments.
We'll see where this season goes. But last season felt like it was a clip show for the entire series. Just remaking classic jokes in new settings.
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What episode would you guys use to introduce this show to someone?
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I'd probably go for Dennis and Dee Go On Welfare
one of the strongest episodes of the series and early enough in the show that you can pick up each character's personalities without being bogged down by a load of in-jokes
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This is a show where in-jokes don't bother me so much. The Nightman Cometh was one of the best episodes in the series IMO and it was built entirely around a one-off gag from an earlier episode.
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This is a show where in-jokes don't bother me so much. The Nightman Cometh was one of the best episodes in the series IMO and it was built entirely around a one-off gag from an earlier episode.
oh yeah, me too
but in-joke heavy eps make for a bad jumping off point for a new viewer
Gas crisis is pretty fantastic jump in point. It has everything the show is great for and is one of the best episodes on general. I cried so hard at the ghostbusters theme.
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Okay just got around to watching this one.
Yes it was strange, but man did I laugh a few times pretty hard.
I loved Quantum Leap growing up, so this was more or less made for me.
And the ending? Yeah, they kind of had to do that.
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Then the cops shot Charlie
Fucking genius
Lull you into a false sense of security with some weak kumbaya discrimination is hard to ferret out faux moral and then hit you with the whammy: oh yeah cops shoot innocent black kids to death on a far too regular basis
@Variable
trigger warnings
what
But that opening title music should have roughly the same effect. They've been making this thing for over a decade now, you know what you're getting.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
I often feel this way about an Always Sunny season opener lately, though. The show's getting long in the tooth and they may need fresh projects to spark some different writing
ending gag spoiler:
Edit: I'm not sure what trigger warning you want in a show that every main character(and most side ones) has been raped or has raped someone and its treated like a joke. Entire episodes get dedicated to it on different occasions. I'd be interested in commentary on the episode to know if frank not saying the N word was S&P, devito or just internal decision. Because this episode wasn't, pardon the pun, shooting for "class".
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Holy shit! It's back?? I thought that was the final season.
:heartbeat::heartbeat::heartbeat:
That's how I've felt about the last two or three seasons. Definitely some great episodes and moments in there but it's not anywhere near as consistent
I don't really concern myself with comparing, it still makes me laugh every single episode and at leats a handful of things per season are brilliant to me and that's really all I need to know.
The premiere was amazing and the "trigger moment" worked for a very specific reason
They were renewed last year through season 14.
I think the show is running dry too, but I think its causing them to get more creative and willing to stretch the premise. I'd rather them try something and misfire like (how I felt) this episode than just stick to a formula. I thought the singing was iffy, but the payoff at the end made me go tell other people to watch it.
Because if not, they should.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
that one was good.
I think the show started declining around season 9 or so
This is just putting them in a box. This was absolutely an ep that felt like sunny.
I absolutely loved it. There are plenty of arguments against that late-game gut punch. As a white guy I'm really not the one to call whether it was appropriate or not, but it hit really fucking hard and I think it earned it. The whole premise was figuring out 'the rules' of their situation and the rules of being black in Philly, and ending with "It's really fucking complicated and occasionally horrifying," felt right.
If it was being played for laughs I'd be upset, but the way they did it was clearly supposed to slam the theme home. The aftermath is your palate cleanser and reminder that the gang is the worst.
I love Always Sunny as a sitcom about a bunch of strange horrible people wreaking havoc, but when they aim for something grander they almost always nail it, and I think they did it with the premiere.
Last season had The Gang Hits the Slopes, Being Frank, and the Goes to Hell two-parter that I liked a lot. The quality of the episodes can swing pretty wildly, but they're reliable for a few gems every year.
Edit: And of course The Suburbs, which is one of the best episodes of the entire series.
Edit 2: Also massive props for sending them down a cobblestone brick street during their biggest riff on The Wiz. The show can be sloppy sometimes but there's a lot of wonderful little details too.
I hate musicals so that didn't help at all (which people find bizzare since I'm a musician). That and it being sci-fi/fantasy-ish made it wholly unappealing to me.
No worries I'm the same way, which is why I was probably even more off-put about this episode.
Fun fact: the only other person at work this morning who didn't like it was also a musician who hates musicals.
I am ready for this season.
I was worried at first but am no longer worried after actually watching it.
I hate musical but thought this episode was hilarious. They were clearly just making fun of all that stuff
Also, lots of musically-trained people hate musicals. I'd be one of them.
They like that kinda stuff so they put it in their show.
Also I loved seeing Zee and under the bridge and cracked up when Zee said " you talkin about old black man"
Solid episode but not a top one. I am torn about whether or not the seasons have some decline. They are almost falling into the fan service trap that Community did. However it semi works, so I dunno how to feel about it. Stuff like Dennis dark side and Mac being gay getting brought from the subtle hints to the surface in the last few years is fun. But the call back jokes are a bit too on the nose of folks favorite sunny moments.
We'll see where this season goes. But last season felt like it was a clip show for the entire series. Just remaking classic jokes in new settings.
one of the strongest episodes of the series and early enough in the show that you can pick up each character's personalities without being bogged down by a load of in-jokes
oh yeah, me too
but in-joke heavy eps make for a bad jumping off point for a new viewer
In the age of Netflix there's no reason not to start at the beginning though
I would agree about the welfare episode if you just want to find a prime standalone episode to show how good the show can be though
Yes it was strange, but man did I laugh a few times pretty hard.
And the ending? Yeah, they kind of had to do that.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...