Monday, October 5, 2009

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Season 4 (Review)

Okay, the second half of this season was the first batch of episodes I’d ever seen of this show and now that I’ve seen the complete season on dvd, I’m officially caught up on this show just in time for the 5th season which is currently airing. Sunny’s fourth season is pretty much exactly the same as all that’s come before, which is to say it’s very funny. I’ve actually kinda run out of things to say about this show. Charlie continues to steal the show and is still my favorite character with Dee as a close second and they both have plenty of great moments throughout the season. The gang still hasn't run out of social issues to make fun of or stupid things to go on ludicrous rants about.

However, after three seasons of this, it seems that the crew has decided to mix things up a little and it mostly works out for the better. Some of the episodes are parodies of others shows, Sex in the City, Extreme Home Makeover, and America’s Next Top Model (along with other competitive reality shows) are lampooned with great gusto here with the extreme home makeover episode probably being my favorite of the season. Other episodes change the basic format like the bizarre mystery of who pooped in the bed, the flat but admirable period piece episode, and of course the hilarious fan favorite musical finale “The Nightman Cometh”. The show’s still wonderful and even the weakest episode can’t go five minutes without something funny happening. Season five is airing right now and I’m glad that I’ve caught up.

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