Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "Sweet Dee Has A Heart Attack"

More like Its Always SLUMPY In Philadelphia, amiright?????? (Raises hand for high 5).

But seriously, folks, this show has been off in a big way this season. I didn't blog about last week, but it was not very good. And this week was equally bleak. I'm not quite clear what's happening here. Maybe they are focused more on the big, gimmicky late episodes like next week's 1776 one, or the upcoming Night Man extravaganza. Or maybe they've simply found their formula and are just running with it. But whatever's going on, Sunny needs a course correction and fast.

So, after Dee has a heart attack, the whole gang takes a quick stop at the hospital, where they find out they don't have health insurance (or in Charlie and Mac's case, that health insurance is a requirement to receive care). So, after being treated to a little Danny DeVito ass, the gang splits into their separate stories. Dee and Dennis decide to go to the gym to get in shape, which just felt like a collection of jokes that they've done before. Meanwhile, Frank somehow ended up in an institution, acting out One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (which I believe Danny DeVito had a part in). And Charlie and Mac went to work for a corporate office to get health care. I thought this plotline had a lot of potential, since the notion of those two in corporate America just seems hilarious. It also seemed like they were going to go in a somewhat satirical direction, with the world of corporations driving Charlie completely insane (incidentally, did Charlie learn how to read? Because he was able to tell who the letters were addressed to).

The biggest problem was that the comic setpieces all landed flat. There was nothing particularly memorable about the interview scene, or Dee and Dennis' fight with the instructor, or any of the shenanigans in the office. Before anything else, Sunny is a comedy, and when its not funny there's not much else to say.

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