Always Sunny Review

Last night's episode: "Who Got Dee Pregnant?"

Holy shit! This episode was amazing, on so many levels. I watched it twice and it was funnier the second time.

This was an instant classic Always Sunny episode. Lots of sitcoms have done the perspective-flashback episode, where different characters have varying memories of the same event. This was done Always Sunny style. And even though once Dennis and and Charlie alluded to some sort of costume switching, I had an idea where the story was going to end up, it was well-executed, and this isn't Lost either. You don't watch this show for cliffhangers or to solve mysteries.

There were some nice callbacks to previous episodes and seasons. The term "ocular patdown" was used. The McPoyles brought all their creepiness to the table. They just make me uncomfortable. The furniture in the McPoyle apartment, the music, the stuffed squirrel, the yellow lighting, all that stuff just generates a feeling of discomfort and awkwardness. There's a term I learned in film school: mis-en-scene, which essentially means everything that's in a shot. And the weird stuff in the McPoyle place was a great example of excellent mis-en-scene.

Speaking of weird stuff in a scene, did you notice the bowl of candy corn in the men's room? Would you eat candy from a bowl in the men's room?

The fact that the phrase "love making" was used so often was simply hilarious. At first, they do say "bang Dee," but eventually EVERY character refers to sex as "making love."

How Dee went from an angel, to an angel with feathers, to a chicken with angelic wings, to an ostrich, was an example of the subtle genius that this show is capable of.

When Dennis thinks it's him, the overly serious music was perfect.

And once we found out none of the guys were the father, I didn't care who was either.

And for the sake of the show, it really couldn't have been any of them. That'd violate the rules established by shows like Seinfeld, that everything should be the same at the end of the episode/season/series, as it was at the start.

Funniest Charlie moment:
When he's crying about how sexy his costume is

Funniest Mac moment:
The look on his face when Charlie makes out with the waitress.

Funniest Dee moments (there's two):
Her voicing the ostrich.

AND

Her pecking like a chicken.

Funniest Dennis moment:
The look on his face when he says "There's a good reason for that, I think Mac just made it up on the spot."

Funniest Frank moments (there's two):
"She wears it well."

AND

"I admit, I do too."

Overall Rating (scale of 1 to 10):
9.8

I'll never look at hamburger buns the same way again.