Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia Recap Time for a Rebrand. Charlie Day as Charlie, Rob Mc. Elhenney as Mac. Photo Patrick Mc. ElhenneyFXXWolf Cola A Public Relations Nightmare. Season 1. 2. Episode 4. Editors Rating. 4 stars. Its a branded world, and were all just living in it. This is the first season of Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia in HD and the second season with the picture format 169. Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia Season 11' title='Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia Season 11' />Career counselors urge college seniors to create a personal brand, a sort of mediated public face that can be easily communicated and pitched to employers. Watch Paris Blues Online Etonline'>Watch Paris Blues Online Etonline. Corporations obsess over their outward facing profiles in mealy mouthed press conferences, much like the incisively funny talk show appearances that punctuate Wolf Cola A Public Relations Nightmare, Its Always Sunnys deft lampooning of the fixation on optics over everything else. As Dennis states and restates, its all about humanizing a business by showing a little character. The Dennys Twitter account, for example, has spent years attempting to convince you that it is your cool best friend. To the people of Philadelphia, a thoroughly sketchy beverage company named Franks Fluids comes off like the chauvinist bigot slurring at the end of the bar. The episode splits the gang into two groups, forcing them to do damage control after sparking a beverage related controversy. Both storylines focus on the way that corporations insidiously slither out of culpability and turn scandals into opportunities for press, a felicitous match with the gleefully amoral style of Its Always Sunny. The public tends to assume massive conglomerates are run by soulless degenerates concerned with nothing beyond their own self preservation, and in this case, that inkling is dead on. As they handle their individual crises, words take on less and less meaning. By the time Dee calls for the 2. The day starts off like any other, with Frank plopping himself down at Paddys Pub and hoovering bumps out of a plastic baggie of coke. But hey, weve all been there, easy enough mistake to make. As Dee suggests, the only move is to accept full responsibility, apologize, and move forward with the resolution to do and be better. To take the L, as the youths say. But accepting the consequence of wrongful actions is not Dennis Reynoldss style, to put it mildly. When Frank tells Dennis and Dee that theyre on the hook too, as unwitting executives in the money laundering operation Franks Fluids Its a family business, I wanted it to be wholesome he says, almost sincerely Dennis decides some televised face saving is in order. The sharpest scenes come as the Reynolds clan preps for and responds to their uniformly disastrous appearances on a local morning talk show, where Dennis exposes the deeply ingrained sexism of insta poll opinion as Dee and Frank repeatedly self immolate. The episode arrives at some pointedly frank truths, all teased out by the on camera dynamic between Dennis and Dee. With absolute confidence, Dennis explains that authoritative men can gloss over pretty much any crisis of character whether its Mercedes building Nazi tanks, Floyd Mayweather beating women, or Catholic Church officials banging kids with a bit of good circumlocution. He flashes a smile, says a few nebulously positive statements but never the word sorry, and the Twitter ticker at the bottom of the screen begins rolling with encouragement. Watch Tenderness Download Full. When Dee dares to open her mouth, even after assuming the Hillary esque uniform of pantsuit, pearls, and pursed lips, the public instantly turns on her and hisses at her to shut her piehole. Its a righteous stance to take on the gendered nature of public perception how men come off as decisive leaders while women get painted as shrill scolds. That same critical stance on gender specific double standards colors Charlie and Macs disgusting B plot, in which they attempt to revive the dormant Fight Milk brand. Established back in season eights Franks Back in Business, the muscle building beverage is a mixture of milk, crushed crows eggs, and grain alcohol. However, UFC fighters have found a better use for the vile concoction as an instant ipecac to help them slim down before weigh ins. Bona fide fighters Donald Cowboy Cerrone and Paul Felder cameo as themselves, agreeably game as theyre introduced vomiting andor crapping themselves inside out. As they so elegantly put it, men have four acceptable body types Skinny ripped, jacked ripped, dad bod, and fat if youre funny while women can get by only if they fit the mold of skinny with big tits. Their pitch to men revolves all around putting them at ease and assuring them that no matter what theyre doing, its okay their cartoonishly insulting pitch to women revolves all around guilt and shame. Thats how the Its Always Sunny writers have always taken their satire served hot, relentlessly, and right in your face. The amoral sleazebags of Paddys Pub latch onto every noxious viewpoint that crosses their way, and expose the absurdity of a given way of thinking by amplifying just one or two degrees. To hear the often unspoken biases of public perception stated plainly and coldly by Dennis highlights just how unsympathetic youd have to be to actually subscribe to such a belief. Ultimately, providing Dennis as a negative exemplar is the most accusatory Its Always Sunny ever gets. Youd have to be a real asshole, the show suggests, to act like Dennis Reynolds. Other Notes As far as quick gags that exist purely for their own sake go, the episode doesnt get much better than Dee yelling at Dennis, Is this why we had to wait for you to go to Bed Bath Beyond after he pulls out the countdown clock. Even as the scandal develops, Franks intent on maintaining his stranglehold on the Boko Haram market. His efforts to smooth things over by cleaning up the groups public profile are, in a word, misguided Boko Haram, theyre just doing AfricaMacs elevator pitch for Fight Milk Ive always been passionate about dominating other men. Theres nothing like the feeling of another man submitting to your will. The writers were clearly gunning for a Kitten Mittens level shot at virality with Charlie and Macs astonishingly incompetent video ad, and they might just get there. Charlie and Macs shared inability to know which of their two cameras theyre supposed to be looking into never becomes unfunny. Club. Season finales have never really been Its Always Sunny In Philadelphias strongest outings. The perceived need for a big finish tends to elevate plot over character, and the busyness, as a rule, distracts from the joy of watching the characters do deep dives into their collective and individual madness. Mac wants to pretend that he and Dennis are a couple, his recent openness about his sexuality allowing him to spin ever more elaborate fantasies about the nature of their sexual relationship. Charlies Charlie logic sees him already inspired by Dennis predicament to trap the Waitress by somehow getting her pregnant. Except that when the dust settles, Dennis leaves Philadelphia to go be with his new family. Glenn Howerton Photo Patrick Mc. ElhenneyFXXAs cliffhangers go, Dennis leaving isnt, in itself, a major deal, even though its more forward looking than most other Sunny finales. It sets up the idea that season 1. Dennis going insane in the politely snowy Middle West and plotting his return or the Gang realizing that Hell without Dennis Reynolds isnt as satisfyingly horrible and plotting to spirit him back to Philly. Its most likely a combination of the two. At any rate, the shows not about to become Its Always Sunny In Bismarck. Still, Glenn Howertons goodbyelike Charlies pre and post coital scenes with the Waitress well get thereis sold in the performance, Dennis defiant pledge to leave behind his life of vanity, deceit, and perpetual person of interest status informed by how tenderly and sincerely he says goodbye to his infant son in a filthy Philly alley. Sunnys cast excels at that, the second skin familiarity of actor and character making moments of genuine emotion possible, even in the midst of the most darkly ludicrous circumstances. Charlie Day Photo Patrick Mc. War Machine Online Putlocker there. ElhenneyFXXCharlies obsession with the Waitress is objectively horrifying. Whenafter luring her to his apartment for a chat with the promise of a dollar a minutehe unveils the two presentation boards tracing his unwilling beloveds inexorable decline, Charlie is oblivious to how instrumental he has been in the Waitress plight. Dont you understand that this is never gonna happen, so let it goOkay, but You just say no and you wont give me a shot. I dont understand whats so terrible about me. Whats so great about me, Charlie Whats wrong with youWhy are you so obsessed with me I mean, you said it yourself, Im a mess So why dont you go find somebody betterWell, because. And I love you. Here again, real life husband and wife Charlie Day and Mary Elizabeth Ellis are so good in this exchange that their immediacy creates its own, sincere little world where Charlie hasnt been maniacally stalking the Waitress since high school. Dennis is taken aback by the concept of someone without multifarious hidden agendas, and the simple fact that Mandy is going to leave with little Brian Jr. The rest of the Gang, having no such epiphanies, do their variously absurd victory dances to the Tom Tom Clubs Genius Of Love, while Dennis stares off into the middle distance, before exclaiming I cant do this any more. What are we doing I cant do any of this shit any more. Okay, Im leaving. Im gonna go be a dad. Ill figure it out. Because I dont want my kid to grow up like I did, with some asshole dad whos never even around. Once more, Howerton sells the hell out of the moment, telling off his father to his face and waving a dismissive hand at all the nonsense that makes up the Gangs daily existence. As with Charlie and the Waitress, the moment cant last long, as Dennis, unable to resist his need for a big moment, declares the bar over before turning out the lights. When the others protest that theyre still in said bar along with the usual ragged straggle of drinkers, Dennis impatiently snaps at them for ruining his exit, signaling the fact that you can take Dennis out of Paddys, but Paddys is coming along with him to South Dakota. Still, its an exit, and a momentous one. At least for an episode or two. Whoa. Stray observations. According to a briefly glimpsed and appropriately phallic poster, theres a Thundergun Express sequel outThundergun II Still Gunnin. Once more, Dee raising Brian Jr. Anyone know if Franks vague, old man shuffling is a referenceMac and Dennis burned down apartment is all fixed. Mac, having won a bet, redecorated it by re creating it, down to the last wall sombrero. The only difference is only one bedroom for the two of them, something Dennis is even less thrilled about. Dennis out of breath rundown of his many lies to Mandy makes for some big laughs, as Mac declares he wants to be someone else, Dee is still his sister, although shes now named Prudence, and Charlie is bogged down deciding whether Brian Le. Fevre is left or right handed. Thats about as close to beauty as it gets around here. The Gang minus Dennis spares about 3. Dennis departure before blowing up what appears to be Dennis Range Rover with the rocket launcher Mac got him for Valentines Day. I would expect no less. And thats a wrap on the A. V. Clubs reviews of season 1. Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia. It has been, as ever, a blast, gang.