It is always sunny in Philadelphia, season 17 pays tribute to the bear (and is hilarious)

The gang shines once again. It is almost too good to be true to say this, but the boys “are always sunny in Philadelphia” do not drop the ball even when FX’s comedy approaches their twentieth anniversary. The eight episodes lot of season 17 is as scandalous, offensive and culturally inappropriate as we would like (and we hope) that they are. They hit several fashion and hottones themes while deepening the twisted and malicious universe of the program through the strange obsessions of the gang. Today, I want to concentrate specifically on the third episode, entitled “Mac and Dennis become EMT”, which ridicule and ridicule the successful dramatic series of the network, The Fantastic “The Bear”.

It all starts with the peppers. As one of our favorite idiots, Mac (Rob Mac) points out from the beginning, “Peppers season everything.” They certainly do it, as we see in the opening scene where two EMT are trying to resurrect an unconscious man in Paddy’s Pub after Frank (Danny Devito) fed him one of his unbearably hot peppers. Dennis (Glenn Howerton) and Mac are delighted to see the first to respond to work (see the first -hand action gives them a maximum) and decide to take a shock course to become them.

Meanwhile, Dee (Kaitlin Olson) is doing a lateral postmates concert, delivering food, of what Frank takes the opportunity to obtain a Smash hamburger. That immediately lights a bulb in Charlie’s head (Charlie Day), thinking that I could make such a hamburger (or an even better) at home. From there, it does not take long until he turns his apartment into an environment destined to resemble a fast -paced restaurant kitchen, and himself in a “chef teacher” made to himself (and delusional) that is macrodososis peppers to keep up with the high stakes imagined.

Once Dee meets Charlie’s new passion for the kitchen, he immediately tries to explode it for her own profit. She convinces the illiterate and garbage Charlie Allen White to turn the apartment into a “ghost kitchen” that makes the food it needs to deliver through postmates, killing two birds of a single stone (well, in this case, hamburgers with a brick wrapped in aluminum foil). Charlie welcomes the idea, but it makes it a crucial point that has to say “yes, chef”, “no, chef”, “corner, chef, etc., to everything it does because” things only work in that way “when the bets are high.

I adore “The Bear” by Christopher Storer, and this is the most hilarious parody/mockery of the series that I have seen so far, clearly from a place of love. Charlie and Frank’s duo working tirelessly while sweating profusely due to the peppers they continue eating is absolutely bananas. It is the type of moment of laughing out loud that “always sunny” continues to deliver 20 years later. One would think that the gang must be out of ideas at this time, but they hit another target. The episode is completely crossed when they release the “Bamboleo” spicy song of the Gypsy Kings while we see a montage of Dennis and Mac that is passed through EMT, to accelerate and hit the pedestrians with their bicycle, and the kitchen duo that is put into play. high In his own supply. In the end, everything joins without problems and ends catastrophically, typically “always sunny”, but we would not have it otherwise.

His mileage can vary, but as a fan of the situation comedy, this episode has already become an instant classic for me. Not only because of the tribute of the “bear”, but also because it shows that the gang is still able to innovate and maintain fresh things, promoting the type of obscene and black humor in which they become a champion two decades ago. A favorite fans who have not seen in nine years also return here and offers spectacularly. In the end, everything is complete, which shows that “always sunny” still has gas in the tank and is not yet ready to leave it.