After waiting for what felt
like an eternity, season nine of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is finally
here and I’m happy to say that the season premiere definitely didn’t disappoint
me for the most part. Right off the bat, I would like to say that I definitely
liked this episode more than the season eight premiere (“Pop-Pop: The Final
Solution”). Don’t get me wrong, I loved the season eight premiere, it’s just
that I thought this episode was a slightly stronger season premiere for the
show. One of the reasons why I love this episode so much is that while It’s
Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an ensemble show, this was essentially a Dee
centric episode, and I tend to pretty much enjoy any episode that’s centered
around Dee or episodes that are centered largely around Dee and perhaps one
other character.
The episode opened with the
guys watching Dee in horror as she was eating a cake that Charlie mentioned
that he had previously thrown it out, while she was also smoking a cigarette
and had also clearly not showered in several days. In typical fashion, Dennis,
Charlie, Mac and Frank all started trying to make fun of her, saying that she
looks like a bird. Only this time, Dee kept finishing their sentences since the
guys have always pretty only primarily used the same set of insults and rude
comments, much to the guys disappointment. After Dee finally left the bar, the
guys came to the conclusion that they had “broken” Dee.
The guys quickly took it
upon themselves to try and cheer Dee up in their own messed up way. Charlie,
Mac and Frank believed the best way to cheer Dee up was to sign her up for an
open mike night at a comedy club, figuring that since Dee didn’t seem to care
about anything anymore that she won’t gag when she’s on stage and trying to do
stand up like she usually does. Dennis disagreed with this plan, saying that he
thought the best way to get Dee out of her funk was to find her a man to be
with. Dennis being Dennis went about this in a very backhanded way, telling Dee
that the guy would at best be simply average, if not below average. While I
loved this episode for being such a Dee centric episode, I also loved all of
the parts featuring Dennis, at times I enjoyed the parts of the episode with
Dennis even more than I enjoyed the parts of the episode that were focused
primarily on Dee. Glenn Howerton always does a fantastic job on the show, but I
especially enjoyed his performance in this episode.
Charlie, Mac and Frank ended
up being right when they thought Dee wouldn’t gag on stage now that she didn’t
seem to care about anything. Her first stand up routine did start out a little
rough though, because at first she was just standing in front of the microphone
sighing heavily and acting completely out of it until somebody in the audience
yelled at her to say something. Dee proceeded to lament about her life and how
the joke always seems to be on her, and the audience apparently thought what
she was saying was funny, because they were laughing. This also led to Dee’s
catch phrase throughout the episode becoming, “I’m Sweet Dee, and the joke’s on
me.”
