It’s Always Sunny celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, but the gang is still finding new ways to push the boundaries of true human depravity. This season, for example, has been dubbed “The Gang Embraces The Corporate Era: The story of how greed and the New American Dream have consumed Paddy’s Pub.” It also comes with a rather verbose description:
Seventeen seasons on, Ronald “Mac” MacDonald (Rob McElhenney), Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton), Dee Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito) return to shamelessly shed their “niche” label for grander aspirations.
They’ll exploit cross-network promotion to increase market share; they’ll scapegoat one of their own to avoid a PR backlash; they’ll risk everything for a handshake with the Saudis; they’ll bend the laws with side hustles to pad their pockets; and they’ll change everything about themselves to appeal to a broader audience.
And sure, like any corporate goon, the Gang craves money and parasitic social privileges. That’s been plain since 2005. But they’re also human beings. They crave love.. respect… conditional freedom… constant adulation… histrionic amounts of attention… non-stop gratification… and unfiltered, slaphappy eroticism.
In Season 17, they’ll chase down them all.
And the money. Obviously, the money. They don’t want to spend the rest of their lives working like dogs.
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Grab a beer, a Rhino Dynamo, and settle in for the first two episodes of season 17 on July 9 on FXX. Episodes will stream the next day on Hulu.