Catching Up With The Gang: An "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" Recap
Posted by Mike
With The Office returning with an hourlong episode last night on NBC, and two new episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia airing on FX, I watched so much TV last night that my left eye has been twitching all morning. Then again, that may be the result of the stress caused by watching my beloved Cubs send Steve Trachsel to the mound yesterday in a critical game against Florida. The Cubs disappointed but It’s Always Sunny didn’t.
The first episode, “The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty McGoo,” featured go-to guest star Judy Greer — who you might remember as the bearded lady from My Name Is Earl — as Dee’s former friend/nemesis Ingrid Nelson. It seems Ingrid, who was known in high school as Fatty McGoo, has slimmed down and opened her own clothing store after being inspired by Dee’s own claims that one day she’d become a famous fashion designer. After all, if “the Aluminum Monster” — as Dee was known in her back brace days — could do it, why couldn’t Fatty McGoo?
Two episodes into its current run, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia faced the daunting task of topping what is destined to be the funniest moment of the season: Charlie tripping on acid and dancing incognito among the McPoyles as Green Man in last week’s “The Gang Gets Invincible.” The quest began last night with a pair of new episodes, “Dennis and Dee’s Mom Is Dead” and “The Gang Gets Held Hostage.” Since the titles pretty much tell you what happened, we could probably just skip the recap … but we won’t.
