Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "Frank's Pretty Woman"

The Gang is back!  After taking the summer off, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia kicked off their 7th season last night on FX.

In last night’s episode, Frank decides he wants to marry the hooker he has been “seeing.”  While the group is skeptical of Roxy the hooker’s intentions, Dee takes it upon herself to give Roxy a “pretty woman-esque” makeover.  In the middle of this makeover, Roxy shows Dee there is a glamourous side to prostituting - large wads of cash, texts from Tiger Woods and the ability to smoke mass amounts of crack.  In the mean time, Dennis is trying to get Mac to realize how unhealthy his weight gain has been.  They proceed to get blood tests and it is shown that Mac has developed adult diabetes while Dennis is severely malnourished.  All the while, Charlie tries to set Frank with a nice girl through a dating site, but with a scheme involved - Charlie will pose as the millionaire date and Frank will be the limo driver, but Charlie will get “sick" and Frank will finish the date.  Things go awry when Charlie takes too many blood caplets and throws up all over the girl, Frank and the limo.  At the end of the day, Frank is convinced Roxy is the girl for him, Dee is now going to be a foot prostitute, and Dennis is now somewhat over his eating issues.  While Frank is proposing to Roxy, her heart stops due to her crack addiction and The Gang decides the best thing to do is dump her in the hall way so she will be someone else's problem.

Always Sunny has been described as Seinfeld on crack, which I think is an accurate description.  The creators of the series: Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day and McElhenney, really understand how to develop ridiculous story lines and make them work.  Not many series can have episodes about - getting addicted to crack, having abortions, and marrying prostitutes - and have them be hilariously funny.  While the season premiere was not the funniest episode, “Frank’s Pretty Woman” demonstrated quick writing, fully utilized the unique characters, and turned up the volume on an interesting story line. Also, they always seem to be able to deliver some great one liners like “help me pick the crack rocks out of my ass” or “we boil our denim.”  

Season 7 has started on a good note and I am glad to see The Gang is back to their sick and twisted ways.  While I have never had the urge to be with a hooker, marry a hooker, or be a hooker - I can definitely find the hilarity in this situation.  I may not have experienced everything The Gang has, shocking I know, but this is definitely a show that is defining my twenties.