I'd like to hear from fellow Always Sunny fans what they thought of season 15.
Huge fan of this show, and I thought it was a solid if unspectacular season. At points, it felt like it was being written by someone who was a fan of the show but not living it. The first episode was a good example, I quite enjoyed it and some of the reveals were funny, but it kind of just felt like they'd gotten a generic comedy writer in.
Thought Lethal Weapon 7 was outstanding, such a clever way of addressing the fact that they'd done blackface before, whilst still keeping the Sunny edginess.
The roller rink ep has got some bad reviews but I loved that episode, and the monkey one was fucking hilarious too (my mates gave me shit because I thought it was a real monkey, I guess I'm not good at telling when something's CGI).
I loved the hook of the gang going to Ireland, but really felt they could have done it better. There were a few times watching those episodes where I got genuinely bored, which I've never felt with Sunny before. Some of the jokes got dragged out too much (Dennis having COVID, Mac trying to find his identity, Charlie's dad being a sodge) and some jokes just feel a bit too easy - we know Dee is a bitch, but they've been more clever with their reactions to her in the past.
But, there was still laughs in every episode. Dee as the acting teacher was fucking brilliant. Frank being a pig as Charlie tries to get to know his dad. Waitress asking Dee to say her name. Mac and Charlie rocking up to McDonalds. The priest being a paedophile (although I'm sure everyone else saw this coming quicker than I did). Dennis dragging his feet carrying the corpse and everyone realising Mac was carrying most of the weight. The start of Charlie's chroming. The gang thinking they're doing a nice thing for Dee in going to Ireland but still fucking her over. Voting for Kanye. The yelling in the Irish pub. The gang realising that without each other they've got nothing and going back to Charlie.
And the finale managed to, very successfully I thought, pack a real emotional punch, almost the equal of Mac's dance. Charlie's acting in that scene, with the bag in the rain, on this Sisyphean task on his own, was exquisite. In fact I think he was terrific the whole season, particularly in the latter stages as the child inside him latched onto his dad.
Interested to see where they go in season 16 and beyond.