It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Summary

It ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiaseason 13 , installment 9 run across the gang go to the Super Bowl to watch their beloved Philadelphia Eagles run Tom Brady and the New England Patriots . Season 13 ofIASIPis not considered one ofthe bestIt ’s Always cheery in Philadelphiaseasons , but there are still bright spots , let in the final instalment with Mac ’s ( Rob McElhenney ) dance for the prisoners , and installment 9 " The Gang get ahead the Big Game " . In this episode , Mac and the crew get together with characters from preceding episode to see Super Bowl LII .

This real - life backup game took place on February 4 , 2018 , and was the first prison term the Philadelphia Eagles had appeared in the game since 2005.Philly sport have long been part ofIt ’s Always gay ’s identity , so there was never dubiousness the show would feature this storyline . It even covers the game over two episodes , first in episode 8 , " Charlie ’s Home Alone " from Charlie ’s ( Charlie Day ) perspective on game day , and then in this sequence , from the relaxation of the gang ’s linear perspective while at the biz .

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Frank, Mac, And Dee Leave Charlie At The Bar And Road Trip To The Super Bowl

The beginning of the episode seesFrank ( Danny DeVito ) , Dee ( Kaitlin Olson ) , and Mac getting ready to take a company bus from Philadelphia to Minneapolisto ascertain the Eagles in the Super Bowl . Joining them are variousrecurring character from pastIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiaepisodes . Mac is extremely stressed , not just because of his squad , but because of the gang of mass he ’s bringing : Rickety Cricket ( David Hornsby ) , the Waitress ( Mary Elizabeth Ellis ) , Jack Kelly ( Andrew Friedman ) , and others typify the spoilt of the city and could potentially embarrass him on a national level .

Despite his scruple , Mac gets ready to go , but Charlie turn down to unless he can retrieve his " Green Man " cause , a full - body latex suit that Charlie believes he has to weary to the game if the Eagles are to make headway . Much to Mac ’s frustration , Charlie refuses to go without the suit and stays back inPaddy ’s Pub in Philadelphia . Charlie ’s painful adventures in the pub are depicted in the late episode , " Charlie ’s Home Alone " , with both episodes having the exact same gap minute . Mac , frustrated with Charlie ’s superstitions , leave without him .

Unfortunately , thanks to the Waitress ’s distracted driving , the company bus catch into an accident and is ineffective to continue the journey . It ’s a augury that Mac may have been correct about the gang he ’s impart along to the game , but also a sign that Charlie might be correct about superstitions being sound luck – of class , Mac does n’t acknowledge that . Fortunately , Frank ’s bottomless well of money saves the day once again , and he flies the gang to the biz . Mac ’s , " Well , we made it to the Super Bowl . That was easy , " is a amusing wink at the contrivance .

A composite image of Frank Reynolds screaming into a walkie talkie in front of a promo image of the cast airbrushed onto the side of a van from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a Sitcom and Black Comedy created by Rob McElhenney. It stars Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton, and Danny DeVito. The series follows a group of friends that own and frequent the Irish bar, Paddy’s Pub, and get into all sorts of troubling adventures.

Before Super Bowl LII , the former Super Bowl the Philadelphia Eagles took part in was Super Bowl XXXIX , again , between the New England Patriots and the Eagles . In that game , the Eagles hail out the loser with a account of 24 to 21 . That game took place on February 6 , 2005 , only six month before theIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiapremiere .

Mac Is Embarrassed By His Friends And Wants Them To Stay In The Box

Once the ring gets into their box to find out the biz , Mac insists that no one leave . He considers them all to be a bad case of the metropolis of Philadelphiain one means or another , and truthfully , he ’s not completely wrong . Frank has to habituate the bathroom ofttimes to conk a kidney stone , something that probably should have terminate him from going ; Dee has an aggressive form of pink oculus and refuse to stop touching things ; and the others have their various issues , from Uncle Jack wearing giant hand gloves to Bill Ponderosa ( Lance Barber ) imbibition until he vomits .

As the de facto leader of the group at the Super Bowl , Mac has taken it upon himself to make indisputable Philadelphia has skilful representation on this public stage . A lifelong Philadelphian , Mac does n’t desire to conceive that the real citizens of his hometown are as scummy as the unity he assort with . It ’s his mission during this game to commute the perception of Philadelphia fan as the single who project snowballs at Santa , to something more respectable .

Mac Almost Gives Up Hope But The Eagles Win

Mac has to constantly walk Frank to the toilet but actualize every time he and Frank are using the bathroom , not watching the secret plan , the Eagles mark . Mac begins to believe in the powerfulness of superstitionsand gives Frank drinks to make him have to go to the bathroom . However , after too many trip , Frank can no longer go . With Tom Brady driving down the area in the 4th quarter , and only a min left , it come along that Brady and the Patriots are going to score last second , and once again , send the Eagles ' lover home with a spunk - shell red .

In one of the rarefied fewwholesome moment ofIt ’s Always cheery in Philadelphia , Mac bemoan the Eagles and gives up hope , referring to himself , his friends , and the multitude of Philadelphia as losers , ineffectual to ever gain when it matter most – a feeling intimate to any fans of the metropolis ’s self-aggrandising four sports teams . The six in basketball , the Phillies in baseball , and the Flyers in hockey also always seem to be just moments away from achieve triumph , only for it to be snatched away at the last second .

It ’s a cynicism that many sport fans deal with , but Philadelphia play buff seem to experience it more often than most . It ’s part why theIASIPcharacters are the style they are . But Frank responds to Mac with a surprisingly supporting speech ,

Mac (Rob McElhenney) looking confised on the bus in IASIP The Gang Wins the Big Game.

No , Mac , you got it all wrong . Those hombre ( the gang see the game ) are Philadelphia . They bust their tail just to get through , and then , on a Sunday , they put all their hopes into the Eagles . And twelvemonth after yr after twelvemonth , their team let ’em down , and they get raging . And that anger builds into a Isidor Feinstein Stone of fury , and if it could just be let go , then we could feel something dissimilar , could sense like champions .

It ’s notRocky , but it inspires Mac nonetheless , and he calls up Charlie , draw this episode back to the ending of the previous one . macintosh begs Charlie to do one of his superstitious notion , which , unbeknown to him , now necessitate Charlie intentionally ill-use on a bear maw . A true supporter of the Eagles , Charlie does so and at the same meter , Frank make it his kidney stone .

While this is all find , Dee is wandering through the stadium and ends up in a storage locker room where she rubs her septic eyes on a towel , which make its way to Tom Brady on this concluding drive . As if answering the immix prayer of Mac , Frank , Charlie , and the Philadelphia congregation , Brady rubs his eyes on the towel . It ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiagives its tailspin on why Brady pretermit his throwon that final drive , but the result in the installment is the same as it was on the actual night : Eagles : 41 , Patriots : 33 .

Mac (Rob McElhenney), Frank (Danny DeVito), and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) looking confused at someone while watching the Super Bowl live, in IASIP.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Uses Real Footage From The Eagles Super Bowl Win

The eccentric inIt ’s Always gay in Philadelphiaexploding into celebration at the end of the game is juxtapose withreal footage from Broad Street in Philadelphia , the city ’s chief thoroughfare , on the dark of the win . Fireworks , citizenry climbing lamppost , police officers dancing in the street , it was a citywide vent of joy , andIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiaearned the rightfield , more than any other show , to use footage of real fans in their telling of the chronicle .

As a Philadelphia - assume indigen , Rob McElhenney , more than any of the main mould , loves the urban center and its sportsman teams . He , Olsen , and DeVito were at the gameand the tweets he posted show his happiness and why this was such an authoritative instalment for him .

Why Dennis Isn’t In This Episode

One character conspicuously absentminded from this instalment is Dennis , play by Glenn Howerton . At the end ofIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiaseason 12 , Dennis leave his friends to go to North Dakota after he discovers he has a son there . In season 13 , he occasionally returns for different episodes but never stays for long . The intellect for this is thatHowerton began film his NBC showA.P. Bioaround this time , and had to trust time to that series . He toldThe Daily Beast ,

I think after being on the show for 12 years , it ’s not a knock on Sunny , you just require to branch out and do other things . I saw other people going off and doing other thing .

Howerton managed to fit both show into his schedule for the next three season ofA.P. Bioand appears in every subsequent episode ofIt ’s Always gay in Philadelphia . OnceA.P. Biowas canceled in 2021 , Howerton could go back to put more to his original serial publication .

The streets of Philadelphia swarmed with fans after the Eagles Super Bowl win in 2018.

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Cast

It ’s Always cheery in Philadelphia is a Sitcom and Black Comedy create by Rob McElhenney . It stars Rob McElhenney , Charlie Day , Kaitlin Olson , Glenn Howerton , and Danny DeVito . The serial follows a group of friend that own and frequent the Irish bar , Paddy ’s Pub , and get into all sorting of distressful adventures .

Dennis (Glenn Howerton) explains his DENNIS system to the gang in Its Always Sunny In Philidelphia

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