Happy Saturday TV fans! After watching the FXX network’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 13 episode 7, I realized that doing a clip show doesn’t necessarily mean you are giving in to “lazy writing.” After all, who knew that doing a clip show could potentially alter reality? It’s Always Sunny does a clip show brilliantly, bringing us back to some of our favorite laugh out loud moments, while still being original about the premise. Please note spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch the latest episode yet. In last night’s episode, “The Gang Does a Clip Show,” the gang is bored when they have to wait approximately 30 minutes for their phones to do a system update, which causes them to reminisce about some of the good old days. As they start to bring us back to some of our favorite moments on the show, they realize that they are also distorting some memories and they run the risk of altering reality. My top 5 moments from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 13 episode 7 are:
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“Why was that memory in a different language?”
As the gang begins to bring us back to some of their favorite memories, Charlie takes a stab at it and brings up one of my favorite episodes of all time: “The Nightman Cometh.” Only as he takes us back there, he is remembering everything in another language, which confuses the rest of the gang. The gang tells Charlie that he never spoke Chinese, but Charlie is convinced that he did, reminding us about the episode: “Flowers for Charlie,” when he is the subject of an experiment and believes in his mind that he has become smart overnight. This leads to the gang suggesting that they remember times where somebody didn’t know what was happening, which leads to some hilarious moments where characters literally ask, “What is happening?” I absolutely loved the transition here.
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“You can’t beat physical comedy memories.”
Dee is excited to bring up some of her favorite memories and tries to recreate some of her favorite characters that she liked to do. Only the gang has no idea what she is talking about and asks, “What is that? What are you doing? Are you just doing a bad accent?” When Dee tries to remind them about some of the characters, they hilariously ask, “You’ve created characters?” Poor Dee. She puts her best effort forward to bring back Crazy Patty, but she ends up falling and hurting herself, which leads to the gang deciding to remember all the times that Dee got hurt, which gives us some more laugh out loud moments from the earlier seasons.
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“Let’s remember all the classic times.”
Some of my absolute favorite moments on the show come up during the “classic times,” as we get to witness Charlie hilariously ask Santa all over again if he “f*cked his mom.” Classic Charlie. We also get to witness “Wild Card bitches,” the high school reunion dance number, and Dennis explaining to Mac “because of the implication,” which is one of my all time favorite laugh out loud moments from “The Gang Buys a Boat.” Seriously check that episode out now if you haven’t yet.
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“That was one of the best memories of all time.”
The gang hilariously recreates a moment from Seinfeld and is actually pretty spot on with their impression of it. Only they start to think that it is one of their own memories. Dennis tells them that it wasn’t them and points out that it took place during the 90’s and asks them who all those people were laughing in the background. The gang is still not entirely sure about this until Dennis says, “You guys are remembering an episode of Seinfeld” and they realize that “memories are tricky.”
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“Now you’re infecting my memory with your memory.”
After Dennis brings up the time that he left Paddy’s Pub, he gets agitated when the memory starts changing, as everyone thinks that they turned off the lights to the bar and then Frank hilariously points out that he doesn’t even remember Dennis leaving. Dennis tells them that they are infecting his memory with their own memories and that distorting facts can change history, which leads to a discussion about potentially altering reality. In this new reality, Frank has hair and Charlie has a kid with the waitress, as he brings us into this new reality by looking in on himself like the Ghost of Christmas Past, which is funny on its own. At the end of the episode, the phones are updated and it seems like we are back to normal, only Charlie looks through the door of the bar one last time, suggesting that perhaps we are not. Either way, I was initially disappointed to see that they were going to do a clip show until the episode actually branched out into something funny on its own, reminding us why we all love this series so much. Stay tuned!
I hope you enjoyed the list and feel free to post your own thoughts on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia below in the comments section. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!
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