New Lurker

I have not laughed that hard in forever. My god, lol.

I noticed a lot of green screen in both episodes. Not 100% sure they did go to Ireland. I could be wrong obviously. But not sure why they would use so much green screen on location.

dex14

They did film there.

New Lurker

Ah. Wonder why so much green screen then? Specifically remember the interior shot of the realtor's office had a green screen for the outside and after Mac calls his mom when him & Charlie are outside the library that's the most obvious green screened shot. Must just be timing and location stuff I guess, maybe a pickup shot or something.

Boondock Saint

First episode was good but second one was amazing.

Coral

I had a few small chuckles, but neither of the Ireland episodes I found all that great.

DWilson

I had read elsewhere (EW maybe?) that they wanted to shoot in Ireland but because of restrictions they filmed about 20 minutes away from where they normally shoot. I went into the episode thinking that, and I figured the location shots were "second unit". Visually that would add up. However, I can't find the item I read yet, so perhaps I got it wrong.
Note: I found this interview with DeVito:The Always Sunny gang had originally planned to film a couple episodes in Ireland this season, but COVID-19 quarantine rules made that unworkable. So they used California's Bodega Bay as a stand-in, and ended up getting lucky with the weather.

"California's got the great weather, we love it and all that, but we were looking for something unique. That's why we wanted to go to Ireland, with its really cool hills and cliffs," DeVito says. "We went to Bodega Bay instead, but what happened is we had three days of fog. Oh my god, it was so great for the show. It gave you that feeling of being on the Emerald Isle and that bad weather. It really worked out for us."

MrX

I've always loved the Charlie is illiterate jokes, so him being able to read Gaelic killed me

Nesbit

As the owner of a shitty four leaf clover tattoo I got a lot of laughs from the first episode.

Troy Stiffler

I know they're meant to be terrible people. But I love The Gang.

Getting a Charlie character story was great.

Red Dog

Dee screaming "banshees aren't real" was priceless.

Coral

Again, I only chuckled a couple times through both episodes. The show seems to be running out of steam.

Osiris3657

I snorted at the Braveheart theme (Scottish) being played while they were walking through the Irish countryside

Also like the Colm Meaney role of Charlie's dad

Meathead

Either Bruce Springsteen is an Always Sunny fan or it didn't take Sony very long to start licensing out his music.

dex14

It isn’t the first time they’ve used Bruce on the show. DeVito is friends with him.

Meathead

Yeah my memory is shot... lol They used Secret Garden last season.

https://itsalwayssunny.fandom.com/wi...n_Philadelphia

I enjoyed the season... even with half of it in Ireland.

Coral

Just remembered/realized that the season is over now.
I swear the Sunny, CYE and Succession seasons just flew by. I watched it on a weekly basis, but it almost felt like I binged it by how quick it went.

MLBFan24

This season was ok. Nothing really stood out for me - not even a trip to Ireland.

I can't believe the season finale was about dragging/carrying a dead body up a hill just to throw it over a cliff

Deftones

This piss canteens probably had me laughing the hardest of anything this season. Sad we only got 8 episodes.

Noonan

I’m considering starting a watch of this show. Is there a particular season when it really picks up or should I start from the beginning? I watched ep1 and it was pretty cringe with all the “jokes” about whether or not the guys were racist.

dex14

You should absolutely watch from the beginning. If you don’t like cringe humor, then this probably isn’t the show for you.

Noonan

I’m fine with the type of humor. I just didn’t find the “are we racist” bits funny. I’ll continue from S1; I know better than to judge a show from its pilot alone.

Deftones

There is basically that sort of humor throughout

MLBFan24

A good gauge is - do you like Family Guy's offensive jokes?

If not, then you will not like Always Sunny's humor.

If yes, then Always Sunny offensive jokes will be funny to you.

Noonan

Based on that, it should be one of my favorite shows. But like FG, I can't expect to love every single episode; especially earlier ones.

Fist of Doom Jr

Just skip season 1. I loved it when it aired, but it's pretty cringe in retrospect. That first episode is especially bad. It starts to hit its stride when DeVito joins in season2.