It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 4)
The fourth season of the American comedy television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered on FX on September 18, 2008. The season contains 13 episodes and concluded airing on November 20, 2008.
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| Season 4 | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Original network | FX |
| Original release | September 18 – November 20, 2008 |
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Season synopsis
The Gang gets even crazier this season when Sweet Dee and Charlie become cannibals while Mac and Dennis decide to hunt humans for sport. Later, the gang hatches a plot to counter soaring prices at the pump by stealing and reselling gasoline, then try living the healthy life—by scamming their way to free medical insurance, but not before trying to prove that Paddy's Pub is historically relevant, and kidnapping a newspaper critic who panned their bar. Dee and Frank set out to stop Bruce Mathis (Dee and Dennis's biological father) from donating Barbara's inheritance to a community center for Muslims while Charlie and Mac fake their deaths to escape Mac's convict father, Luther, who vowed in "Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender" to get revenge on the two of them for screwing up his plan to make amends with the people he terrorized before he was sent away to prison for the first time.
This season also sees Frank holding a contest to find a new billboard model for the bar and the gang trying to bring good karma to a Hispanic family by rebuilding their hovel. Dennis' erotic memoirs land him in a mental hospital with comedian Sinbad and Matchbox Twenty lead singer, Rob Thomas. Dee and Artemis live it up like the girls on Sex and the City, while Frank and the rest of the gang solve a scatological mystery. Charlie continues to stalk The Waitress, especially in light of news that someone else is having sex with her; then Charlie reworks his "Night Man" song into a sprawling musical to win over The Waitress.
Cast
Main cast
- Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly
- Glenn Howerton as Dennis Reynolds
- Rob McElhenney as Mac
- Kaitlin Olson as Dee Reynolds
- Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds
Recurring cast
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis as The Waitress
- David Hornsby as Cricket / Colonel Cricket
Guest stars
- Zachary Knighton as Random Guy
- Geoff Pierson as Warden
- Lynne Marie Stewart as Charlie's Mom
- Artemis Pebdani as Artemis
- Fran Kranz as College Student
- Fisher Stevens as Korman
- Rob Thomas as Himself
- Sinbad as Himself
- Lisa Locicero as Philadelphia Soul Executive
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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| 33 | 1 | "Mac and Dennis: Manhunters" | Fred Savage | Charlie Day & Jordan Young & Elijah Aron | September 18, 2008 | IP04002 | 1.73[1] |
| Charlie and Dee freak out and become cannibals after Frank tells them that the meat they stole from him was human meat. Meanwhile, Mac and Dennis go after the most dangerous prey of all—man—by hunting Cricket. | |||||||
| 34 | 2 | "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis" | Matt Shakman | Charlie Day & Sonny Lee & Patrick Walsh | September 18, 2008 | IP04009 | 1.60[1] |
| To profit from high gas prices, Mac, Dennis, and Charlie fill barrels of gasoline and sell them door-to-door. Meanwhile, Dee and Frank plot to brand Bruce Mathis (Dennis and Dee's biological father from "Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad") as a terrorist after learning that he's donating Barbara's inheritance money to a Muslim community center. | |||||||
| 35 | 3 | "America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest" | Fred Savage | Charlie Day & Rob McElhenney & Adam Stein | September 25, 2008 | IP04006 | 1.44[1] |
| Mac and Frank hold a contest where the winner will be the billboard model for Paddy's Pub and Dennis competes; Charlie and Dee create a viral video about Paddy's for YouTube. | |||||||
| 36 | 4 | "Mac's Banging the Waitress" | Matt Shakman | David Hornsby | September 25, 2008 | IP04011 | 1.35[1] |
| Charlie learns that The Waitress has a boyfriend and enlist his badass best friend Mac's help to find out who it is so he can destroy the relationship. Jealous of Mac and Charlie's relationship, Dennis tries to convince Charlie that Mac is double-crossing him by having Charlie listen in on them banging, but they're in for a shock when they hear it. Through a series of lies, misunderstandings, confessions, and revelations, it comes out that The Waitress and Mac both have ulterior motives for getting together. Frank and Dee aren't featured in this episode. | |||||||
| 37 | 5 | "Mac and Charlie Die (Part 1)" | Fred Savage & Matt Shakman | Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney | October 2, 2008 | IP04003 | 1.02[1] |
| Mac and Charlie use Dee's car and credit cards to fake their deaths to avoid the wrath of Mac's father, who was released from prison and is out for vengeance. Meanwhile, Frank and Dennis discover a glory hole in one of the bathroom stalls. | |||||||
| 38 | 6 | "Mac and Charlie Die (Part 2)" | Fred Savage | Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney | October 2, 2008 | IP04004 | 1.02[1] |
| Dennis, Frank, and Dee find unique ways to cope with the apparent loss of their friends. | |||||||
| 39 | 7 | "Who Pooped the Bed?" | Fred Savage | Rob McElhenney & Scott Marder & Rob Rosell | October 9, 2008 | IP04007 | 1.28[1] |
| Frank and Charlie find that someone has pooped in their bed and Mac and Dennis join them in trying to catch the culprit; meanwhile, Dee takes the Waitress and Artemis on a Sex and the City-style night out. | |||||||
| 40 | 8 | "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia" | Matt Shakman | Scott Marder & Rob Rosell & David Hornsby | October 16, 2008 | IP04012 | 1.27[1] |
| The gang kidnaps a newspaper critic (Fisher Stevens) who dubbed Paddy's Pub "the worst bar in Philadelphia," but they also kidnap the critic's neighbor and pet cat. Frank is not featured in this episode. | |||||||
| 41 | 9 | "Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life" | Fred Savage | Glenn Howerton & Scott Marder & Rob Rosell | October 23, 2008 | IP04005 | N/A |
| Dennis plans to publish an account of his sexual exploits and lands in a rehab facility with comedian Sinbad and Matchbox 20 frontman Rob Thomas. Meanwhile, Charlie and Dee try to "walk in each other's shoes." | |||||||
| 42 | 10 | "Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack" | Matt Shakman | Scott Marder & Rob Rosell | October 30, 2008 | IP04013 | 1.15[1] |
| After Dee is hospitalized for a heart attack, she and Dennis try to adopt a healthier lifestyle; Charlie and Mac become office workers to get health insurance; while tripping on anxiety pills, Frank gets placed in a mental ward reminiscent of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a film in which DeVito appeared. | |||||||
| 43 | 11 | "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" | Matt Shakman | Rob McElhenney & Glenn Howerton & David Hornsby | November 6, 2008 | IP04010 | 1.36[1] |
| Attempting to turn Paddy's into a Philadelphia landmark, the Gang tells how Paddy's Pub was historically relevant during the Revolutionary War. | |||||||
| 44 | 12 | "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition" | Fred Savage | Charlie Day & David Hornsby & Glenn Howerton | November 13, 2008 | IP04001 | 1.31[1] |
| Believing that "selfless acts" will lead to good karma, The Gang sets out to renovate a poor family's home a la Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, but Charlie and Dennis end up destroying the entire building trying to demolish a wall with a propane torch; Dee and Mac hold the family captive and try to instill "American values" in them despite a poor grasp of the Spanish language. | |||||||
| 45 | 13 | "The Nightman Cometh" | Matt Shakman | Rob McElhenney & Glenn Howerton & Charlie Day | November 20, 2008 | IP04008 | 1.30[2] |
| Charlie writes a musical based on his song from "Sweet Dee's Dating a Retarded Person" and casts the gang in lead roles; it's all a grand gesture to propose to The Waitress. | |||||||
DVD release
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Complete 4th Season | |||||
| Set details | Special features | ||||
Technical specifications
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| Release dates | |||||
| Region 1 | Region 4 | ||||
| September 15, 2009[3] | March 30, 2011[4] | ||||
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References
- Pucci, Douglas (November 15, 2008). "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Ratings". Mediaweek. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- Seidman, Robert (November 25, 2008). "Updated: Weekly Top Cable Shows". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- "Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Season 4". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
- "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia – The Complete Season 3 (3 Disc Set) (DVD)". EzyDVD.com.au. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
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