It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: The Gang's Most Outrageous Exploits From Each Season
3. Charlie Work (Season 10)
Heres where Sunnys flirtation with alternative structures fully blossoms. From the beginning of the series, Charlie has been the foundation of Paddys, and Charlie work has been used to refer to anything the rest of the staff refuses to do cleaning up toilets, repairing electrical wiring, bashing rats, that sort of thing. But its on health inspection day that Charlie really gets to show off. Most of the episode is shot as though its a single scene. The camera follows a frenetic Charlie as he juggles a shrewd health inspector, a deliveryman, the incompetent staff of Paddys, and the Gangs ridiculous airline miles/chickens/steaks scheme. Charlie Days acting is a marvel in this one. He dominates every scene and really makes you appreciate just how hard Charlie busts his ass for the bar. Of course, true to Charlie fashion, no one else in the Gang appreciates it. They dont even notice the effort Charlie is going through to get Paddys a passing grade. Dennis even takes credit for the broken stool gag Charlie is mysteriously working on all throughout the episode. There are lots of great sight gags, jazzy instrumentation, and a claustrophobic atmosphere that really make this a singular episode in the Sunny canon.
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