It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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Season 13
  • Network: FX , FXX
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 4, 2005
Season #: 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 30
  3. Negative: 9 out of 30
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  1. mdgm
    Jan 22, 2019
    1
    While it had one or two funny moments, this was overall a very disappointing series. Some of the characters seemed to lose their depth. The script writing was far less witty and seemed much more shallow, driving jokes home with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. And some episodes straight up had no jokes at all! The final blow was the writers shoe horning in political lectures, just in caseWhile it had one or two funny moments, this was overall a very disappointing series. Some of the characters seemed to lose their depth. The script writing was far less witty and seemed much more shallow, driving jokes home with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. And some episodes straight up had no jokes at all! The final blow was the writers shoe horning in political lectures, just in case you didn't realise how woke you aren't. The first 12 series are some of the best TV in the history of mankind. Series 13 is trash. Skip it.… Expand
  2. gotobedforever
    Nov 22, 2018
    0
    I loved a lot of the seasons of this show but season 13 in particular is utterly pathetic, watching the writers and actors trying to work they way around OBVIOUSLY executive imposed race and gender quotas in the episodes is utterly pathetic. You can tell they managed to convince themselves "oh we can just fill the quota and make it like a joke, like what if we joke its an all femaleI loved a lot of the seasons of this show but season 13 in particular is utterly pathetic, watching the writers and actors trying to work they way around OBVIOUSLY executive imposed race and gender quotas in the episodes is utterly pathetic. You can tell they managed to convince themselves "oh we can just fill the quota and make it like a joke, like what if we joke its an all female reboot, what if we joke we have an insufferable WOC replacement for dennis, its a joke right because its so awful but really we manage to fill the quota"

    absolutely pathetic guys, you sold your souls, fooled no one and ruined your show. So much trash about men vs women and men do XXXXXX and women XXXXXX all so the cast can tip toe around obviously executive imposed quotas. Mindy Kaling has no place on this show, just yet another quota filler because FX execs feel bad about making a show with too many white people and too many "toxic" men

    yawwwwwn comedy is dead.    … Expand
  3. meathook2
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    This season was off and I guess you could blame it entirely on the new writers (cause the actors are *ucking great).
    It seems they ran out of original ideas in the spirit of what motivates the gang, and also included side characters from previous seasons to distract from the stale scripts.
    Only one episode stood out for me and it was "Time's Up for the Gang". (The worst was "The Gang    This season was off and I guess you could blame it entirely on the new writers (cause the actors are *ucking great).
    It seems they ran out of original ideas in the spirit of what motivates the gang, and also included side characters from previous seasons to distract from the stale scripts.

    Only one episode stood out for me and it was "Time's Up for the Gang".
    (The worst was "The Gang Solves the Bathroom Problem").

    I really hope next season will include more of Dennis and hopefully we could see something like "The Gang goes to Mexico" or "The Gang goes to Prison".    … Expand
  4. All_ButTrU4
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    Really poor season. The humor is almost entirely gone. New writers have been used that don't seem to understand the characters. Characters are involved in plots where in previous seasons they would've disregarded it and be sent off on some B-plot. There's a lot of "issue" type themes that normally would not be the central plot in classic sunny episodes but in this season are never left.Really poor season. The humor is almost entirely gone. New writers have been used that don't seem to understand the characters. Characters are involved in plots where in previous seasons they would've disregarded it and be sent off on some B-plot. There's a lot of "issue" type themes that normally would not be the central plot in classic sunny episodes but in this season are never left. Every character feels off in terms of dialogue and personality and the episodes are humourless.… Expand
  5. aidsinmeballs
    Jul 9, 2019
    3
    This season can be summarized as "The Gang Sells Out." Some of the funniest and most original writing of all time has been replaced and/or "supplemented" with weak, "woke" writers like Danielle Schneider who all have a corporate-approved message they want to drive home. After all, Sunny's always tip-toed along the edge of what would now be considered "problematic" by a certain group ofThis season can be summarized as "The Gang Sells Out." Some of the funniest and most original writing of all time has been replaced and/or "supplemented" with weak, "woke" writers like Danielle Schneider who all have a corporate-approved message they want to drive home. After all, Sunny's always tip-toed along the edge of what would now be considered "problematic" by a certain group of people, so it makes sense that the trend of toning down what they perceive as insensitive would one day reach Sunny.

    To clarify, I'm politically a centrist. And it's true that Sunny has had some slightly political episodes in the past. "Charlie Goes America All Over Everyone's Ass" comes to mind. But ultimately, the joke was always on how inept and narcissistic all the characters are, and there was never a side implied to be "correct". Also, these episodes would be about one per season. Having a season entirely comprised of episodes like this, where a right and wrong side are clearly implied by the writers, feels patronizing, pedantic, and preachy.

    As a side note, the overly meta observational humor throughout the season is typical of United Citizens Brigade (UCB) comedians like Schneider and, while that may work in improv from time to time, it's just so lazy from a writing point of view. If you're going to make a female reboot of an episode, just have the balls to do it (pun intended). Don't mention it 40 times in the same episode ffs.

    I just hope next season can get back to comedy as the focus (which would require getting rid of these corporate-appointed writers, so it's unlikely).    … Expand

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  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Sep 6, 2018
    91
    Season 13 proves McElhenney, Day, and Howerton aren’t out of ideas; the formula they’ve established still works beautifully, and allows them to stretch as far as their creativity demands.
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  2. Collider
    Reviewed by: Vinnie Mancuso
    Sep 5, 2018
    60
    Season 13 finally feels like there’s an actual world happening outside Paddy’s Pub, and—like several other terrible people in 2018—that world has something to say about The Gang. To be clear, this is a change for the better.
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