It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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Season 5
  • 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
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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Critic Reviews

  1. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Keefe
    88
    As in the show's third-season creative peak, the attention to continuity and timely plot devices is well balanced by the focus on character and actual comedy.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    83
    The result is stupid, deranged, and fairly disgusting, none of which should be taken as criticism.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    80
    Comics have been doing this sort of thing on TV since I Love Lucy and The Jackie Gleason Show in the '50s, but never with the hilarious depravity of Sunny.
  5. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    75
    Season 5 brings more of the same, but the characters are so well delineated and the performances are so solid that more of the same is a good thing.
  6. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    70
    It's Always Sunny is still very much It's Always Sunny, which should be good news to its many fans, especially those who may not long, as I do, for just a bit more subtlety now and then. But, hey, it's OK. DeVito and the rest are totally committed to everything they do, no matter how absurd, and more often than not, they manage to sell it.
  7. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    70
    If your taste runs toward the appallingly crass, then you’ll probably want to end the night with a new season of the incorrigibly amusing It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

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User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 151 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 144 out of 151
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 151
  3. Negative: 4 out of 151
  1. All_ButTrU4
    Jan 3, 2022
    7
    Absolutely hilarious. It's Always Sunny really returns to what made it amazing in the early seasons and continues to be one of the funniestAbsolutely hilarious. It's Always Sunny really returns to what made it amazing in the early seasons and continues to be one of the funniest shows on television… Full Review »
  2. brockcheese
    Apr 22, 2021
    8
    Always Sunny really stepped their game up this season and this is the first season of the show where I like every episode with the highlightAlways Sunny really stepped their game up this season and this is the first season of the show where I like every episode with the highlight being the DENNIS System which is probably my favorite episode so far.… Full Review »
  3. drlowdon
    Aug 20, 2019
    10
    Following on from a stellar fourth season It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia's remains at its absolute best throughout this fifth season,Following on from a stellar fourth season It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia's remains at its absolute best throughout this fifth season, remaining laugh out loud funny and further cementing its place amongst my favourite comedy series of all time.… Full Review »
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