'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' to address coronavirus in next season

"We will address all this in the way only 'Sunny' can"

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney says the next season of the show will address the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking to NME, McElhenney said that the show, whose fourteenth season aired last year, is very much still alive, and will be back with more episodes.

Asked what a quarantine-themes episode of It’s Always Sunny… would look like, McElhenney said: “Well, we actually do have an episode called ‘The Gang Gets Quarantined’'[season nine, episode seven] where we quarantine ourselves in the bar. I think there’s a big flu going around Philadelphia or something like that.

“When we come back, don’t worry, we will address all this in the way only Sunny can!”

Elsewhere in the interview, McElhenney said he would like to continue making the show “forever”, hinting at no plans to slow down or stop.

“How many years do I have on this planet? I’ll do it forever,” he told NME. “If people keep watching it and we keep having fun, why would we ever stop? It’s my dream job.”

He continued: “I never understand why people leave shows. I don’t. I never understand that. The show is what I dreamed of doing my entire life. I don’t take it for granted. And if they keep paying me and the audience keeps watching it and I still love it… why would I ever stop?”

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CLint_FLicker on May 24th, 2020 at 16:46 UTC »

Dennis has a breakdown because he's self isolating and only has himself to belittle.

Frank tries to suck up to some Chinese people in the apartment building because he thinks they're holding out on the cure.

Mac campaigns to get the gay bars and churches classed as essential business.

Dee becomes successful at Zoom dating, because she can be muted.

Charlie burns down a 5G tower.

RecommendsMalazan on May 24th, 2020 at 15:29 UTC »

He talks about this a bit more in this interview he did for Mythic Quest as well -

“The thing about the ‘Mythic Quest’ characters is that, like the filmmakers, they believe in science and they respect the law. And so we could make an episode that we felt was socially responsible,” McElhenney tells Variety. The “Sunny” characters on the other hand, do not, he adds, which means the kind of episode the production team would have delivered would have been the opposite of what he did with “Mythic Quest.”

“I don’t know that it would be socially responsible to make right now. Maybe in about six months from now or a year, hopefully we’re going to see what the ‘Sunny’ characters were doing in quarantine, but I have a feeling it’s not what the ‘Mythic Quest’ characters were doing,” he continues.

FabJeb on May 24th, 2020 at 15:00 UTC »

the gang tries social distancing.