It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia/2020: A Year in Review

2020: A Year in Review
Season 15, Episode 1
Airdate	December 1, 2021
Production Number	XIP015001
Written by	Rob McElhenney & Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton
Directed by	Todd Biermann
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Season Fifteen

2020: A Year in Review is the first episode of the fifteenth season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and the one hundred fifty-fifth episode overall.

Starring: Charlie Day (Charlie Kelly), Glenn Howerton (Dennis Reynolds), Rob McElhenney (Mac), Kaitlin Olson (Dee Reynolds)

and Danny DeVito (Frank Reynolds)

Guest Starring: Brian Huskey (Gary)

Co-Starring: Rey Borge (Tony), Mingus Johnston (Customer)

Plot Overview

The gang has to explain the PPP loans they took out in the past year, which involves them recounting their role in some major events of 2020.

Notes

Music

• The Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"

• Kanye West - "Gold Digger

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• In the TikTok ad for he and Dee's business, Charlie is wearing the eagle costume he and the other guys wore from "The Gang Wrestles for the Troops".

Trivia

Allusions and References

• It's shown that Dee and Charlie were responsible for providing the clothing for the prolific rioter on January 6th known as the QAnon Shaman.

• Rapper Kanye West did indeed run for president in 2020, but he did so too late to qualify to be on the ballot in a lot of states, meaning his campaign stood no chance and ended with a whimper.

• Gary doesn't believe anything the gang told him, arguing that they aren't Forrest Gump, the title character in the 1994 film that saw him in the middle of and even influencing some events in the 20th century.

Memorable Moments

• Frank goes to his favourite "bookstore", which is a sex shop. The man behind the counter, who has his mask around his chin, tells him he has to wear a mask, which Frank points out is also down to his chin.

• After recounting his shame over watching his inferior work in the form of Rudy Giuliani's hair dye running down his head, it cuts to Frank with dye also running down his head.

• The closing montage of the gang in various locations, including Dee and Charlie (with Kanye for President shirts) at the Stop the Steal rally that lead into the Capital riots as well as Frank standing behind Rudy Giuliani at his Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference.

Quotes

• Mac: It's like, do I want a bunch of eggheads who spend all day learning about shit influencing how I think about things? No.

• Frank: There I was, staring at my idols, Peter North, T.T. Boy, the late, great D.J. Ram. And that's when I noticed it. The bad dye job. Who had I become? I was letting the pandemic get the best of me. It had taken my manhood. Well, I went home and immediately did something about it. After I popped off.

• Gary: Okay. Let's just move on to the next loan. Um, a clothing line. Something called "Garments and Varmints"?

Charlie: Yo!

Dee: Yeah.

Charlie: That's us. Yeah.

Dee: Yeah. th-the name's a little confusing, 'cause it did end up being mostly costumes.

Charlie: Yeah, yeah, but it's not really confusing, you know, because varmints definitely played, like, a key role in it. So it's not confusing.

Dee: Oh, it's confusing. It's incredibly confusing.

Charlie: I'm sorry.

Dee: But we can go on.

Gary: Uh, I am confused.

Dee: Well, of course, you're confused, Gary. That's 'cause you're not a moron.

• Charlie: Yeah, now, normally, I don't call Dee a bitch. That's sort of Dennis's thing.

Dennis: Dee's a goddamn bitch!