It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 4
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 4) | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | FX |
| Original release | September 18 – November 20, 2008 |
| Season chronology | |
The fourth season of the American comedy television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered on FX on September 18, 2008. The season contains 13 episodes and concluded airing on November 20, 2008.
Season synopsis
The Gang gets even crazier this season when Sweet Dee and Charlie become cannibals while Mac and Dennis decide to hunt humans for sport. Later, the gang hatches a plot to counter soaring prices at the pump by stealing and reselling gasoline, then try living the healthy life—by scamming their way to free medical insurance, but not before trying to prove that Paddy's Pub is historically relevant, and kidnapping a newspaper critic who panned their bar. Dee and Frank set out to stop Bruce Mathis (Dee and Dennis's biological father) from donating Barbara's inheritance to a community center for Muslims while Charlie and Mac fake their deaths to escape Mac's convict father, Luther, who vowed in "Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender" to get revenge on the two of them for screwing up his plan to make amends with the people he terrorized before he was sent away to prison for the first time.
This season also sees Frank holding a contest to find a new billboard model for the bar and the gang trying to bring good karma to a Hispanic family by rebuilding their hovel. Dennis' erotic memoirs land him in a mental hospital with comedian Sinbad and Matchbox Twenty lead singer, Rob Thomas. Dee and Artemis live it up like the girls on Sex and the City, while Frank and the rest of the gang solve a scatological mystery. Charlie continues to stalk The Waitress, especially in light of news that someone else is having sex with her; then Charlie reworks his "Night Man" song into a sprawling musical to win over The Waitress.
Cast
Main cast
- Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly
- Glenn Howerton as Dennis Reynolds
- Rob McElhenney as Mac
- Kaitlin Olson as Dee Reynolds
- Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds
Recurring cast
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis as The Waitress
- David Hornsby as Cricket / Colonel Cricket
Guest stars
- Zachary Knighton as Random Guy
- Geoff Pierson as Warden
- Lynne Marie Stewart as Charlie's Mom
- Artemis Pebdani as Artemis
- Fran Kranz as College Student
- Fisher Stevens as Korman
- Rob Thomas as Himself
- Sinbad as Himself
- Lisa Locicero as Philadelphia Soul Executive
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 1 | "Mac and Dennis: Manhunters" | Fred Savage | Charlie Day & Jordan Young & Elijah Aron | September 18, 2008 | IP04002 | 1.73[1] |
| 34 | 2 | "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis" | Matt Shakman | Charlie Day & Sonny Lee & Patrick Walsh | September 18, 2008 | IP04009 | 1.60[1] |
| 35 | 3 | "America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest" | Fred Savage | Rob McElhenney & Charlie Day & Adam Stein | September 25, 2008 | IP04006 | 1.44[1] |
| 36 | 4 | "Mac's Banging the Waitress" | Matt Shakman | David Hornsby | September 25, 2008 | IP04011 | 1.35[1] |
| 37 | 5 | "Mac and Charlie Die (Part 1)" | Fred Savage & Matt Shakman | Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney | October 2, 2008 | IP04003 | 1.02[1] |
| 38 | 6 | "Mac and Charlie Die (Part 2)" | Fred Savage | Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney | October 2, 2008 | IP04004 | 1.02[1] |
| 39 | 7 | "Who Pooped the Bed?" | Fred Savage | Rob McElhenney & Scott Marder & Rob Rosell | October 9, 2008 | IP04007 | 1.28[1] |
| 40 | 8 | "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia" | Matt Shakman | Scott Marder & Rob Rosell & David Hornsby | October 16, 2008 | IP04012 | 1.27[1] |
| 41 | 9 | "Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life" | Fred Savage | Glenn Howerton & Rob Rosell & Scott Marder | October 23, 2008 | IP04005 | N/A |
| 42 | 10 | "Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack" | Matt Shakman | Rob Rosell & Scott Marder | October 30, 2008 | IP04013 | 1.15[1] |
| 43 | 11 | "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" | Matt Shakman | Rob McElhenney & Glenn Howerton & David Hornsby | November 6, 2008 | IP04010 | 1.36[1] |
| 44 | 12 | "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition" | Fred Savage | Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & David Hornsby | November 13, 2008 | IP04001 | 1.31[1] |
| 45 | 13 | "The Nightman Cometh" | Matt Shakman | Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney | November 20, 2008 | IP04008 | 1.30[2] |
DVD release
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Complete 4th Season | |||||
| Set details | Special features | ||||
Technical specifications
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| Release dates | |||||
| Region 1 | Region 4 | ||||
| September 15, 2009[3] | March 30, 2011[4] | ||||
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Pucci, Douglas (November 15, 2008). "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Ratings". Mediaweek. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Seidman, Robert (November 25, 2008). "Updated: Weekly Top Cable Shows". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Season 4". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
- ^ "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - The Complete Season 3 (3 Disc Set) (DVD)". EzyDVD.com.au. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
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