New ‘Always Sunny’ Season to Feature Coronavirus Episode
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“The Gang Stays Six Feet Apart.”
Sitcoms and current events often go together like bread and butter. It gives the writers an opportunity to place their characters in a situation that would usually go by the wayside in typical scripting, plus it takes some of the idea work off their shoulders. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has always had a penchant for episodes based on current events, with some standouts being “The Gang Solves Global Warming,” “The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis,” and “The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis.” For the next season, though, the writers are going to tackle a subject we’ve been dealing with since the beginning of the year: pandemic quarantine.
The show’s writer and star, Rob McElhenney, has been chipping away at new episodes while in quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic, and one of his new episodes is slated to cover that exact topic. In an interview with NME, he mentioned that this wouldn’t be the first time the show talked about disease and quarantine.
“Well, we actually do have an episode called ‘The Gang Gets Quarantined’ where we quarantine ourselves in the bar,” McElhenney said. “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!”
Always Sunny‘s fifteenth season is currently in its negotiation stages, and the pandemic has likely slowed things down a bit. However, McElhenney has said that, if given the opportunity, he’d happily continue working on the show for the rest of his life.
“If people keep watching it and we keep having fun, why would we ever stop? It’s my dream job.”
