The sixth season of the American television sitcom series ''
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' premiered on
FX on September 16, 2010. It is the first season of the show to be filmed in
high-definition. The season contains 14 episodes and concluded airing on December 16, 2010, with the hour-long Christmas special (which was produced for season 5, however aired as part of season 6). An additional episode called "The Gang Gets Successful" (production code IP06004) was produced for this season, but was not aired, despite scenes from the episode being included in promotional material for season 6. It was later re-edited with new scenes to create the season 7 episode "How Mac Got Fat".
Season synopsis
In this season, Mac fights against gay marriage after he discovers that Carmen (the trans woman he secretly dated in "
Mac Is a Serial Killer" and first met in "
Charlie Has Cancer") has had gender reassignment surgery and married someone else. Meanwhile, Dennis marries an old friend—then quickly divorces her and gets stuck with paying exorbitant alimony, and Charlie and Frank decide to exploit gay marriage by getting married themselves for benefits, only to find it a waste of time.
Later, the gang decides to buy a boat with the money made from their merchandise in "Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens," but, as usual, everything goes wrong. When a heat wave hits Philadelphia, Mac and Charlie restore an abandoned pool while Frank wreaks havoc at a public pool, and Dee and Dennis are accused of being "white trash" while trying to get a membership at a country club pool.
This season also sees Dee becoming pregnant and every male panicking over who could be the possible father (with the surprise revealed to be Carmen at the end of the season), Charlie finally getting the respect he deserves during a scheme to throw a surprise party for him, and the gang getting lost in the woods on the way to Atlantic City. The gang also puts a cynical spin on Christmas when it is discovered that all of their treasured memories of the holidays were masking the debauched events that happened around that time as well.
Cast
Main cast
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Charlie Day as
Charlie Kelly
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Glenn Howerton as
Dennis Reynolds
The following is a list of recurring characters from the FX television series '' It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''.
The Gang
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Charlie Kelly
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Rob McElhenney as
Ronald "Mac" McDonald
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Kaitlin Olson as
Deandra "Dee" ("Sweet Dee") Reynolds
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Danny DeVito
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as
Frank Reynolds
Special guest cast
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René Auberjonois as Dr. Larry Meyers
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Dave Foley as Principal MacIntyre
Recurring cast
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Mary Elizabeth Ellis as
The Waitress
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David Hornsby as
Matthew "Cricket" ("Rickety Cricket") Mara
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Lance Barber as Bill Ponderosa
Guest stars
Episodes
^ This episode is a direct to DVD, Blu-ray and digital download movie.
Reception
The sixth season received positive reviews. On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, it has an approval rating of 94% with an average score of 8.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Cleverly folding Kaitlin Olson's real-life pregnancy into the plot with characteristic perversity, ''It's Always Sunny''s sixth season sees the Gang trying – and failing – to grow up."
Home media
References
External links
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{{It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2010 American television seasons
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia seasons