Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Overall, an episode like "Being Frank" is exactly what Always Sunny should be doing after a decade on the air. Taking a few risks. Trying out new formats. Not all these endeavors will work, but they're worth doing. "Being Frank" didn't really land well, but I applaud the idea of changing the blueprint. Because it can work. Like just it did a few weeks back with "The Gang Hits the Slopes."
Being inside nutso Frank Reynolds' head for a day certainly sounds like a grand idea, but the premise quickly wears thin as Frank is the loudest, most-debaucherous member of the group. So his insane, barely-functional escapades boil down to confusion, profanity, drugs, and narrowly surviving the day. Which is an entertaining notion, no doubt, but it's also fairly one-note. In fact, the episode itself was a few minutes shorter than an average Sunny chapter since there just isn't that much to do, in the end, with this concept.
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Overall, an episode like "Being Frank" is exactly what Always Sunny should be doing after a decade on the air. Taking a few risks. Trying out new formats. Not all these endeavors will work, but they're worth doing. "Being Frank" didn't really land well, but I applaud the idea of changing the blueprint. Because it can work. Like just it did a few weeks back with "The Gang Hits the Slopes."
Being inside nutso Frank Reynolds' head for a day certainly sounds like a grand idea, but the premise quickly wears thin as Frank is the loudest, most-debaucherous member of the group. So his insane, barely-functional escapades boil down to confusion, profanity, drugs, and narrowly surviving the day. Which is an entertaining notion, no doubt, but it's also fairly one-note. In fact, the episode itself was a few minutes shorter than an average Sunny chapter since there just isn't that much to do, in the end, with this concept.
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