Mac and Dennis Become EMTs

This is one of the best episodes in years, I've had a good amount of laugh out loud moments in the past few years, but this wouldn't really help me hooked the entire time. It's a genuine masterpiece of an episode.

It's making me do another 600 words or something like that so I'm just gonna keep typing and talking until it goes away but yeah you should just watch the episode Jesus Christ. It's absolutely perfect. Who are you still reading this? Why have you not watched the episode yet if you have watched the episode Great good for you. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did because it's really a freaking amazing episode.

And of course it should be. Some of the best episodes of this show have the last scene be the funniest one.

But I feel like this season is mostly punchlines and not much laughs throughout the episode itself.

This episode is definitely the best of the season so far and one of the best episodes of the show. I just feel like the first two acts of the episode, much like episode 2, is mostly setup for the final joke. Which works great because both have a great ending and are very funny.

But the problem I have with it, is that you have to wait until the reveal to make you laugh.

Now like I said, this episode is actually way funnier from the beginning till the punchline than the previous one, especially the first episode, but the punchline is mostly the thing that is funnier and made this episode go from a 7 to a 9 to me.

Like remember the Water Park episode which still has the funniest ending of any episode for me? Or the Suburban episode? Those had very funny scenes throughout the entire episode. But season 17 feels like they mostly forgot to make the whole episode funny, and they focused on the punchline ending much more.

I know this sounds like I'm complaining a lot and nitpicking, so I mustn't have liked the episode at all, it's not that. I actually really liked it and the ending was great, I think they still got it after 17 seasons which is crazy to think about. I'm just sensing a pattern here with the episode structure of this season, that's all.

Great episode nonetheless.

I laughed my ass off after such a long time. Classic sunny episode. It feels refreshing after the last couple of seasons. The gang is back and unapologetically so. An instant classic with a take on some other shows that are airing right now. The show is getting their mojo back from what I can deduce from the first three episodes. It feels like the sunny from season 7-11. The stakes are high, adrenaline is rushed throughout the episode. An old nemesis returns. This episode was funnier compared to the previous two episodes. I have my fingers crossed for the rest of the season. I hope they come back sooner with the next season.

The spirit of early sunny with the budget of success. Our boys (and gal) have grown up! Probably the spiciest episode in years.

Great callback to the last episode with the cake. Dee is a physical comedy genius.

The A story starts about Dennis and Mac wanting to be paramedics, but quickly evolves (devolves) into a spicy pepper B story that takes over the episode. Charlie has minimal screen time, but makes the best of what he has, poking fun at modern foodie television. Frank has a fun story and it's fantastic to see the Lawyer again. Honestly, funny all the way through. This season is starting super solid - only down side is so few episodes.

I just hope this show goes on forever. I've never stopped enjoying this show, I think every season is good, but this is just such an absolute standout episode. With laughs literally from start to finish, this episode has achieved something that few others have in that it is the perfect blend of classic and modern Sunny. 20 years, 17 seasons in and we're still getting episodes at the peak of their powers. Every member of the gang absolutely shines in this episode. Charlie's maniacal chef character is something that I'm surprised hasn't been done before, but it works perfectly for Charlie and serves as a biting parody of The Bear. Dennis and Mac are together once again, and their dynamic was one of the most classic parts of the episode. Both Glenn and Rob are on fire here (ha) fully committed to the bit in every shot. Kaitlyn gets to showcase some of the best physical comedy she's done on the show in YEARS and then pulls off what might be the funniest moment in the episode to me, her expression when Charlie offers her a pepper. The peppers were the perfect addition to this, it doesn't, at any point, make the least bit of sense; but it is just hilarious that in addition to all of the nonsense games they're playing (literally for their own amusement as the judge says) that they're getting buzzed on hot peppers. And they can't stop. Perfect Sunny. Frank's plot reminds us of the show's roots too. It's dark, seriously messed up on paper. There literally isn't another television comedy that could have pulled that story off while remaining as funny as it does. While this episode reflects on the classic era of the show (the og gang even get a major scene together) it also displays the absolute best of new Sunny; with some of the biggest budget moments and stunts we've ever seen them try. And it all fits together perfectly. Everything about this episode was perfect Sunny. There wasn't a moment wasted. A top ten episode, and a television landmark.