'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia' RECAP Season 4 – Episode 1: Mac and Dennis: Manhunters

What’s on tap?
1:30 PM
On a Wednesday

Charlie and Dee steal Frank’s deer meat and cook it up and start eating it. Frank get’s ticked off at them and padlocks his fridge, but he leaves one piece of meat out. Charlie and Dee cook up the meat that was left out and just love it. Frank catches them and tells them it is human meat. For nearly the rest of the show, Charlie and Dee think they have turned into cannibals.

To test their theory, they go to China Town and buy up all sorts of exotic meat, including monkey . They cook it up and try it all, but none of it tastes similar to what they had before. So they take a trip to the morgue, to try and confirm that they ate human meat by trying it again, but once there, they “chicken” out and just can’t bring themselves to eat a dead guy. Later on, they are seen wandering the streets of Philly, salivating after the passer bys. They pick up a homeless guy and start covering his arm with seasoning salts, but before they can eat him they are interrupted by the rest of the gang. Frank tells them he was trying to teach them a lesson about stealing his food, and that it wasn’t human meat, but rather it was raccoon. They don’t believe him and they chase him from the apartment looking to eat him.

When Frank initially takes the deer meat from Charlie and Dee, the discussion turns to how he hunted and shot the deer. Mac and Dennis want to raise the stakes and so they decided to hunt a human…specifically, Cricket. They spend their time stocking up on beer and camo-ing up for the hunt. They position themselves on some busy sidewalk hidden in a cardboard box waiting for Cricket to come by panhandling. When they eventually spot him, Cricket out runs/gymnastics/maneuvers them and they quickly give up the chase. Frank finds Cricket and talks him into teaming up against Mac and Dennis. Cricket agrees. While Mac and Dennis are sleeping, they leave a note with a knife stuck in their pillows for them to find when they wake up. They do and they start freaking out, so they go to Dee’s place to talk her into becoming bait for Cricket. They walk in on Charlie and Dee preparing the homeless guy for food. The homeless guy runs away and Frank and Cricket enter the room.

Dee and Charlie chase Frank out of the room and Mac and Dennis are left in the room with Cricket.

Charlie Work
Favorite Charlie scenes:
1. He takes a hot plate to the morgue so he and Dee can warm up some human meat.
2. He whips out a knife and chases Frank out of Dee’s apartment.

Favorite Charlie quotes:
1. “You gotta human meat guy?”
2. “You don’t understand – you don’t have the hunger!”
3. “I’m gonna chop off a piece of that fat little calf muscle and eat it.”

Last Call
Not the best episode that I have seen by these guys. It had a few funny parts, but I thought it could have been better. Most of the jokes seem forced and fell flat. I hope that the rest of the season is funnier than this first offering, otherwise it could be a long season.