"And it’s here that the real brilliance of ‘It’s Always Sunny’ comes into play, as the show shifts..."

“And it’s here that the real brilliance of ‘It’s Always Sunny’ comes into play, as the show shifts our sympathies from one member of the gang to another, only to return to the realization that we were dumbasses for allowing ourselves to feel for any of these characters in the first place. The status quo that is re-established by the end of any episode is that these are truly awful people whose unvarying, insatiable selfishness makes the “no hugging, no learning” crew from ‘Seinfeld’ seem like the Brady family in comparison.”

- The AV Club’s review of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (“The Gang Broke Dee”)