The Truck of the Irish.
By Matt Fowler
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Hey, so this one was disturbingly delightful.
The idea of Dennis’ “Paddy’s Wagon” idea quickly disintegrating into a psychotic way to unintentionally kidnap and rob people was really fun. And textbook Dennis. One of the show’s strengths has always been watching one of his “best laid plans” turn to utter s***. Even more so than Charlie and Mac’s schemes since, as funny as they can be, you can see those disasters coming a mile out.
So Dennis had a great idea for St. Patrick’s Day. Unfortunately, he wanted to sort of INSTA-build a business in a few hours instead of having taken the time to build up his brand via social media ahead of time. Honestly, given the window he had to work with, turning the truck into a “cash only” beer taxi was really the only plan that would have worked here. Hell, even driving around a “Bang Bus” would have worked. But Dennis was insistent upon Paddy’s Wagon being some sort of poorly thought out multimedia experience involving “brand awareness,” QR codes, promotional videos, and Twitter reviews.
Which then promptly led Dennis down the path of the quick-tempered meltdown. “Customer” after “customer,” Dennis would refuse to let them out, draw a gun on them, panic, and then drop them off on a desolate wooded road. It was amazing. And the iPad photos Dennis was taking of those two poor crying women were hilarious. Just a really nasty, dark turn. And quintessentially Dennis.
Back at Paddy’s, things also went to hell after Charlie caught a little person pickpocket in a basement glue trap. The one designed to catch leprechauns. And so Charlie (loopy from drinking green paint) and Mac argued for a bit about whether or not the guy was a real ‘Chaun. It wasn’t as great as the Wagon story, but there were a couple of very funny exchanges. Most notably, Mac trying to tell Charlie not to drink paint and Charlie – basically – ignoring him (didn’t work with “chewing chalk” either). And then Mac quickly making a “live forever” wish followed by Charlie instantly wasting their third hypothetical wish by taking Mac’s wish away. Great back-and-forth there.
Yeah, so this one was pretty strong. Dee being left on the road, followed by Dennis being left on the road. Charlie seeing the little person fly away on a rainbow. Mac returning from a gay club wearing a green tank top and covered in glitter. I’m happy Always Sunny hit a solid double with their St. Patrick’s Day outing.
“Charlie Catches a Leprechaun” ran with two very funny stories – the best one being Dennis’ attempt to inflict his overly convoluted business idea on unsuspecting citizens. Resulting in several traumatized patrons and several felonies.
