My overall rating of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"'s Season 4: 4/10
There are many things to love about this episode. It's centred around a musical, allowing us to appreciate some of the vocal talent that we have previously glimpsed in, for instance, "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia"; it shows both (elements of) the rehearsals and the final show and manages to be hilarious throughout; it builds upon the characters a bit more (most of all upon Charlie and Artemis); and it references and plays with elements of the prior episodes, making it a good finale - heck it would've been a good finale for the series itself, were it ending. Finally, it's just incredibly creative and funny and appropriately provocative - the "Always Sunny" formula at its best and purest, and without any filler or toilet humour. The performances are also great.
Where the episode seemed to miss its mark for me (if only by a little bit) is in the (probably intentional, but nevertheless) cringiness/weakness of Dee's apology song and Charlie's final song/dialogue. These - while funny in their way - I felt could've been better, especially when contrasted against the otherwise stellar rest of the episode.
There are many things to love about this episode. It's centred around a musical, allowing us to appreciate some of the vocal talent that we have previously glimpsed in, for instance, "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia"; it shows both (elements of) the rehearsals and the final show and manages to be hilarious throughout; it builds upon the characters a bit more (most of all upon Charlie and Artemis); and it references and plays with elements of the prior episodes, making it a good finale - heck it would've been a good finale for the series itself, were it ending. Finally, it's just incredibly creative and funny and appropriately provocative - the "Always Sunny" formula at its best and purest, and without any filler or toilet humour. The performances are also great.
Where the episode seemed to miss its mark for me (if only by a little bit) is in the (probably intentional, but nevertheless) cringiness/weakness of Dee's apology song and Charlie's final song/dialogue. These - while funny in their way - I felt could've been better, especially when contrasted against the otherwise stellar rest of the episode.