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Title: A Very Sunny Christmas (09 Dec 2010)
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| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Charlie Day | ... | Charlie Kelly | |
| Glenn Howerton | ... | Dennis Reynolds | |
| Rob McElhenney | ... | Mac | |
| Kaitlin Olson | ... | Dee Reynolds | |
| Danny DeVito | ... | Frank Reynolds | |
| David Huddleston | ... | Eugene Hamilton | |
| Gregory Scott Cummins | ... | Luther | |
| Sandy Martin | ... | Mac's Mom | |
| Lynne Marie Stewart | ... | Charlie's Mom | |
| Pablo Schreiber | ... | Ricky Falcone | |
| Ryan Michelle Bathe | ... | Woman Office Worker | |
| Mike Beaver | ... | Man Office Worker | |
| Derek Waters | ... | Toy Store Clerk | |
| Mark Povinelli | ... | Tiny | |
| Preston Bailey | ... | Young Mac | |
After years of being mistreated by Frank during the holiday season when he buys gifts for himself, Dennis and Dee decide to teach him a lesson by contacting his old business partner, Eugene, for help to make the mean-spirited and nihilist Frank see the Christmas spirit of giving, rather than taking. Meanwhile, Mac and Charlie reflect on their childhood Christmases, and realize that they were not as joyous and wonderful as they remembered: from Mac remembering being taught by his career-criminal parents how to break into people's houses to steal their Christmas presents, to Charlie remembering his single, boozed-out, coked-up mother inviting a slew of "Santas"/clients over to her house. Written by matt-282
It's Christmas in Paddy's and of not everything is silent. Charlie and Mac love their Christmas traditions of putting up decorations last minute and then spending the morning throwing rocks at passing trains. However, for Dennis and Dee Christmas has always been about Frank buying the presents they wanted but for himself – to somehow teach them a lesson about having to earn everything that you get. When this happens again the siblings set out to change Frank in a Christmas Carol-esquire way, while both Charlie and Mac head down memory lane and uncover things about their respective Christmases that never occurred to them before.
Although IMDb have this as the season finale of last year, I didn't realise it existed until this Christmas and it seemed like the right time to watch it as otherwise the TV is generally full of heart-warming festive cheer or movies that everyone has already seen twice before they roll up on terrestrial; at least with this show you never have to worry about it being sentimental since you have to have a heart to be sentimental and none of the characters here have any love in them beyond the large amount they feel for themselves. And so it is even at Christmas as we have Frank "Christmas Caroled" – a plan that involves the sight of a completely naked and sweaty Danny Devito crawling from a leather sofa in the middle of a Christmas party, while Mac works out that all his presents had been stolen from other families and Charlie tries to bury the memory that his mother worked as a prostitute in return for her johns dressing as Santa and bring her son presents – so, yeah, not a lot of festive cheer.
This special contains the same morally bankrupt humour that fans will know to expect and it easily fills the double episode running time. It is consistently hilarious in the dialogue, the performances and more imaginative bits like Frank's Christmas vision. The cast are a strong as ever and thrown themselves totally into it – as best demonstrated by the sight of DeVito's ass. Overall a very funny Christmas special where yet again the standard is set high. This should tide me over till I get the sixth season but it has also made me want it all the more. Great stuff.