It’s been a minute since a good crossover aired on television, as these types of small screen events have become rare in recent years. However, It’s always sunny in Philadelphia and Abbott Elementary The first of two highly anticipated crossover episodes will premiere this week amid the 2025 TV lineup. A first look shows the It’s always sunny The veterans interact hilariously with the Abbott teachers and students, although a key member of the Paddy’s Pub gang had to be kept separate from the kids, and I’m not surprised at all.
The idea for this absurd crossover between the two Philadelphia-based comedies has been brewing for a while. Most likely, none of the characters in It’s always sunnyHe would be allowed to work in a school. However, when asked about rolling stone What characters would you like to be able to keep permanently? Abbottshowrunner, EP and lead actress Quinta Brunson responded to Candy Dee and, surprisingly, Danny DeVito’s flamboyant character Frank Reynolds, but with a small contingency:
And then I think I’d steal Frank too, because he’s fun to react to in our world. For many reasons, I still regret that we didn’t have a scene of a child simply reacting to him. We didn’t have time. There was a version where there was a kid just staring at him, but it’s fun to react to him. And our show relies a lot on reactions to the cameras. Although we realized in our world, we had to keep it away from children. But it’s a riot.
Yes, Frank and the kids are a recipe for disaster. We’ve learned enough about his relationship with his own children to know that he’s not exactly a good influence on the young ones. Frank’s antics in It’s always sunny They are quite noticeable and definitely the highlight of the show. Dee and Dennis’ father always has a plan and finds the most incomplete and immoral way to complete it. His motivations are always selfish, and I could totally see him tying up the students in Abbott Do the dirty work, if given the chance.
The crossover’s plot involves the Paddy’s Pub gang volunteering for a day at Abbott Elementary School, and God knows what their twisted motivations are for doing so. The first episode will show the events of that day through the lens of Abbott‘s characters, which means it will be in the classic mockumentary style. At a later date, fans will see the crossover event from the perspective of the Sunny characters. So it will be intriguing to see the Abbott crew in a less censored way.
It’s always sunny is not for the faint of heart, and the producers do not plan to compromise its striking style for the purposes of family viewers. However, Quinta Brunson and Sunny Co-creator Rob McElhenney plans to warn certain Abbott audiences against watching the FX show due to its R-rated content. Sunny It’s never been afraid to push boundaries, and its main premise is that these characters are very morally corrupt people, especially Frank.
After all, this is the man who, in one episode, started a sweatshop involving child labor and in another installment, posed as his adult daughter Dee’s fiancé to get money from his ex-wife. So I’m left wondering what Frank does at Abbott to alert the faculty that kids shouldn’t be around him.
Normally, I really want to see the characters fit into each other’s stories. Although I am quite concerned about the teachers at Abbott, the Sunny The gang has a bad habit of leaving a big mess wherever they go. But hey, maybe something good will come out of all this. Maybe Barbara or Melissa will finally teach Charlie to read. this will be It’s always sunnyIt is the seventeenth season on the air and, in some ways, its ensemble remains the most unpredictable on television. Let’s hope naked Frank doesn’t get stuck in the playground again.
I honestly feel like I can’t even come close to predicting what will happen. However, I certainly can’t wait to find out by tuning in Abbott Elementary this Wednesday on ABC at 9:30 pm ET. The episode will also be available to stream the next day with a Hulu subscription.
