IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY II PHILADELPHIA.

• Author: Brown, Elizabeth Nolan

The irreverent FX comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is now in its 14th season, tying Ozzie and Harriet as the longest-running live-action sitcom--a practically miraculous feat in our outrage-addicted times.

Season 14 starts with the usual gang--as depraved and absurd a bunch as ever hit the screen--trying to scam sex from Airbnb guests, break up a couple grieving their dead son, and terrorize a city councilwoman into missing a vote on a public urination bill. The show's abundant laughs lie in the space between the way this group of Philly pubkeepers see themselves and how the world sees them, their hypocrisy, their pretensions, and their inevitable self-induced downfalls.

To the extent there's some social commentary here, it does not flatter the character's...