#being frank

[conanssummerchild]

dennis's face when frank yells at mac not to touch him is actually sending me, why does he look so scared 😭

[franktronics]

Ran nine miles and made a turkey stroganoff. Life is okay sometimes!

[charlieklly]

all of frank's tapes are directions made by charlie

[venusiinfurss]

i was so surprised to hear people hate 'being frank' (11x06) because i love it- it's within my top thirty episodes of sunny easy. i really enjoyed seeing frank's interiority and his relationships with the rest of the gang, as well as the effect age has on him. plus having access to his inner monologue really enhanced his character to me, as it shows just how much he desires the validation of the gang. i feel like this episode really helped me 'get' frank as a character and understand his motivations. he just wants the gang to be proud of him and enjoy his life! his relationships with ponderosa and charlie in particular are very sweet, and of course the final scene of him and charlie playing nightcrawlers before bed is adorable. i love the structure of this episode in particular because the whole thing- taking course over a day, shot in the POV style, his narration, etc.- both illustrates how the gang operates and how frank operates within the gang in a truly creative way. the dynamics within the gang and how they interact really make the show for me and i love when they showcase them. it also depicts age in a way not typically seen in television, at least from this perspective. despite the how old he is, he is still 'getting real weird with it'. it's not holding him back in any meaningful way. they still manage to pull off the scam and he has a great day that ends with him playing a game with his best friend/surrogate son. this episode displays one of my favorite things about sunny- despite being known as the gross-out humor show that looks like shit (in glenn howerton's words) and having the ultimate bad-people characters, they can still make an incredibly compelling narrative that dissects how and why these people perceive the world the way they do in a way that is truly unique. episodes like this make me think this is what comedy television can be! and inspire me to want to write for it.

[charliework16]

the warmest welcome in the history of the world

[thelosthighway]

mac sounded genuinely sorry here

[hewouldntbeafuckingpoolguy]

[neverainy]

Wait “being frank” Frank and Artemis were so cute. He called her “Artie” and she introduced him to her parents <3

It went badly cause he was on multiple drugs but this opens up new possibilities about their relationship where they have soft moments where they aren’t shoving food up each other