By Stacy Lambe Apple TV+
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, is back on TV with
Mythic Quest, another acclaimed series he created and also stars in. Ahead of its return to Apple TV+ on May 7, McElhenney opened up to ET about what keeps him and the rest of the creative forces on
It’s Always Sunny coming back after so many seasons and how
Mythic Quest fills the current void for workplace comedies.
Easily one the best original series on Apple TV+,
Mythic Quest made a strong debut in February 2020 with its salty sense of humor about the video game world. At the center of it is McElhenney s Ian Grimm (that’s Ian with a hard I), a creative director and egomaniac who often clashes with co-workers, including executive producer David Brittlesbee (David Hornsby), head of monetization Brad Bakshi (Danny Pudi), and lead engineer Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao).
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Pudi plays head of monetization Brad Bakshi.
With quarantine over, the second season of “Mythic Quest” finds everyone back in the office (well, almost everyone), attempting to build upon the success of “Raven’s Banquet” by launching an epic new expansion, but Grimm and the newly promoted co-creative director, Poppy Li, played by Charlotte Nicdao, struggle with the game’s direction.
Meanwhile, C.W. Longbottom, played by F. Murray Abraham reconciles some unresolved issues from his past, the testers – played by Ashly Burch and Imani Hakim – test the bounds of an office romance.
David Brittlesbee, played by David Hornsby, loses yet another woman in his life as Jo, played by Jessie Ennis, leaves him to assist Bakshi.
Starring
Rob McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, Ashly Burch, Jessie Ennis, Imani Hakim, David Hornsby, Danny Pudi, F. Murray Abraham
Premieres
Format
Half-hour comedy; complete second season watched for review
It’s to that end that the show’s second season picks up right where its first (and two excellent, pandemic-themed inter-season episodes) left off, as visionary game designer Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney) and long-suffering chief engineer Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao) try to figure out how to share authority in the wake of Ian promoting Poppy to be his equal on their massively successful online game. The clash between two titanic egos smooth-talking ideas guy Ian on one hand, technical perfectionist Poppy on the other produces the typical over-blown shouting matches, mutual accusations of “cancellation,” and occasional tortured divorce metaphors that you might expect. But it also allows Nicdao and McElhenney to make liberal use of
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