Its Always Sunny Finale Parodies The Golden Bachelor with Frank

The season finale of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s seventeenth season pushes Frank DeVito into a high-stakes, television-parodying romance arc, pairing the FX comedy’s signature misanthropy with a gleefully shameless spoof of reality dating shows. In The Golden Bachelor Live, Frank steps into the role of the season’s final rose applicant, with The Golden Bachelor host Jesse Palmer guiding the audience through his journey. The episode culminates in a rain-soaked kiss with Sam, a veteran contestant portrayed by Carol Kane, while former Taxi costar Danny DeVito and Kane’s on-screen chemistry revives a decades-old screen reunion. The finale also signals fertile directions for the show’s future, as the producers and stars hint at continued collaboration into Season 18 and beyond.

The finale completes a season-long thread in which the gang’s appetite for show business collides with their chaotic personal dynamics. The Golden Bachelor spoof places Frank at the center of a faux-rose ceremony, with Sam stealing a rare moment of mutual interest from the otherwise calculating suitor. While the episode leans into the show’s familiar irreverence—Frank’s confident misreadings of the...