It’s Always Sunny Takes a Field Trip to Abbott Elementary

After 16 seasons of absolute mayhem, the It’s Always Sunny gang truly has no business being around children. However, they’ll be taking a field trip to Willard R. Abbott Elementary School soon.

Bad things happen in Philadelphia

October 3: Abbott Elementary mastermind Quinta Brunson posted a photo with Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney on set, seemingly teasing that a highly anticipated crossover was finally in the works. However, the testing only lasted for so long. An ABC rep confirmed to Vulture that there is a crossover episode this upcoming Abbott season. It makes sense for the two to collab; both shows are owned by Disney (Abbott through ABC, and Sunny through FX) and set in Philadelphia. Hell, both of them had Jason Kelce pop in for a cameo. It was only a matter of time. There’s no details about what the episode could entail, but we have some guesses about what the gang could get up to while at school:

The Gang Breaks Into an Elementary School.
The Gang Gets Their Degree.
The Gang Tries to Empower the Youth.
The Gang Goes to Career Day.

They could make a whole ep out of what’s getting cut

October 9: A lot of NSFW improv is hitting the cutting-room floor as the Abbott Elementary crew shapes their crossover episode with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. “When we were shooting last week, Rob [McElhenney] had this improv in this one scene with Ava that I did not know was … coming; he just thought about it extemporaneously,” Patrick Schumacker told The Wrap. “It made me spit out my coffee, and then wish that we had just an episode that was like a gag reel of all the stuff that we can’t use.” Apparently, there is a lot they can’t use. As the Sunny/Abbott crossover was masterminded by the shows’ stars, the BTS producers are now struggling to make it make sense within the worlds of the TV shows. “When Quinta first brought it to me and Pat, I was like, ‘I don’t know how the fuck this is going to work … how are we going to marry these two tones but each show stay true to their own show?’” Abbott EP Justin Halpern said. “It was incredibly fun to do.” The Abbott folks added that McElhenney and Charlie Day spent time in the writers’ room to make it work. No word yet on when the crossover ep will air.

It’ll be a two-parter

October 26: This gives Disney Channel epic “That’s So Suite Life of Hannah Montana” crossover vibes. Instead of just the Gang barging into Abbott Elementary, the teachers will also be having a drink at Patty’s Pub. Variety confirmed that the crossover would be the ninth episode of the season for Abbott, but it’s not stated when the Always Sunny episode will air, as they have just begun production and will film with the cast in a “few weeks,” per Kaitlin Olsen. However, the Abbott episode will have a heavy “Charlie” (Charlie Day) storyline. Maybe Gregory’s Garden Goofballs will have some flowers for him.