Charlie Day believes that pushing the boundaries in their storylines, such as the character fantasizing about murder, was how they learned the show's potential.

“that's what we were learning right uh in this in this season as we were as we've talked about many times in the podcast like how we were pushing things in this season to see how far we could go”

Glenn Howerton characterizes the show's approach as satire rather than farce, though they sometimes lean into farcical elements.

“it's very very typical of a of a farce which you know we tend to be a little bit more satirical and less farcical but um that's what it is”

Rob McElhenney believes that leaving relationships outside the show's production was a strategic choice to preserve the group's professional dynamic.

“if this doesn't work out we don't want it to ruin the dynamic of the tv show because the tv show's working and we can keep it professional and personal sort of separate”