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Rick and Morty had its first bad episode.

I'm not in touch with many other fans of the show, so i'm glad I didn't come to the conclusion that the last episode made me wubba lubba dub dub.

The Tiny Rick part of the episode was fine in concept, but in my opinion they went about the execution and resolution in a way with zero consequence that felt like a dumb, but genuinely played, sci-fi sitcom that's whole resolution was a stereotype about teenagers, played entirely for convenience. Looking deeper into themes of that arise from the idea of transferring your consciousness into a younger clone of your self, there do arise some interesting ideas about the self; which consciousness was in control? Did Tiny Rick even have his own "mind?" Or was he just some vessel for older Rick that trapped him with teenage hormones? Was it a weird hybrid consciousness? And what Morty says to Summer when he's angry at her raises a good point-- is having a hybrid consciousness that might not be your 'self' preferable when you're a nicer and happier person?

The entire problem is that we don't get to think about these ideas, or even really consider them. We're told that in the rules of the show that being in a teenager's body means you aren't really 'you'-- that the angst in a teenager's mind is what your future self will be, and that's not a thing you should be-- or something like that. With Rick and Morty, Dan and Justin really weave this show along this incredible razor thin edge of humorous existential sci-fi black comedy with constantly developing characters put into absurd situations while being tongue-in-cheekily framed as, and almost but not quite parodying, sitcoms and the culture mired in them that has produced and idea in society of what family and satisfaction in life should be, "everything will be fine at the end of the episode." The problem with this episode, and to a lesser degree Get Swhifty, is that they missed that mark and just fell into straight sitcom/parody sitcom territory, I think.

The Beth/Jerry plotline started GREAT, and then it literally became every other Beth/Jerry plotline we've ever seen. They're together for the kids, they don't love each other, but in absurd situations Jerry could be an action hero and Beth's kind of attracted to that? Great. Cool, but when are they getting a divorce though? Summer even lampshaded the whole thing like holy fuck if you aren't going to progress their relationship I don't need to see it. Eris, what a mediocre episode.

That being said, the idea that Godhead Beth might become relevant later is cool, even though they don't seem horrible concerned with progressing minor characters as of yet.

EDIT: Oh wait you guys are talking about Rickxty Minutes pt.2 fuuuuuuuck

EDIT EDIT: Or are you? Has that even come out yet?

@Darcs

yes and yes.

Rick and Morty had its first bad episode.

Cute.

It's not about my sensibilities for anything other than comedy.

I was looking forward to your actual opinion as the other user who I know is a fan.

@Awson

That was Morty's rant from the end of the episode, which was really one of the only highlights. I mean Jerry's story was fine -- Beth flipping through a magazine of prosthetic dicks and gradually liking the idea? Hilarious. Most of the improv alien TV kinda blew. Honestly the only thing that made that a good episode last season was how everybody but Rick got super super real by the end. It wasn't all that funny, but it just sorta blew your mind with unexpected feels, and that made the Ballfondlers/Two Brothers jokes work. Improv cartoons apparently don't work as well when they're only paired with dick jokes -- I guess we all learned that now.

Whatever though. It's not like I'm gonna stop watching or anything like that. Simpsons and South Park and Family Guy and everyone else had relatively crappy episodes too. Rick and Morty are the show, and they weren't really in that episode at all -- just keep them at the center and it's all gold again. NBD.

Rick and Morty had its first bad episode.

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