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I also love the cannon of gearhead being the younger brother of a much more badass geardude. It makes so much sense too since no one liked hanging around gearhead.
So he is the voice for Rick Morty All other Rick's in the counsel of ricks All other mortys Every character in ricklantis mixup Ricks that only exist in bird persons memory (And all are meant to sound differently)
That's the fascinating thing. He seems more optimistic, and yet the younger version looks rougher (dark eyes, unshaven) despite being like half Ricks age. They really made him seem like a guy living a hard life after losing his wife and daughter. It's like he hides his trauma with optimism instead of cynicism.
ever since Rick Potion #9 I've had the hunch that this wasn't the first time Rick has jumped ship to another reality, and the line about his dead daughter seems to confirm that
I think it was in a voice-pack or something for a game, but in it Rick said that he's canonically had five Morties. Counting or not counting this one, I don't know.
I think one of the coolest things about this episode, is that because memory rick knows about their dead daughter, that means bird person has to know too. Really shows how much bird person really is his best friend (sorry squanch)
@@danielmilev848 Yeah theres some theories floating around that after Ricks daughter dying, rick moved to C137 where the previous rick had already died- Explaining why Beth is always on about how Rick "left for such a long time".
Yeah, "best friend". Sure. It's astounding how much people are willing to theorize about Rick and Morty lore but when the show names the flashback episode about BP after a romantic drama and plays out the scene of BP rejecting Rick's *super overt* romantic advances everybody is all like "is it platonic or romantic? Nobody knows!"
it's really sad once you realize that after BP refused to go with rick to explore the universe he would've seen rick leave through a portal 🙃 he literally wouldn't know what's on the other side of that portal because he didn't follow after him
I feel like the show is stuck between being a serialized sci-fi parody show and being a deep character study and I'm hoping they find that balance soon
I feel like those are the two best types of episodes of Rick and Morty, separately and combined. I mean like when they delve into sci-fi and/or psychological stuff.
I knew this would end up being a special episode once the preview hit online, Rick being by himself without his family would go into stuff we'd never see with them around. And boy did drop some nuggets nonchalantly without a second thought. (Everytime I see that picture of Jeff Winger on Twitter, I expect to have a bad time lol)
Personally I thought the Planetina episode and the Turkey episodes were the worst in shows history, but hey to each their own. My favorite from this season is Mortiplicity. Other than that, the rest suck imo.
@@GrouchyKraut The turkey episode was really good and the B plot of Planetina was as well I did hate the stupid Planetina storyline tho worst part of the szn to me
@@Sassafras- I'm glad to see other people feel that way, because I mostly see people acting like it's the greatest episode they ever did. I've come to a couple of conclusions about that episode. First of all, it hits way harder when the worst thing that ever happened to you was your girlfriend breaking up with you. Second, we are watching Morty go down the evil Morty path. Third, maybe most important, the Beth Sanchez that lives with Morty is the clone Beth. Everyone is howling at the moon about seeing her act so out of character and so motherly and I'm over here like... yeah. That IS out of character.
I love the last exchange between Rick and memory Rick. When the memory tells him that he will not go with him because that would entail existing as Rick does in real life, and chooses to stay where he is instead. The fact that Rick barely addresses the comment and just moves on, sort of implicitly agreeing with what he just heard. Such a rich moment in his character development or whatever.
The single most frustrating thing about the R&M for me personally is how obsessed people online seem to feel with keeping their fingers on the pulse of the fandom and defining their opinion against it, instead of just having one lol
I watched the entire show without reading about it or interacting with the community (to avoid spoilers). But I was caught up before this season started, and since then I have been actively reading the SubReddit. I have genuinely really disliked this season so far (except for the first and past episodes) and I find it interesting and reassuring to see that many others feel the same way. I think there's too much criticism of one another in this community. I just wanna talk about the show and read how people feel, lol.
@@mitchellhorton9382 The thing is, people seem to like the episodes where it "tries to be a real show" much more than the completely goofy ones. With a few exceptions like Pickle Rick. This is why I think they're pursuing it. This video is about how this episode is the best of the season and it's the only one so far that really moves the "plot" of Rick and Morty forward this season.
I watched the berthold and reiner reveal with my gf and she already knew the twist and I had no clue and they said it so fast that I didn't catch it and I was like what? So we rewinded it lol
@Freekazoid I like how casual it was. There was no dramatic pause, face zoom, or intense music. It made you feel almost as confused as the characters must of been
@@latiosfreak2000 The show tries its best to reveal it pretty much as soon as the Female Titan shows up, so I guess they also might have assumed it was common knowledge.
@@dimethyltryptamine8610 I remember reading that in the manga years ago... It was spoken so abruptly and treated so ... Casually by the two characters. I couldn't believe what I was reading, I had to re-read it. Still thinking "the fuq was dat?!" whenever I remember.
Find it really interesting that Rick says BP’s “big day” was at Blood Ridge In Wedding Squanchers, implying that Rick believes that was his best friend’s defining moment. Maybe the fact that BP isn’t willing to go along with Rick like everyone else is is what makes Rick respect him so much
If this episode isn’t a case for a more serialized Rick and Morty I don’t know what is, because clearly it can do parody and satire and humor while still telling a more coherent and compelling story focused on character. It’s also incredible that somehow this is the same season as the Space Sperm episode.
After people generally loving the premiere and some disagreements on Mortyplicity (I personally like the Turkey episode), most people actually agree on this season being the weakest until Rickternal Friendshine. The biggest weakness to this episode may be the fast pace of the episode (maybe could've been improved with shaving off some car bits to dive a bit deeper. But I am hopeful on seeing a big shakeup with the hour long finale (which is the midway point of the "10 seasons Rick and Morty") after seeing these episode titles.
Yeah that's the same problem that I had with Rickonvenient Mort (which I also found pretty great); some aspects feel rushed, but like Rickternal, it's one of my two favorites of the season.
Yeah. I'd have to really go back and rewatch all these episodes, and the ones from prior seasons, but right now I consider seasons 4 and 5 to be just a smiiidge below the first three. I don't think any of the new seasons have been *bad* per se, but I do think there's been a slight drop-off in quality as of late. Not enough for me to say it's "going downhill" though, just some duds here and there.
@@floralfaerie Definitely agree. I feel like Season 4 tried way too hard to imitate seasons 1-2, and I think I'd rather have the show try new things now, which we're kind of starting to see this season.
@@NerdMiGerd I agree 110%. like I might prefer season 1-3 over 4 & 5, but not significantly so. R&M isn't becoming shit, it just isn't outdoing itself every season, and that's not that big of a deal. Every show is going to have a best season, or a season you like more than the others, and it's not necessarily going to be the newest one, especially a show as episodic as this. I liked season 5 better than 4 because it's trying new things, things that I think went unappreciated in this video a bit personally. Like the Voltron episode was great cause it was one of the few, if not the only, episode where the entire family was in the same plot, no A and B. That was pretty cool to see. That adds up to seeing how they function as a family, as a whole, if just a little bit anyway. I even really liked the sperm monster episode, but that was an episode built on shock value, so it doesn't surprise me some people hate it, that's the kind of episode that is, you either hate it or you love it. I loved it cause I eat dark shit up. Dark story telling, dark humor, the whole shibang.
I'm fascinated by the idea that Memory Rick isn't just a younger Rick, but possibly a better version of him as imagined by Bird Person. And yeah, that one off exchange where they talk about Rick's "dead daughter" and "creeps who move in with abandoned adult Beths" is good stuff - Rick and Morty have jumped between versions of the family, but it would still feel pretty twisted if they did an episode down the line where all the Ricks who abandon their child Beths never come back, and get replaced by adult Ricks whose Beths died in childhood. I get the impression from the commentary tracks I've listened to that their focus really is on the episode to episode stuff - it's more like the Simpsons in the way it treats lore and continuity and that kind of stuff. You get something extra from it if you watched the show a long time and get the references to earlier things, but you don't need to in order to enjoy it. It's a good way to make sure that continuity doesn't become a cage for a fundamentally episodic show.
Memory Rick is a different Rick entirely. The Rick we follow isn't originally from the universe he's currently in, so Bird Person remembers a different version of Rick, one who belongs to the current universe, and who is dead now.
You know something that’s kinda bothered me since S3? In S1-S2, we had several episodes that showed that despite how flawed Rick is, he has a heart. And since Rickshank Rickdemption, not only have we not really had another one of those episodes, but Rick seems to want to prove that he is such a cold bastard. It’s given him kind of a worse energy and I hope it pays off into something.
I disagree with that. Rick has always been a massive piece of shit since the pilot episode. The first thing he ever did was drag Morty out of bed and attempt to nuke the planet. The premise of the show is that he's taking Morty out of school so he can use him. Not help him. Use him. Like that's what's so funny about it for the first 2 seasons, Rick is genuinely a terrible grandparent and a huge piece of shit. He constantly insults Morty and puts him down, to an absurd degree considering their age difference. He puts Morty in constant danger and almost never thanks him. The only heart he ever shows is when he's at his most vulnerable, and even then it never lasts for more than a moment. That's why I'm hopeful the finale will address that, I feel like the overarching story of Rick and Morty has to be Morty learning to cut Rick out of his life or stop taking his shit. Their toxic relationship is the heart of the show's creative stalemate. Either it's a Aqua Teen like show where relationships don't matter and we can be as shitty as we want. Or it's like Archer/Futurama where characters grow from season to season.
@@BobtheX I mean I didn’t say he was a good person, I’m saying that when Morty was almost raped he put his ego aside went out of his way to salvage Morty’s adventure, get him home safely, and then killed his rapist. Moments like that don’t make it right when he drags Morty out and attempts to nuke the planet and all the other terrible shit he does, but it shows that he does care for Morty. And knowing that makes it all the more interesting because Morty absolutely does need to just cut him out of his life like you said. And what will Rick do when he does that? Will he hop to a reality where Morty isn’t sick of him yet? Or will he genuinely try to fix things?
What I love about this one is that it doesn't pull back, unlike Rickshank. You see Diane and Beth die right in front of him and he's clearly shaken by it, but then the writers decide "Oh maybe all of that didn't happen, Rick is too cool to be traumatized". But this one doesn't pull back, it's this perfect mix of the best of Rickshank and something like the old man and the seat where we get a glimpse of what goes on in his head (Granted, Rickshank is hella funny, so even when they decide not to continue with Rick's backstory it remains a good time). I like it when Rick is nerfed into being just a guy, not a God. Rickmurai did well telling how he got there. He was simple Rick all along. 🥲 A god, despite his best efforts.
I know its an unpopular opinion but this is actually my 2nd favorite season. I know it didn't explore some of the concepts and ideas as deeply as people wanted but it felt refreshing in the sense that it was R&M back to the old not too significant hijinks.
I've been more interested in Morty's growth in confidence and capability over the past 2 seasons, but this was a good Rick episode. Like really good. Makes me want more of his background
I think with Rick and Morty now we’ve reached a point where there are gonna be a few slow not as great episodes to start but that’s only for the purpose of setting the premise, tone or whatever else and it’s the back half where things get crazy
i like memory rick. He was cool. Friendship with birdperson look real. And i like that we see stuff from Ricks past. He is not pround of it, but it was real and it will always be part of him.
I think the rest of the season would have been SO much better if they didn't do the episode with the damn baby and the horses.... And then bring the baby back in what was an episode I was really enjoying until it came up
I really enjoyed this this ep. Right up there with all my faves first citadel ep, the election citadel ep, the wedding ep, the prison break ep. All of them were fun, interesting and had good stories with some through lines that put into place interesting ideas. I love when they drop bread crumbs about interesting ideas and concepts, and lore about all the universes. Like when in wedding squanchers he mentioned the battle of blood ridge and than here they paid that off in a kick-ass way. I am hardcore fangirling right now but I don’t even care. I love good stories.
Yeah. I think Season 5's been a little more all-over-the-place in terms of quality, but I've really enjoyed a lot of its episodes. Only episode I even remotely disliked was the sperm one, and even then there were still some good jokes here and there.
Idk why people hate on season 4, it had some really funny episodes. To me with the exception of episodes 1 and this last one, this season has been pretty bad, it lost it's humor.
I feel like it’s just expected of us now to hate the newest season, then like it more once it’s behind us. Hell I remember when Season 2 came out people were poopooing on it, which would be practically *unheard of* now lmao. So I just wanna wait and see how people feel on 5 once it’s in the purview again.
Nostalgia combined with Rick and Morty being an established show and not something new are the reason why it seems people's expectations are so high. Truth is, if you tweeked the theme a little bit most of season 5's episodes would be loved or at least appreciated had they been in an earlier season. The sperm episode is the only one I can think of that is so bad, you'd skip it on rewatch. Even the Voltrons episode which I personally thought was tired as all hell would work in an earlier season. People need to learn that good writing doesn't mean something has to be amazing or new.
My favorite episodes of S5 is the premiere, planetina episode and this one, also liked the demon episode and thanksgiving one. Only One I truly didn’t like was episode 4
I HATED episode 4. And I was really enjoying the one with the robot ferrets until they brought the baby back.... Then the rest of the season I didn't enjoy the first watch of any of it because I was just waiting on them bringing it back again.
@@rustyshackleford1345 Ep 7 felt like it was everything that ep 4 had missed. It was wacky, fun, weird and unexpected. The planetina one just felt like a crappy excuse for another love story.
I love that you're not scared of highlighting how important the lore and the larger themes are to the appeal of RandM. Seasons 1-3 painted a beautiful yet tragic landscape to Rick's life and some really interesting insights into his character. We've had very little of that in 4&5 and it's been a shame. It's been funny but not poignant or thoughtful to the same degree. This episode rekindled that. I hope we see the citadel of Rick's in the season finale...
Idk why everyone complaining, this the best season since seasons 1 and 2. Every episode can’t be a lore and canon filled episode. This season balances character development, storytelling, and funny concepts on a very high level.
I just thought a lot of the episodes this season kind of went nowhere and never felt impressively crafted or deeply thought out. It felt more like South Park, which can occasionally be brilliant, but has plenty of flops. Before this season, I almost never disliked an episode or felt that it was sloppy or shallow. It really stands out to me as a bad season. But I don't care that much and I'm pumped for the finale lol
@@djangoblack-fire2327 If you believe Season 5 is genuinely better than Seasons 1, 2, and 3, there's something wrong with you. Remove this episode and it's the worst season by far. It's about even with Season 4 now, maybe a bit worse.
Your videos are awesome 👏 I agree I think when the show delves deeper into Rick & his family & friends and the characterisation that comes with it. I although want to see where Dan & Justin take this show I have faith in em
@@Vader255 Mort Dinner: Not much to dislike, just really solid on all fronts like the Season 2 and Season 4 premieres. Mortyplicity: Really like how bananas the premise gets, details like how every family clone doesn't go off planet are nice, just not as emotional as similar ones like Total Rickall Rickconvenient Mort: Planetina episode personally great overall, wish there was some continuity carryover after this, maybe will in season finale...? Sperm Episode: Like some parallels between the arcs but not well written, female empowerment feels forced, female politician does nothing, no direct reference to the last episode with Morty's emotional state Car Episode: Solid episode, Midnight personally likes it, I thought it was just average tbh Thanksplotation Spectacular: Even though I'm 🇨🇦 I personally like rewatching it, just a fun premise taken as far as it could. The better independence day episode that makes the sperm episode feel useless. Gotron episode: interesting sections of each episode that feel off from each other, also not as well written to me, I watched it from amazon prime 🇨🇦 (watched this in place of car episode, it was a mixup) so after seeing sperm episode, left a bad taste in my mouth Rickternal Friendshine: Love the plot and continuity progression, just a bit too fast paced, not enough time to settle on, maybe could've taken out a bit of the garage stuff in its place. I'm hopeful for the hour long season finale to do something big after seeing the extended sneak peek and episode sentence summaries on the Fandom wiki
The words and the connotation of those words we're 100% plutonic. Only because a romantic interest actually diminishes a rejection to such a strong connection. Sex will drive us to do lots of things but when we feel a true connection with someone it's so much stronger. And I fully agree with you think of it how you want to think of it as the viewer as it doesn't make too much of a difference. In my point of view it does make a slight difference because when sex or romance is part of the motivation of wanting to be with that person it's a motivation based on something physical. You can usually get over that pretty quickly. And we all know who writes this show if he wanted us to think it was romantic we would have known for sure
There is currently a theory that the inner episodes have largely been from alternate universes. For example, in the main R&M universe, it was revealed that Rick was a huge fan of Voltron (the Toxic Versions episode). Yet in this season, Rick is a huge fan of _Gotron_ . That isn't a mistake either. There have been a lot of little easter eggs throughout this season that people have been ignoring which suggests we're watching an entirely different Rick and Morty.
I absolutely love community and Rick & morty. I thought this season was better than 3&4 and I like that more background characters got to react to the situation in a pilot style manner. This season isn’t seasons 1&2 quality but it’s better than what we’ve had for a while. Never connected how similar jeff and Rick are but holy shit does it make sense. Sorry for cussing like a trucker or restaurant cook.
I think this season has been 10% rick and morty, and only then having the best times. to me, the MOST rick and morty moment is when morty tells summuer about burrying his own body, and we need to get back to that.
This episode was definitely Top 10 for me as well, but as for the entire season, my opinion is that the episodes that people say are not as good will become better in re-watches, just like many of the previous season's episodes that weren't as well received.
S5 started strong but then it started to make me question my fanhood but the last 3 episodes put the season above the 4th. The 4th wasn't bad but it is forgettable
Honestly I dont think a single episode is bad, I think theres one that arent as great as classics and others that are just trying something new which I can respect, but these people who are saying some episodes are terrible is crazy to me like have you seen an actual terrible show?
Idk I really liked the decoy family episode a lot. This one was good too but the Asimov Cascade theory from the decoy episode really got my imagination going.
This is what I can tell. The show mostly does only 1 or at most 3 completely serious episode per season and the rest is just wacky adventure stuff that push the boundaries. They have clearly done this pattern for all seasons.
So, this Rick, is from another dimension that we don't know yet. While he's inside Bird person memories, the Rick that bird person has a memory of, tells him that he came back to his dead daughter, which in itself means that Rick told this dimension bird person where he truly comes from...
First off super smooth transition to your ad by-the-way honestly, I thought it was really cool the way you did it. What I would say about what you were talking about before about the show going deep and how it takes a backseat to the laughs, dare I say that the laughs wouldn't be as funny if they weren't willing to go so deep because the reason that the show is so funny and relatable is because things in life are funny because of how deep and how thought-provoking some moments can be. I think that Rick and Morty specially for the type of show that it is goes there every single time that it needs to. Whereas Family Guy never tips too far into a emotionally significant moments because they keep everything in between a certain set of levels and ever gets too up and ever goes too down whereas Rick and Morty goes all over the charts as far as like tone of the show goes.
Episode 8 was the best of the season. The last two will be some of the best of the series I believe. I also wanted you to talk about how you felt about the Planetina episode and Sperm one.
I’ll be honest this season of R&M feels really lackluster to me. There have been some standout episodes but most of the episodes I walk away from just going like “Okay I guess that’s it”. There just hasn’t been anything or any episodes that make me super excited to see what the R&M team will come up with next. Idk maybe it’s also because I watch it back to back with Tuca and Bertie, which has been a breath of fresh air every single time I’ve watched it, that I feel so let down by this season, just nothing seems that interesting and unique from R&M this season.
Right! I didn't even really like Tuca and Bertie in the beginning, and was so excited for Rick and Morty, but watching them back-to-back made me slowly start to switch opinions lol
I think the reason why this episode and the s4e10 were great, Is because they connected to the "canon" lore. And also brought back the first 2 seasons 's vibes. And that is what i fear. The show cannot just keep do that in order to keep the fans around. I like half of this season. But just like the captain said "the low points have been pretty damn low"
I thought it was odd how many people wanted to talk about Planetina and how few people have anything to say about Rickternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mort. We learned that, as far as Birdperson knows, Beth and Diane are dead. We learned that Rick apparently had things to say about how sad it was that some Ricks can't hack it and have to go live with the abandoned Beths who didn't die. It put the whole Simple Rick Cookies plot into a devastating context. We learned that Rick is capable of loving someone who doesn't love him back. We learned that BIRDPERSON HAS A DAUGHTER. I guess all of that pales in comparison to... sorry, I'm checking my notes here... Morty breaking up with his forty year old girlfriend. Huh.
The most interesting part about it to me is that on the surface it almost seems to retcon his fake backstory being fake, with them confirming his daughter is dead, and implying that other Ricks killed her. But then I realized their wording: “Killing us won’t bring HER back.” Not ‘them,’ ‘her.’ So while Beth and Diane are both dead, it seems like the Council of Ricks only killed one of them. Given how Rick’s talked about how he couldn’t make his marriage work in S1, my guess for what happened is that young Beth was killed by the Ricks and the grief of it tore Rick and Diane apart, and Diane either died of unrelated events or, if the show were to go this dark, she killed herself as a consequence. The one thing I don’t get though: Who is that Morty baby in S2 that Rick’s holding in a picture in Birdperson’s house? We now know this is not his grandchild, as Beth died when Rick was 35. Is it just some other Morty? Our Morty? Maybe Rick tried at one point to live with a Beth at the point in time when Morty was born, but it didn’t work out. There’s some part of me that thinks that the Morty baby was meant to be his grandchild but the writers just forgot and that we’ll never hear about that again, but I hope not.
That line means that our Rick isn’t Rick C-137, so why does the council call him that? C-137 Morty also doesn’t seem to be our Rick’s first Morty. Would love to have the show establish more backstory like this
No it doesn't. Our Rick is C-137, his Beth died and never had a Morty. He left C-137 and plopped down in the universe that would become the Cronenberg universe
@@ryankugel9712 But wasn’t that universe strictly called C-137 too? Morty got called C-137, Portal gun records, etc. Gotta find specific examples, but there’s no way only Rick got called C-137
@@ryankugel9712 Morty tells the citadel that he is Morty C-137 when he and Summer are on cronenburg world (C-137) and so they immediately ask about his Rick. But yeah it’s too confusing haha, we’ll see
This was either my favorite or 2nd of yhe season. I'm still unsure on this one or E1. But for the overall season... E1: great E2: good E3: great A plot, eh B plot E4: really bad E5: decent A plot, great B plot E6: great E7: ok E8: great
Remember: Memory Rick is not our Rick, it's a memory of the Rick in the back yard; a Rick who was a member of the Citadel of Ricks, who knew THIS Mr. Numbus, so forth and so on. The only thing "amiss" is that he knows his daughter is dead and that Ricks move in with versions of their daughters; but THIS awareness seems to be that of Bird Person, not of that Rick. In short BP knows OUR Rick, who he met (for the first time that we know of) in the S1 finale, is like a hermit crab, his daughter is dead, and that he's moved to this reality to live with a version of his dead daughter. I think we need to accept that our BP knows this Rick isn't his original Rick, but as that Rick is dead this is perhaps "close enough." More to the point, we don't know what happened to our Rick's BP or at our Rick's Blood Ridge. In fact, our Rick needed to confirm with this BP that they shared memories, suggesting that while many Ricks might have had similar experiences, not all did.
My only thing with this episode is this: why does bird person seem like he wants nothing to do with Rick the whole episode? Every time he sees Rick it’s like he doesn’t want him there, even before Rick only tells BP about his kid because he has too. BP has clearly respected Rick the whole show, so it feels inconsistent
Because BP is at a point in his life where he wants to end it, that’s why he seem less interested and attached even if he is already a nonchalant character
I do like what things we are sure of right now, but I don't think we can say for sure his Beth died. Remember, this is a memory of bird person as he knew rick, not a past rick with the memories of rick himself. Rick himself says "it's more complicated then that" and almost brushes it off, perhaps he lied to bird person, it wouldn't be the first time rick lies to someone he cares about.(especially sense bird person didn't knew about alternate realities up until battle ridge.) it could be a small oversight from the writers, but I think they are still purposely playing it loose and keeping their cards close in terms of Ricks backstory. personally, I do think it's true but there's more to it that is important.
I have the feeling, that the first episodes was just a show off of the current family structure and relationship to build up the second part of the season 5
I was right alongside you about this season. After the excellent placeholder episode 1, the show featured mostly bland placeholder episodes, some of which left me feeling like a barely recognized the characters. The giant incest baby episode felt like the cheapest of edgelord humor, where the only point to any of the jokes was how transgressive they were. But transgression lost its bite a long time ago, when South Park was given free reign to say or do literally anything it wanted. Now, it's just another kind of content for a jaded audience wanting to feel something without having to think about anything. This episode was definitely the show at its best, because (in my opinion, at least) it challenges the world according to Rick. The linchpin every commentator returns to about it is Blood Ridge, and Bird Person's rejection of Rick's offer. But to understand it, I think we have to reexamine what Rick's offer was in the first place. I don't think it was the offer of friendship that BP rejected. Rather, it was Rick's nihilistic world-view. BP had just won a brutal battle for something that mattered deeply to him, at great cost. Comrades and loved ones lay dead all around him. And now RIck is telling him to forget all that, because from Rick's multi-verse perspective, it meant nothing. For Rick, Everything BP fought for, bled for, lost loved ones for, and finally won at such great cost, is just an adventure, a meaningless thrill. Ultimately, Rick was inviting Bird Person to join him in his absolute apathy, his isolation, his narcissistic disregard for anything that mattered to anyone. Rick may love BP in his own way, but because he's a narcissist, he doesn't actually see BP as a separate person with a life of his own that matters to him. What Rick loves is the comfort BP's companionship gives him. To Rick, BP isn't really a person, just a thing that makes him happy. That's why BP considers Rick a bad friend. He doesn't really care about people, even the people he loves. He may enjoy their company, but he doesn't care what matters to them. This was made plain by his intention never to mention BP's long lost daughter. Had Rick been a real friend, he would have known how much that would matter to BP,. and wanted to help reunited father and daughter, regardless of the fact that it doesn't benefit him. But ultimately, he didn't care what BP wanted. He just wanted to feel less lonely. This is, I think, the core of the show, Rick banging against the walls of the trap that is his narcissism. No matter how intelligent he is, he can never invent a way to escape his loneliness. Because he thinks his isolation is a function of his genius, and that caring about anything or anyone is an act of stupidity. He's trapped by his own belief that his narcissism isn't a defect, but a strength. And while the show mines this dynamic for endless jokes, it's a sad, bleak, and incredibly accurate portrait. Black humor is different from edgy humor. It's purpose is to offer a cathartic release through laughter over things that typically make people sad, or furious, or hopelessly depressed. When Rick and Morty is firing on all cylinders, it's black comedy at its best, exploring its themes of alienation, depression, self-loathing, etc, through humor. When it's just trying to see how shocking and gross it can be, it's boring. Shocking and gross is kinda played out. It's 2021, y'all. We had a US president more disgusting than any giant incest baby you could ever conjure up. When the whole world has become "The Aristocrats," it's not a joke anymore.
Your coment nailed it, honestly it wasn't a weird romantic feeling or whatever qoomer shit that some redditors from tumblr say but its that bird person doesn't want to be a piece of shit like the nihlism that rick has done to him, rick doesn't want to be proven wrong because we still don't know the entire story but he is still sad that his original daughter died and he doesn't like how bird person way to cope is more healthy than ricks way to cope of nihilism so in the end the ego of rick is so high he would crumble even more at the idea the whole time he was wrong.
Hey, I just got here. Great incite on episode. This might be a reach..... but anyone else gets some halo, last leavel vibes at the end of episode when there jumping through memories in a hummer, jeep with the younger Ric on the turret gun in the back.........I got some halo feels.lol
I agree with you so much Captainmidnight. This has been the best episode of this season so far. I enjoyed the first two episodes because they were had like a simple premise and idea and they executed it very well. The rest of the episodes were so bad for me personally. It honestly did not feel like rick and morty. I felt as if the writers just wanted to show how much of a sci FI nerd they were by bombarding the viewers with tons and tons of unnecessary Easter eggs and references from other loved and known entities while trying to be a gross and disgusting as possible. I feel in love with this show because it shows the nuances and complications that a single person can have while they go through life. seeing rick react to his family and friends and slowly learning more about his background and what made him the way he is now is what spawned the huge community of theorist that loves the show and how it tests the audience. That's why any episode that deals with continuity, storyline and are character driven are the best episodes of the show. This season has been the weakest for me personally and this episode showed so much potential that it might save it for me. cannot wait for the season finale. They said they were gonna split the dif.. but they have not really.
I think the previous season 5 episodes were all about Morty being driven away, and episode 8 about Rick wanting more from his sidekicks. Cue season 6 where Morty is banished and then goes rogue like his clone mom...
What has been your favorite AND least favorite episodes of season 5?
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Episode 8!! Finally some type of story progression
Couldn't tell you as without catching it live I swear there's no other place to watch it. I hope I'm wrong
Best: Episode 1
Worst: Episode 4
I liked most of Season 5 besides the terrible horse episode. Mortyplicity and the Turkey episode were my favorites.
Worst
Ep4
Ep7
Ep6
Ep5
Ep2
Ep3
Ep1
Ep8
Best
I also love the cannon of gearhead being the younger brother of a much more badass geardude. It makes so much sense too since no one liked hanging around gearhead.
Canon*
@@enriceaux Grammar nazi
@Projekt Kobra Dude nobody cares stop trying to be some Redditor correcting people’s spelling mistakes nobody thinking you’re smart. Go do one.
@Freekazoid I don’t use Reddit LOL
it also explains why they call the dorky younger brother gearhead rather than Revolio Clockberg Jr.
It really speaks to how good a VA Roiland is when you can hear the super subtle differences in present and past Rick's voice
You can hear pretty well Young Rick’s optimism and naivety whereas Old Rick has a more gruff cynical tone in his voice
So he is the voice for
Rick
Morty
All other Rick's in the counsel of ricks
All other mortys
Every character in ricklantis mixup
Ricks that only exist in bird persons memory
(And all are meant to sound differently)
That's the fascinating thing. He seems more optimistic, and yet the younger version looks rougher (dark eyes, unshaven) despite being like half Ricks age. They really made him seem like a guy living a hard life after losing his wife and daughter. It's like he hides his trauma with optimism instead of cynicism.
@@anthonyitaliano7316 Well he is only BP's memory so.... BP probably only saw his over optimism
Kind of like Dee Bradley Baker giving every clone a different voice in Clone Wars
ever since Rick Potion #9 I've had the hunch that this wasn't the first time Rick has jumped ship to another reality, and the line about his dead daughter seems to confirm that
Dont forget about the squirrels
Assuming Rick is actually Rick C-137, this line means Morty is not Morty C-137. There is no Morty C-137
@@Finn-po4kt maybe in dimension c137 he also had a space daughter who died. maybe that was his original daughter
I think it was in a voice-pack or something for a game, but in it Rick said that he's canonically had five Morties. Counting or not counting this one, I don't know.
@@Finn-po4kt what if as young rick said the c137 morty is just the son of clone/dead/c137 Beth
I think one of the coolest things about this episode, is that because memory rick knows about their dead daughter, that means bird person has to know too. Really shows how much bird person really is his best friend (sorry squanch)
So bird person and rick escaped to another dimension if Beth died in that one?
I was just thinking about that too. I wonder what else BP knows about rick that we dont?
@@danielmilev848 Yeah theres some theories floating around that after Ricks daughter dying, rick moved to C137 where the previous rick had already died- Explaining why Beth is always on about how Rick "left for such a long time".
After rewatching the get swifty episode birdperson has photos of rick holding baby morty so he knows !!!
Yeah, "best friend". Sure.
It's astounding how much people are willing to theorize about Rick and Morty lore but when the show names the flashback episode about BP after a romantic drama and plays out the scene of BP rejecting Rick's *super overt* romantic advances everybody is all like "is it platonic or romantic? Nobody knows!"
Also, perhaps the best joke of Rick and Morty. "He remembers you shooting green holes, he doesn't remember where they go." hahaha
it's really sad once you realize that after BP refused to go with rick to explore the universe he would've seen rick leave through a portal 🙃
he literally wouldn't know what's on the other side of that portal because he didn't follow after him
Rickternal Friendshine brings a whole new light to the Rickshank Redpemtion
How anyone can remember any specific episode title of this show is beyond me. I tip my head to you 😁
and The Wedding Squanchers
this guy gets it
How?
@@yoelhorwitz3118 this guy doesn't get it
I feel like the show is stuck between being a serialized sci-fi parody show and being a deep character study and I'm hoping they find that balance soon
they found that balance in season 2, they just lost it for a while
I feel like those are the two best types of episodes of Rick and Morty, separately and combined. I mean like when they delve into sci-fi and/or psychological stuff.
A Black Mirror episode comes to mind
the first 3 seasons are pretty good, then they just start making episodes that insult the viewers because they hate their own fanbase.
@@FlingGibstopper imma keep it a buck I fucking loved season 5
I knew this would end up being a special episode once the preview hit online, Rick being by himself without his family would go into stuff we'd never see with them around. And boy did drop some nuggets nonchalantly without a second thought.
(Everytime I see that picture of Jeff Winger on Twitter, I expect to have a bad time lol)
This episode and the Planetina episode are probably my personal favorites of this season.
Personally I thought the Planetina episode and the Turkey episodes were the worst in shows history, but hey to each their own. My favorite from this season is Mortiplicity. Other than that, the rest suck imo.
@@GrouchyKraut Does that mean you rate Rickdependence Spray over the Turkey episode? Haha
@@GrouchyKraut The turkey episode was really good and the B plot of Planetina was as well
I did hate the stupid Planetina storyline tho worst part of the szn to me
@@Sassafras- I'm glad to see other people feel that way, because I mostly see people acting like it's the greatest episode they ever did. I've come to a couple of conclusions about that episode. First of all, it hits way harder when the worst thing that ever happened to you was your girlfriend breaking up with you. Second, we are watching Morty go down the evil Morty path. Third, maybe most important, the Beth Sanchez that lives with Morty is the clone Beth. Everyone is howling at the moon about seeing her act so out of character and so motherly and I'm over here like... yeah. That IS out of character.
@@haileybalmer9722 The turkey one was great. Planetina was boring.
I love the last exchange between Rick and memory Rick. When the memory tells him that he will not go with him because that would entail existing as Rick does in real life, and chooses to stay where he is instead. The fact that Rick barely addresses the comment and just moves on, sort of implicitly agreeing with what he just heard. Such a rich moment in his character development or whatever.
The single most frustrating thing about the R&M for me personally is how obsessed people online seem to feel with keeping their fingers on the pulse of the fandom and defining their opinion against it, instead of just having one lol
I watched the entire show without reading about it or interacting with the community (to avoid spoilers). But I was caught up before this season started, and since then I have been actively reading the SubReddit. I have genuinely really disliked this season so far (except for the first and past episodes) and I find it interesting and reassuring to see that many others feel the same way. I think there's too much criticism of one another in this community. I just wanna talk about the show and read how people feel, lol.
Heard that!
@@EverlifeGame You find it reassuring? That's confirmation bias brother.
@@EverlifeGame you did the exact thing the original comment or wanted against 💀
@@mitchellhorton9382 The thing is, people seem to like the episodes where it "tries to be a real show" much more than the completely goofy ones. With a few exceptions like Pickle Rick. This is why I think they're pursuing it. This video is about how this episode is the best of the season and it's the only one so far that really moves the "plot" of Rick and Morty forward this season.
The nonchalant Beth reveal had Reiner and bertholdt reveal energy
I watched the berthold and reiner reveal with my gf and she already knew the twist and I had no clue and they said it so fast that I didn't catch it and I was like what? So we rewinded it lol
@Freekazoid I like how casual it was. There was no dramatic pause, face zoom, or intense music. It made you feel almost as confused as the characters must of been
out if all the aot things that got spoiled. this isnt spoiled for me. making it all more better
@@latiosfreak2000
The show tries its best to reveal it pretty much as soon as the Female Titan shows up, so I guess they also might have assumed it was common knowledge.
@@dimethyltryptamine8610 I remember reading that in the manga years ago...
It was spoken so abruptly and treated so ... Casually by the two characters. I couldn't believe what I was reading, I had to re-read it.
Still thinking "the fuq was dat?!" whenever I remember.
I totally agree with you. This has been my favourite episode and I can't wait for the 2 part Finale
Find it really interesting that Rick says BP’s “big day” was at Blood Ridge In Wedding Squanchers, implying that Rick believes that was his best friend’s defining moment. Maybe the fact that BP isn’t willing to go along with Rick like everyone else is is what makes Rick respect him so much
If this episode isn’t a case for a more serialized Rick and Morty I don’t know what is, because clearly it can do parody and satire and humor while still telling a more coherent and compelling story focused on character. It’s also incredible that somehow this is the same season as the Space Sperm episode.
It's so creative, we get to see past Rick without it being a time travel thing at all. Really good idea for an episode played out to perfection.
After people generally loving the premiere and some disagreements on Mortyplicity (I personally like the Turkey episode), most people actually agree on this season being the weakest until Rickternal Friendshine. The biggest weakness to this episode may be the fast pace of the episode (maybe could've been improved with shaving off some car bits to dive a bit deeper. But I am hopeful on seeing a big shakeup with the hour long finale (which is the midway point of the "10 seasons Rick and Morty") after seeing these episode titles.
Yeah that's the same problem that I had with Rickonvenient Mort (which I also found pretty great); some aspects feel rushed, but like Rickternal, it's one of my two favorites of the season.
honestly haven't really disliked any of the episodes except the sperm one. feel S4 was weaker since the episodes had less focus
Yeah. I'd have to really go back and rewatch all these episodes, and the ones from prior seasons, but right now I consider seasons 4 and 5 to be just a smiiidge below the first three. I don't think any of the new seasons have been *bad* per se, but I do think there's been a slight drop-off in quality as of late. Not enough for me to say it's "going downhill" though, just some duds here and there.
@@floralfaerie Definitely agree. I feel like Season 4 tried way too hard to imitate seasons 1-2, and I think I'd rather have the show try new things now, which we're kind of starting to see this season.
@@NerdMiGerd I agree 110%. like I might prefer season 1-3 over 4 & 5, but not significantly so. R&M isn't becoming shit, it just isn't outdoing itself every season, and that's not that big of a deal. Every show is going to have a best season, or a season you like more than the others, and it's not necessarily going to be the newest one, especially a show as episodic as this. I liked season 5 better than 4 because it's trying new things, things that I think went unappreciated in this video a bit personally. Like the Voltron episode was great cause it was one of the few, if not the only, episode where the entire family was in the same plot, no A and B. That was pretty cool to see. That adds up to seeing how they function as a family, as a whole, if just a little bit anyway. I even really liked the sperm monster episode, but that was an episode built on shock value, so it doesn't surprise me some people hate it, that's the kind of episode that is, you either hate it or you love it. I loved it cause I eat dark shit up. Dark story telling, dark humor, the whole shibang.
I'm fascinated by the idea that Memory Rick isn't just a younger Rick, but possibly a better version of him as imagined by Bird Person.
And yeah, that one off exchange where they talk about Rick's "dead daughter" and "creeps who move in with abandoned adult Beths" is good stuff - Rick and Morty have jumped between versions of the family, but it would still feel pretty twisted if they did an episode down the line where all the Ricks who abandon their child Beths never come back, and get replaced by adult Ricks whose Beths died in childhood.
I get the impression from the commentary tracks I've listened to that their focus really is on the episode to episode stuff - it's more like the Simpsons in the way it treats lore and continuity and that kind of stuff. You get something extra from it if you watched the show a long time and get the references to earlier things, but you don't need to in order to enjoy it. It's a good way to make sure that continuity doesn't become a cage for a fundamentally episodic show.
Memory Rick is a different Rick entirely. The Rick we follow isn't originally from the universe he's currently in, so Bird Person remembers a different version of Rick, one who belongs to the current universe, and who is dead now.
@@GlacialScion That Rick was supposed to be identical to Season 1 Rick in every way though, except that he died.
You know something that’s kinda bothered me since S3? In S1-S2, we had several episodes that showed that despite how flawed Rick is, he has a heart. And since Rickshank Rickdemption, not only have we not really had another one of those episodes, but Rick seems to want to prove that he is such a cold bastard. It’s given him kind of a worse energy and I hope it pays off into something.
I disagree with that. Rick has always been a massive piece of shit since the pilot episode. The first thing he ever did was drag Morty out of bed and attempt to nuke the planet. The premise of the show is that he's taking Morty out of school so he can use him. Not help him. Use him. Like that's what's so funny about it for the first 2 seasons, Rick is genuinely a terrible grandparent and a huge piece of shit. He constantly insults Morty and puts him down, to an absurd degree considering their age difference. He puts Morty in constant danger and almost never thanks him. The only heart he ever shows is when he's at his most vulnerable, and even then it never lasts for more than a moment. That's why I'm hopeful the finale will address that, I feel like the overarching story of Rick and Morty has to be Morty learning to cut Rick out of his life or stop taking his shit. Their toxic relationship is the heart of the show's creative stalemate. Either it's a Aqua Teen like show where relationships don't matter and we can be as shitty as we want. Or it's like Archer/Futurama where characters grow from season to season.
@@BobtheX I mean I didn’t say he was a good person, I’m saying that when Morty was almost raped he put his ego aside went out of his way to salvage Morty’s adventure, get him home safely, and then killed his rapist. Moments like that don’t make it right when he drags Morty out and attempts to nuke the planet and all the other terrible shit he does, but it shows that he does care for Morty. And knowing that makes it all the more interesting because Morty absolutely does need to just cut him out of his life like you said. And what will Rick do when he does that? Will he hop to a reality where Morty isn’t sick of him yet? Or will he genuinely try to fix things?
What I love about this one is that it doesn't pull back, unlike Rickshank.
You see Diane and Beth die right in front of him and he's clearly shaken by it, but then the writers decide "Oh maybe all of that didn't happen, Rick is too cool to be traumatized".
But this one doesn't pull back, it's this perfect mix of the best of Rickshank and something like the old man and the seat where we get a glimpse of what goes on in his head (Granted, Rickshank is hella funny, so even when they decide not to continue with Rick's backstory it remains a good time).
I like it when Rick is nerfed into being just a guy, not a God.
Rickmurai did well telling how he got there. He was simple Rick all along. 🥲
A god, despite his best efforts.
I know its an unpopular opinion but this is actually my 2nd favorite season. I know it didn't explore some of the concepts and ideas as deeply as people wanted but it felt refreshing in the sense that it was R&M back to the old not too significant hijinks.
I've been more interested in Morty's growth in confidence and capability over the past 2 seasons, but this was a good Rick episode. Like really good. Makes me want more of his background
I agree with u on this one. This episode had good back story for Rick that we really needed.
Finally checked out the episodes and damn the show is still as stupid as ever and its amazing
I think with Rick and Morty now we’ve reached a point where there are gonna be a few slow not as great episodes to start but that’s only for the purpose of setting the premise, tone or whatever else and it’s the back half where things get crazy
I thought you had stopped making Rick and Morty videos. Thank god you're back!
Never stop sharing your opinion! ❤️
the first episode of this season is still my favorite
I loved the world building in this episode about rick and bird persons past and it shows how connected they are this is why it’s the best episode
Yes, this was my favorite episode of the season. Loved getting a glimpse into Rick's past in an interesting way that moved the narrative forward
I feel like everyone loves this show so much, that they expect every episode to be a master piece..
Yeah that's my issue with it, maybe I'm a toxic fan smh lol
@@CLagos39 yeah when your gf or bf stops caring but occasionally does... We become toxic
@@fernandobonillla3113 big facts
This episode definitely had more of the first season's magic.
It's been awhile since I agreed with you on Rick and morty. This one gave me hope that it can still be good
This is probably my favorite Rick and Morty episode so far, in general I've been quite pleased with season 5
i like memory rick. He was cool. Friendship with birdperson look real. And i like that we see stuff from Ricks past. He is not pround of it, but it was real and it will always be part of him.
Imagine if they devoted the same level of energy into the rest of the season
I think the rest of the season would have been SO much better if they didn't do the episode with the damn baby and the horses....
And then bring the baby back in what was an episode I was really enjoying until it came up
@@rustyshackleford1345 Episode 1, 2, and the bird person episode are the only good episodes in the season so far
@@rustyshackleford1345 Eh compared to some of the other stuff in this show it is not that bad. As long as they didn't do it I am fine with it.
I just notice that bird person (well...a bird) is poking Morty (a child) with a stick to see if he is dead. So genius, that I am just noticing 😂
I was so eagerly waiting for this video ♥
4:17 - That attitude is a defense-mechanism to sidestep rejection; it's the socio-emotional version of "you can't fire me, I quit!"
Is it just me who loved the Turkey episode?
I didn't dislike it, was kind of middle of the pack for me.
The turkey episode gave me the most laughs so far this season.
One of my favourites
The turkey episode was really good as well imo. And the underground horse ones too.
I really enjoyed this this ep. Right up there with all my faves first citadel ep, the election citadel ep, the wedding ep, the prison break ep. All of them were fun, interesting and had good stories with some through lines that put into place interesting ideas. I love when they drop bread crumbs about interesting ideas and concepts, and lore about all the universes. Like when in wedding squanchers he mentioned the battle of blood ridge and than here they paid that off in a kick-ass way. I am hardcore fangirling right now but I don’t even care. I love good stories.
This is definitely better than season 4. Apart from a few episodes, I just keep forgetting it exists. I don’t have that issue with season 1-3 and 5
Yeah. I think Season 5's been a little more all-over-the-place in terms of quality, but I've really enjoyed a lot of its episodes. Only episode I even remotely disliked was the sperm one, and even then there were still some good jokes here and there.
Idk why people hate on season 4, it had some really funny episodes. To me with the exception of episodes 1 and this last one, this season has been pretty bad, it lost it's humor.
History is repeating itself.
Six seasons and a movie!
I feel like it’s just expected of us now to hate the newest season, then like it more once it’s behind us.
Hell I remember when Season 2 came out people were poopooing on it, which would be practically *unheard of* now lmao. So I just wanna wait and see how people feel on 5 once it’s in the purview again.
I liked the second half of season 4 wayyyyy more than the first half
This last episode was one of the best this season, for the most part season 5 has been pretty great, only a couple episodes felt lacking.
Nostalgia combined with Rick and Morty being an established show and not something new are the reason why it seems people's expectations are so high.
Truth is, if you tweeked the theme a little bit most of season 5's episodes would be loved or at least appreciated had they been in an earlier season. The sperm episode is the only one I can think of that is so bad, you'd skip it on rewatch.
Even the Voltrons episode which I personally thought was tired as all hell would work in an earlier season. People need to learn that good writing doesn't mean something has to be amazing or new.
@@jamesherrick5243idont see the problem with ep 4, we have seen this sort of jokes in season 1. especially that one ep with scary terry lol
@@jamesherrick5243 i thought the sperm one was funny but only as long as morty was trying to hide the fact that it was his
I agree with everything that you said, I think that this was the best episode of this season so far
My favorite episodes of S5 is the premiere, planetina episode and this one, also liked the demon episode and thanksgiving one. Only
One I truly didn’t like was episode 4
My thoughts exactly. I was a little iffy on the turkey one at first though, but after rewatching it the episode really grew on me
episode 4 is reaaaly bad, but the voltron one is also kinda bad, even with some pretty funny concepts
I HATED episode 4.
And I was really enjoying the one with the robot ferrets until they brought the baby back....
Then the rest of the season I didn't enjoy the first watch of any of it because I was just waiting on them bringing it back again.
@@rustyshackleford1345 Ep 7 felt like it was everything that ep 4 had missed. It was wacky, fun, weird and unexpected. The planetina one just felt like a crappy excuse for another love story.
@@rustyshackleford1345 GOD FRICK I THOUGHT YOU MENT PLANETINA FRICK. yea that one sucked.
Really enjoyed the episode 😁
Enphasis on the "so far" with the finale having dropped :)
I love that you're not scared of highlighting how important the lore and the larger themes are to the appeal of RandM. Seasons 1-3 painted a beautiful yet tragic landscape to Rick's life and some really interesting insights into his character. We've had very little of that in 4&5 and it's been a shame. It's been funny but not poignant or thoughtful to the same degree. This episode rekindled that. I hope we see the citadel of Rick's in the season finale...
Idk why everyone complaining, this the best season since seasons 1 and 2. Every episode can’t be a lore and canon filled episode. This season balances character development, storytelling, and funny concepts on a very high level.
I just thought a lot of the episodes this season kind of went nowhere and never felt impressively crafted or deeply thought out. It felt more like South Park, which can occasionally be brilliant, but has plenty of flops. Before this season, I almost never disliked an episode or felt that it was sloppy or shallow. It really stands out to me as a bad season. But I don't care that much and I'm pumped for the finale lol
lol no
@@TRQDude fuck yes. It’s fax
@@djangoblack-fire2327 If you believe Season 5 is genuinely better than Seasons 1, 2, and 3, there's something wrong with you. Remove this episode and it's the worst season by far. It's about even with Season 4 now, maybe a bit worse.
Your videos are awesome 👏 I agree I think when the show delves deeper into Rick & his family & friends and the characterisation that comes with it. I although want to see where Dan & Justin take this show I have faith in em
I think this gives more context to MR. NIMBUS saying that Rick had fallen.
Couldn’t agree more, absolutely loved it
Honestly the episode ranking goes for me
Episode 8
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 6
Episode 5
Episode 7
Episode 4
Worst to best, or best to worst?
@@djangoblack-fire2327 best to worst
I was gonna post my ranking, but we actually have the same one! 😅👍
@@jonasdiaz8615 glad we agree since we have the same opinion what do do you dislike and like about each episode
@@Vader255
Mort Dinner: Not much to dislike, just really solid on all fronts like the Season 2 and Season 4 premieres.
Mortyplicity: Really like how bananas the premise gets, details like how every family clone doesn't go off planet are nice, just not as emotional as similar ones like Total Rickall
Rickconvenient Mort: Planetina episode personally great overall, wish there was some continuity carryover after this, maybe will in season finale...?
Sperm Episode: Like some parallels between the arcs but not well written, female empowerment feels forced, female politician does nothing, no direct reference to the last episode with Morty's emotional state
Car Episode: Solid episode, Midnight personally likes it, I thought it was just average tbh
Thanksplotation Spectacular: Even though I'm 🇨🇦 I personally like rewatching it, just a fun premise taken as far as it could. The better independence day episode that makes the sperm episode feel useless.
Gotron episode: interesting sections of each episode that feel off from each other, also not as well written to me, I watched it from amazon prime 🇨🇦 (watched this in place of car episode, it was a mixup) so after seeing sperm episode, left a bad taste in my mouth
Rickternal Friendshine: Love the plot and continuity progression, just a bit too fast paced, not enough time to settle on, maybe could've taken out a bit of the garage stuff in its place.
I'm hopeful for the hour long season finale to do something big after seeing the extended sneak peek and episode sentence summaries on the Fandom wiki
i'll just say that this episode got me invested instead of only nonchalantly watching by habit sakes
The words and the connotation of those words we're 100% plutonic. Only because a romantic interest actually diminishes a rejection to such a strong connection. Sex will drive us to do lots of things but when we feel a true connection with someone it's so much stronger. And I fully agree with you think of it how you want to think of it as the viewer as it doesn't make too much of a difference. In my point of view it does make a slight difference because when sex or romance is part of the motivation of wanting to be with that person it's a motivation based on something physical. You can usually get over that pretty quickly. And we all know who writes this show if he wanted us to think it was romantic we would have known for sure
There is currently a theory that the inner episodes have largely been from alternate universes. For example, in the main R&M universe, it was revealed that Rick was a huge fan of Voltron (the Toxic Versions episode). Yet in this season, Rick is a huge fan of _Gotron_ . That isn't a mistake either. There have been a lot of little easter eggs throughout this season that people have been ignoring which suggests we're watching an entirely different Rick and Morty.
You mean Evil Morty's origin story perhaps?
I absolutely love community and Rick & morty. I thought this season was better than 3&4 and I like that more background characters got to react to the situation in a pilot style manner. This season isn’t seasons 1&2 quality but it’s better than what we’ve had for a while. Never connected how similar jeff and Rick are but holy shit does it make sense. Sorry for cussing like a trucker or restaurant cook.
I like your style mate
This episode
Planetina
Ricks giving
Mr Nimbus
And I’m almost positive season 5 Ender is going to be Superb!
I think this season has been 10% rick and morty, and only then having the best times. to me, the MOST rick and morty moment is when morty tells summuer about burrying his own body, and we need to get back to that.
not all episodes have to have some sort of game changing story. this season was great and I don't think it had any lows
I absolutely agree. It’s great entertainment.
This episode was definitely Top 10 for me as well, but as for the entire season, my opinion is that the episodes that people say are not as good will become better in re-watches, just like many of the previous season's episodes that weren't as well received.
Great video. The audio eq was a little weird, the highs too high, gives me anxiety
I really loved the Turkey episode. It was so absurd and funny
I immediately got the vibe Rick wanted a relationship with Birdperson. Thought It was weird how no one was talking about that.
He doesn’t he just wants a friend just like doofus Rick wanted a morty (or grandson)
I’ve loved almost all of season 5 i didn’t even know people didn’t like it until watching this video
S5 started strong but then it started to make me question my fanhood but the last 3 episodes put the season above the 4th. The 4th wasn't bad but it is forgettable
7:32 yeah I was pretty baked tooo (XD)
Honestly I dont think a single episode is bad, I think theres one that arent as great as classics and others that are just trying something new which I can respect, but these people who are saying some episodes are terrible is crazy to me like have you seen an actual terrible show?
Idk I really liked the decoy family episode a lot. This one was good too but the Asimov Cascade theory from the decoy episode really got my imagination going.
This is what I can tell. The show mostly does only 1 or at most 3 completely serious episode per season and the rest is just wacky adventure stuff that push the boundaries. They have clearly done this pattern for all seasons.
So, this Rick, is from another dimension that we don't know yet. While he's inside Bird person memories, the Rick that bird person has a memory of, tells him that he came back to his dead daughter, which in itself means that Rick told this dimension bird person where he truly comes from...
My favorite episode is the president one with the turkeys, top 5 favorite episodes.
I forget this show exists for weeks at a time
First off super smooth transition to your ad by-the-way honestly, I thought it was really cool the way you did it. What I would say about what you were talking about before about the show going deep and how it takes a backseat to the laughs, dare I say that the laughs wouldn't be as funny if they weren't willing to go so deep because the reason that the show is so funny and relatable is because things in life are funny because of how deep and how thought-provoking some moments can be. I think that Rick and Morty specially for the type of show that it is goes there every single time that it needs to. Whereas Family Guy never tips too far into a emotionally significant moments because they keep everything in between a certain set of levels and ever gets too up and ever goes too down whereas Rick and Morty goes all over the charts as far as like tone of the show goes.
Episode 8 was the best of the season. The last two will be some of the best of the series I believe. I also wanted you to talk about how you felt about the Planetina episode and Sperm one.
I’ll be honest this season of R&M feels really lackluster to me. There have been some standout episodes but most of the episodes I walk away from just going like “Okay I guess that’s it”. There just hasn’t been anything or any episodes that make me super excited to see what the R&M team will come up with next.
Idk maybe it’s also because I watch it back to back with Tuca and Bertie, which has been a breath of fresh air every single time I’ve watched it, that I feel so let down by this season, just nothing seems that interesting and unique from R&M this season.
Right! I didn't even really like Tuca and Bertie in the beginning, and was so excited for Rick and Morty, but watching them back-to-back made me slowly start to switch opinions lol
Same for me
I think the reason why this episode and the s4e10 were great, Is because they connected to the "canon" lore. And also brought back the first 2 seasons 's vibes. And that is what i fear. The show cannot just keep do that in order to keep the fans around. I like half of this season. But just like the captain said "the low points have been pretty damn low"
I thought it was odd how many people wanted to talk about Planetina and how few people have anything to say about Rickternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mort. We learned that, as far as Birdperson knows, Beth and Diane are dead. We learned that Rick apparently had things to say about how sad it was that some Ricks can't hack it and have to go live with the abandoned Beths who didn't die. It put the whole Simple Rick Cookies plot into a devastating context. We learned that Rick is capable of loving someone who doesn't love him back. We learned that BIRDPERSON HAS A DAUGHTER.
I guess all of that pales in comparison to... sorry, I'm checking my notes here... Morty breaking up with his forty year old girlfriend. Huh.
I just saw the final season episode.. wow
Dude yeah my mind blown
Oh I was definitely higher than you were on this ep 😂
The most interesting part about it to me is that on the surface it almost seems to retcon his fake backstory being fake, with them confirming his daughter is dead, and implying that other Ricks killed her. But then I realized their wording: “Killing us won’t bring HER back.” Not ‘them,’ ‘her.’ So while Beth and Diane are both dead, it seems like the Council of Ricks only killed one of them.
Given how Rick’s talked about how he couldn’t make his marriage work in S1, my guess for what happened is that young Beth was killed by the Ricks and the grief of it tore Rick and Diane apart, and Diane either died of unrelated events or, if the show were to go this dark, she killed herself as a consequence.
The one thing I don’t get though: Who is that Morty baby in S2 that Rick’s holding in a picture in Birdperson’s house? We now know this is not his grandchild, as Beth died when Rick was 35. Is it just some other Morty? Our Morty? Maybe Rick tried at one point to live with a Beth at the point in time when Morty was born, but it didn’t work out.
There’s some part of me that thinks that the Morty baby was meant to be his grandchild but the writers just forgot and that we’ll never hear about that again, but I hope not.
That line means that our Rick isn’t Rick C-137, so why does the council call him that? C-137 Morty also doesn’t seem to be our Rick’s first Morty. Would love to have the show establish more backstory like this
No it doesn't. Our Rick is C-137, his Beth died and never had a Morty. He left C-137 and plopped down in the universe that would become the Cronenberg universe
@@ryankugel9712 But wasn’t that universe strictly called C-137 too? Morty got called C-137, Portal gun records, etc. Gotta find specific examples, but there’s no way only Rick got called C-137
@@FlynnTheRedhead I think Morty only called himself C-137. I think the big thing is just that we don't know.
@@ryankugel9712 Morty tells the citadel that he is Morty C-137 when he and Summer are on cronenburg world (C-137) and so they immediately ask about his Rick. But yeah it’s too confusing haha, we’ll see
Bird Person is Hawk from Buck Rogers season two. Somebody probably already said it, but I'm not checking.
This was either my favorite or 2nd of yhe season. I'm still unsure on this one or E1. But for the overall season...
E1: great
E2: good
E3: great A plot, eh B plot
E4: really bad
E5: decent A plot, great B plot
E6: great
E7: ok
E8: great
You have to do a video about the greatest finale
Remember: Memory Rick is not our Rick, it's a memory of the Rick in the back yard; a Rick who was a member of the Citadel of Ricks, who knew THIS Mr. Numbus, so forth and so on.
The only thing "amiss" is that he knows his daughter is dead and that Ricks move in with versions of their daughters; but THIS awareness seems to be that of Bird Person, not of that Rick. In short BP knows OUR Rick, who he met (for the first time that we know of) in the S1 finale, is like a hermit crab, his daughter is dead, and that he's moved to this reality to live with a version of his dead daughter. I think we need to accept that our BP knows this Rick isn't his original Rick, but as that Rick is dead this is perhaps "close enough."
More to the point, we don't know what happened to our Rick's BP or at our Rick's Blood Ridge. In fact, our Rick needed to confirm with this BP that they shared memories, suggesting that while many Ricks might have had similar experiences, not all did.
My only thing with this episode is this: why does bird person seem like he wants nothing to do with Rick the whole episode? Every time he sees Rick it’s like he doesn’t want him there, even before Rick only tells BP about his kid because he has too. BP has clearly respected Rick the whole show, so it feels inconsistent
Because BP is at a point in his life where he wants to end it, that’s why he seem less interested and attached even if he is already a nonchalant character
@@louisdion8163 but then even when bp wants to live again he kinda just doesn’t care about Rick being there
@@jackmisha2598 he’s already lost so much. Rick killed him as PP (sortve) he hated living and just wanted to end it.
I completely agree
I do like what things we are sure of right now, but I don't think we can say for sure his Beth died. Remember, this is a memory of bird person as he knew rick, not a past rick with the memories of rick himself. Rick himself says "it's more complicated then that" and almost brushes it off, perhaps he lied to bird person, it wouldn't be the first time rick lies to someone he cares about.(especially sense bird person didn't knew about alternate realities up until battle ridge.)
it could be a small oversight from the writers, but I think they are still purposely playing it loose and keeping their cards close in terms of Ricks backstory. personally, I do think it's true but there's more to it that is important.
I have the feeling, that the first episodes was just a show off of the current family structure and relationship to build up the second part of the season 5
I was right alongside you about this season. After the excellent placeholder episode 1, the show featured mostly bland placeholder episodes, some of which left me feeling like a barely recognized the characters. The giant incest baby episode felt like the cheapest of edgelord humor, where the only point to any of the jokes was how transgressive they were. But transgression lost its bite a long time ago, when South Park was given free reign to say or do literally anything it wanted. Now, it's just another kind of content for a jaded audience wanting to feel something without having to think about anything.
This episode was definitely the show at its best, because (in my opinion, at least) it challenges the world according to Rick. The linchpin every commentator returns to about it is Blood Ridge, and Bird Person's rejection of Rick's offer. But to understand it, I think we have to reexamine what Rick's offer was in the first place.
I don't think it was the offer of friendship that BP rejected. Rather, it was Rick's nihilistic world-view. BP had just won a brutal battle for something that mattered deeply to him, at great cost. Comrades and loved ones lay dead all around him. And now RIck is telling him to forget all that, because from Rick's multi-verse perspective, it meant nothing. For Rick, Everything BP fought for, bled for, lost loved ones for, and finally won at such great cost, is just an adventure, a meaningless thrill. Ultimately, Rick was inviting Bird Person to join him in his absolute apathy, his isolation, his narcissistic disregard for anything that mattered to anyone.
Rick may love BP in his own way, but because he's a narcissist, he doesn't actually see BP as a separate person with a life of his own that matters to him. What Rick loves is the comfort BP's companionship gives him. To Rick, BP isn't really a person, just a thing that makes him happy.
That's why BP considers Rick a bad friend. He doesn't really care about people, even the people he loves. He may enjoy their company, but he doesn't care what matters to them. This was made plain by his intention never to mention BP's long lost daughter. Had Rick been a real friend, he would have known how much that would matter to BP,. and wanted to help reunited father and daughter, regardless of the fact that it doesn't benefit him. But ultimately, he didn't care what BP wanted. He just wanted to feel less lonely.
This is, I think, the core of the show, Rick banging against the walls of the trap that is his narcissism. No matter how intelligent he is, he can never invent a way to escape his loneliness. Because he thinks his isolation is a function of his genius, and that caring about anything or anyone is an act of stupidity. He's trapped by his own belief that his narcissism isn't a defect, but a strength. And while the show mines this dynamic for endless jokes, it's a sad, bleak, and incredibly accurate portrait.
Black humor is different from edgy humor. It's purpose is to offer a cathartic release through laughter over things that typically make people sad, or furious, or hopelessly depressed. When Rick and Morty is firing on all cylinders, it's black comedy at its best, exploring its themes of alienation, depression, self-loathing, etc, through humor. When it's just trying to see how shocking and gross it can be, it's boring. Shocking and gross is kinda played out. It's 2021, y'all. We had a US president more disgusting than any giant incest baby you could ever conjure up. When the whole world has become "The Aristocrats," it's not a joke anymore.
Your coment nailed it, honestly it wasn't a weird romantic feeling or whatever qoomer shit that some redditors from tumblr say but its that bird person doesn't want to be a piece of shit like the nihlism that rick has done to him, rick doesn't want to be proven wrong because we still don't know the entire story but he is still sad that his original daughter died and he doesn't like how bird person way to cope is more healthy than ricks way to cope of nihilism so in the end the ego of rick is so high he would crumble even more at the idea the whole time he was wrong.
Hey, I just got here. Great incite on episode. This might be a reach..... but anyone else gets some halo, last leavel vibes at the end of episode when there jumping through memories in a hummer, jeep with the younger Ric on the turret gun in the back.........I got some halo feels.lol
Maybe the fact Harmon didn't write this episode is the reason for it being so good and not trivial.
I loved the warthog Easter egg in this episode
That aged well :D
I personally have liked most of the episodes of this season. This episode is very special
May I ask, are you new to the show?
@@DANIEL-xp5jh I’ve been watching the show for a few years. I’ve seen all the episodes
I agree with you so much Captainmidnight. This has been the best episode of this season so far. I enjoyed the first two episodes because they were had like a simple premise and idea and they executed it very well. The rest of the episodes were so bad for me personally. It honestly did not feel like rick and morty. I felt as if the writers just wanted to show how much of a sci FI nerd they were by bombarding the viewers with tons and tons of unnecessary Easter eggs and references from other loved and known entities while trying to be a gross and disgusting as possible. I feel in love with this show because it shows the nuances and complications that a single person can have while they go through life. seeing rick react to his family and friends and slowly learning more about his background and what made him the way he is now is what spawned the huge community of theorist that loves the show and how it tests the audience. That's why any episode that deals with continuity, storyline and are character driven are the best episodes of the show. This season has been the weakest for me personally and this episode showed so much potential that it might save it for me. cannot wait for the season finale. They said they were gonna split the dif.. but they have not really.
I think the previous season 5 episodes were all about Morty being driven away, and episode 8 about Rick wanting more from his sidekicks. Cue season 6 where Morty is banished and then goes rogue like his clone mom...
This season had some very low lows but also a lot of really great episodes