Season 2 ending: Heartbreaking sacrifice and imprisonment of Rick Season 3 beginning: Rick quickly escapes from the prison and destroys two previously strongest organizations: the Galactic Federation and the Citadel of Ricks. Next episode is a crappy parody of Mad Max. Season 5 ending: Mind-blowing revealing of evil Morty's plan. Ultimate destruction of the Citadel of Ricks and the central finite curve. Season 6 beginning: Rick quickly kills Evil Morty and Rick who murdered his wife. Next episode is a parody of Suicide Squad. UPD: Yes, now this joke is outdated.
@@Frozo-nt2ky I'll admit i didn't mind the mad max episode. But it's attempt of showing how morty and summer are dealing with the divorce kinda fell flat. Fun episode though
Even the finale was kinda annoying, it was annoying how the writers keep telling us just how much they hate serialized drama. Yeah we get it. Rick, at this point, is just an extension of what the writer wants to tell its audience. What happened to normal dialogue? Ep 8 and 9 were amazing because the show decided to take itself seriously
It doesn’t make sense either since Rick from season 2 treated serialized drama very seriously. Especially in the finale where his best friend is killed and his sworn enemy, the galactic government, have found him. There’s so much at stake and Rick ultimately does the right thing by turning himself in to save his family. All this development gets squandered by the season 3 premiere, and the finale only worsened the blow by showing us the writers have gotten lazy when they insert meta commentary for Beth despite that being an exclusively Rick thing prior seasons.
You'd think somebody was holding them hostage. If you don't want to write it??? Just don't??? It's like they know they have to do this to keep the fanbase interested and their angry. But nobody is forcing them to write anything. They simply have to endure the consequences if people stop watching.
If that was the case they should have never had major plot points in the show. It could have been episodic with minor changes as time went on. The constant backpedaling is really annoying.
I’m glad other people feel that way, it’s really annoying that the writers keep stopping episodes in the middle to be like “how dare you enjoy my show, I hate you, anyway back to the show-“
The Meta aspect gets increasingly frustrating, it does show the writers somewhat increasing lack of confidence in both their abilities to tell canonical and episodic structures.
@@chicken29843 the obvious answer should be clear. Their brightest heights have always been with the cannon story telling because as it turns out when nothing matters in a cartoon because they refuse to build off of previous events it gets stale after about 4 seasons.
@@chicken29843 I'm pretty sure that most people who watch Rick and Morty want the show to be searlized. That's what set the show apart in the first place. Now the writers don't want to write a serealized show, and it's just going to end up being a shell of it's former self
@@chicken29843 I've never seen anyone get mad about the canonical stuff, I've seen people get mad for the show making fun of the canonical stuff being there though
Honestly, I’ve really come to hate how Rick & Morty will actively setup plot points and then get passive aggressive about fans wanting payoff for them. Around S3 & 4, there was definitely a lot of meta commentary about the show’s relationship with serialization, but it still felt like it was in good fun. But in S5 it feels lazy and mostly mean spirited.
I'd say less mean spirited and more don't get your hopes up, back when season 3 was airing Roland said the writers didn't want to give the fans Ricks back story because they didn't want to justify Ricks toxic behaivour, so what you see as mean spirited I see as "here now shut up" fans are twisting the knife begging them to show lore and the writers don't care but have to give us something, I'd rather they do stuff they care about than out of obligation, the stupid episodes are the writers just having fun with the fact they write a TV show
@@sdbzfan1 I’d agree with you if not for the fact that they elude to Ricks backstory in S3E1, The Rickshank Rickdemption. They confirm in that episode that it wasn’t even canon and he has no good reason to be the person that he is. But then they back peddle on that immediately in the following seasons and then reconfirm that backstory in S5. They’re trying to have their cake and eat it too.
@@cheezeebutter452 oh absolutely, i just think they give us lore and canon because they understand its how you keep a long running show fresh rather than they have to pay off what they set up
It sounds like Rian Johnson getting pissy about fans speculating over important plot threads that were set up in TFA and cutting the legs off them in TLJ. At least he wasn’t the one that set those up though, unlike Harmon and Roiland.
Honestly? This season screams purposeful self sabotage to me. I kinda saw this coming the SECOND they announced the 70 episode contract, and now the writers are shitting on the lore THEY started, and people are starting to get annoyed by it. Why would you start lore if you hate doing it? Futurama is purely episodic and they're one of the favorites.
To be fair Futurama at least has some continuity with the whole fry being his own grandad thing. And was consistent and building up over it with the whole brain plot thing.
Huh, from what Ive read the creators HATE canon and just wanted the episodes to be random, the bits that looked like lore at the beginning was never meant to be lore at all, but then the fandom wanted to know more about it, and the show felt like it had to make those non canon lore "canon" to appease the fans, but they hate the canon hence why they were shitting on the fandom in the s5 finale with the quick flashback and Rick's comment afterwards
@@yesyouarecorrect1315 you're right that they don't like story, but it's pretty obvious that they were playing with a bigger backstory early on. Don't start writing a story, or even tease a story if you're going to resent your own fans. They didn't have to write any kind of plot. It was stupid that they accepted such a big order if they knew it was going to effect the quality of the show.
It's kind of a weird situation honestly, if they hadn't been given 70 episodes and they were on the hook for 1 to 2 seasons at a time (IE cancelled at any time kinda deal) they would have likely hit the space Beth bit harder and faster (like a season 4 opener) they would have fewer episodes with characters acting out of character to get the plots rolling, bird person would have likely been the season 4 finale. This would also help them set up a pattern, where the finales and openers were "lore" driven, while the middle episodes could be their self contained adventures with minimal canon to get in the way. Season 5 would have easily opened with the Evil Morty "conclusion" which could have then given us a season of Rick and Morty (with two beths) going on space adventures without the portal gun, a season of non-multiverse episodes, we then close off season 5 with what we got for a premier of season 6. That being said that's a hypothetical, with them having potentially only 10 episodes at a time to tell a complete story they would be incentivized to tell more of the canon faster, but also be afraid of releasing these filler episodes. But if we see what happened to infinity train, we kind of realize that without the 70 episode deal Rick and Morty might be gone, deleted from UA-cam and erased from all streaming services. This 70 episode run might be enough to keep the show alive through WB's animation purge, though the fact that they feel the need to shitpost so much of this filler might have already screwed them. They might have to pull some serious diamonds out of their asses for the last half of the run because they might have already had the executives make the decision on continuing to make future seasons. The show might be done when it hits 100 episodes because they might not get renewed, simply because 4 and 5 were pretty downhill, and these decisions can happen years before we feel the effect.
I think s5 was still better than whatever was s4 it got too meta for its own good ,honestly your right after a point they should consider how much meta is too much meta .
I prefer season 4 because I loved the vat of acid episode and I preferred the dragon episode to all the episodes of season 5 and Rick is now just worse written brojack horseman
Honestly, I'm with you on the cum monster episode. Out of all the episodes I rewatched in Season 5, I never returned to that episode just how weird and dumb it was.
The turkey one was that one for me. Morty screwing up with his pervertedness and almost destroying the world , Rick having sex with an actual horse people and summer egg getting impregnated by her brother monster sperm at least was sick dark rick and morty, that turkey one was so bad I couldn't believe how low s5 had sunk. To much Keith David , ridiculous story and premise.
Allow me to defend episode 3 real quick. It works so well not because Morty is letting go of Planitina but because he is moving on from that childish, obsessive part of himself The fact that he is being over violent “in the name of love” again works in my opinion for this episode because you are starting to see his destructive pattern that he himself also sees by the end when watching planetina kill tons of people-he realizes that he is usually the one doing that kind of thing in his “relationships” and needs to let go of that I see this episode as character development not only in the sense of letting go of someone he genuinely loves, not his typical crush, but also letting go(or at least trying to begin to let go) of a really toxic part of himself.
But morty still commits mass genocide in the same season so does he have a problem with her killing people or does he have a problem with the girl killing people? If it’s the former then it’s kinda hypocritical of morty and they don’t really make it seem like he has any problems with it and if it’s the former then it doesn’t make sense because morty didn’t love her because she’s a good person but because she is hot. I think they are getting tired of making the show.
@@SAG3__ and in the same season we see morty helping aliens and cleaning the mess rick made, and being forgiving with rick and summer, wich doesn’t align with killer morty, so in conclusion the writers did gave up
@@Josefrino they definetly stubly acknowledged it throughout the series without directly mentioning it. I think removing it as a joke was wasted potential but it was interesting to see creatures with an IQ to match Rick's.
To be honest, the only episodes I liked from this season were the first two. Simple but clever self contained concepts that build on themselves throughout the episode and lead to good jokes. I think the reason the last few episodes fell flat to me, even while I was watching them is the show's weird relationship with continuity. Why should I care that " Rick finally has a backstory" or "Rick and Morty are breaking up," or "Evil Morty is escaping to an outer dimension" when the show constantly fails to pay off plot threads? At this point, there have been so many story developments that were treated as important only to be either been sloppily rolled back or outright ignored (Rick turning himself in, the federation taking over earth, Rick's season 3 backstory, Beth and Jerry's divorce, Rick losing his status as patriarch TWICE at the ends of seasons 3 and 4, The federation just existing in season 4 after they supposedly got destroyed in season 3, Space Beth joining the family) that when something important does happen, the writers have trained me not to care. Why should I invest myself in learning Rick's backstory when the show previously told me a similar backstory, only to pull the rug out from under me and tell me it wasn't real? Why should I believe that Rick and Morty are really breaking up when the writers have shown me that they have no problem immediately bringing them back together if they feel like it? (Spoiler: They get back together at the very beginning of the next episode.) Why should I care about a confrontation with evil Morty when the writers mocked that idea earlier? Why should I care about characters getting any development at all when there's a good chance they'll be acting completely differently in the next episode? I'm fine with episodic stories. My favorite episode of the whole show is Rixty Minutes, which is just an interesting concept with a bunch of hilarious jokes and almost no connection to any ongoing storylines. I'm fine with Rick and Morty being episodic. I'm fine with it having continuity. I'm definitely fine with a mix of both, which is what the show employed during its great first 2 seasons. But instead of having a balance of both concepts, its trying to be all of both, which makes the show very messy and makes both kinds of stories worse. I just hope this show can start improving, because it used to be one of my favorites, but ever since the begining of season 3, it feels like its slowly been falling apart.
I really liked this video. After watching season 5, I remember feeling like “why does it feel like the creators hate their fans” lmao It just comes off as we hate this show and everyone who watches it with expectations, but we still want you to watch. Like make up your mind? Do you want fans to engage or not? Lol as a writer, I would’ve been so happy to see how many people are invested in the characters I’ve created. It’s not fair of me to assume they’re not, but based on the passive-aggressive meta story telling it feels like they hate us. lol Anyway, excited to see what happens next. Hopeful it won’t suck! Lol
I think the long time between seasons made people forget about previous storylines to be honest. For me personally, I never noticed the recycled plotlines. Like I really enjoyed season 5 and even cried at the end of it. But now looking at it, they probably should have worked shopped the plotlines better. My thought is, maybe they got new writers on the team or something. Also dang I never knew how much the self awareness increases with each season...they really should dial that back
I think that fans care more about these characters journeys than the writers ever did. They just didn't communicate how little they cared in the earlier seasons.
I don’t even think that’s it. I think the writers do care about the story they wanna tell but it isn’t meant to be the entire show. I think they have been clearly saying they want the story to usually remain in the background to focus more on writing neat, funny, more self contained stories that still show how characters are growing and changing there relationships rather than focusing on grand narritives all the time
@@DaltonDaDigga I think that's fine if that is the case, but then they should just do that and stop making fun of the fans who care about the story. I think fans wouldn't mind a bit of a drip feed when it comes to story, but when the writers make fun of continuity or serialized stories as a whole, then it just screams "WE'RE ONLY WRITING STORY STUFF BECAUSE WE HAVE TO!" Not that they're doing it because they _want_ to.
@@OldTimeyDragon I understand that but from my point of view enjoying the way they tell stories I think it’s funny when they make fun of people who complain they aren’t getting enough. I think people just don’t have the patience to have the story told to them at the pace they are used to and the writers made Rick and Morty a great show so I understand making fun of people who criticize there work. (However I do believe sometimes it can be too on the nose and it can hinder them writing as good as they could)
@@DaltonDaDigga IMHO, no matter how talented a group of writers is, it just shows a level of immaturity to mock you audience so brazenly. You can poke fun at your detractors, or even legitimate fans who you may view as toxic or obnoxious without coming across so pretentious. I guess that's the way it looks to me: pretentious. Like "How dare you question our brilliant writing! Just sit down and take what we give you!" That kind of mindset is just obnoxious and foolish to me.
Actually I think the meat hooks were an excellent joke setup now that we are reviewing it. Rick and his fam were placed on the hook in the beginning because of the hooks. And they got off the hook in the end through the same hooks that placed them on the hook to begin with. It's kind of a clever way of bringing a joke to full circle.😊
I’m pretty much 100% on board with you, except the turkey episode. I loved that one hahaha. I don’t think the relationship between the president and rick should matter too much. I think the general idea for them was that they are adversaries, and whether mr pres is mad at rick or not at a particular moment in time should be pretty moot. Although I agree with you on the point of the family dynamic, I thought for sure it would change too over this season.
I wouldn't say the episode is bad, i just feel like its super samie, and I'm just not a have of how out of no where there were two random alien races to help. Like... it just came out of no where
I liked it too!! The ending was stupid as hell though. The plot set up itself was hilarious. It could’ve been slower paced with a different ending though.
It started off strong and ended strong, the 3 beginning and last episodes were really good in my opinion. But in the Planetina episode, what really got me kind of annoyed was how Rick was acting. It seemed out of character for him to be oblivious. I felt the B story was killing that episode a little. So 6 out of 10 episode were really good and solid to me this season.
I couldn't agree more in regards to rick acting weird. I guess they could be showinh that love is his only weakness? But if that's the case they did a pretty shit job at it
@@Zenny-UA-cam One thing that I found particularly out of character was in the thanksgiving episode when Morty starts talking about military branches. Rick reacts sarcastically and calls out if someone has a pen to write it all down. First time I heard that I cringed a little. It feels so out of character and kind of like someone's 8 year old son came up with that line.
I can agree with some things not adding up in the show and the writers seeming lazy and recycling old content, but for the point about the show poking fun at its own canon and constantly pulling us away from the story when it’s introduced: I feel like that’s the entire point. In my opinion I think that’s exactly what the show is trying to do especially with Rick. I feel like it’s a way to poke fun at all of the people that analyze shows and try to make predictions about the future of shows.
I think it's very telling that Mat Pat; a pretty smart guy; made an entire theory about how the big twist in season 5 was going to be that we were watching the origin story of evil Morty this season. The fact that a lot of people agreed with him, because there were so many weird moments in Season 5, so much inconsistency with cannon, says a lot.
The way he handled his dead wife to me, is exactly how I see Rick handling it. He's deflecting his emotions with his genius. It's more than characteristic for him and that's the only part I don't agree with you on.
The way he dealt with his wifes death was fascinating to see, please dont think that i didn't love that. I just didnt like the " yes now everyone can shut up about it" comment at the end. That was my only issue 😊
I remember a comment a friend made me about the season "The show tried to eliminate that toxic fandom that saw Rick as an example to follow, making fun of them to the point that they left the series " I feel that with those last episodes he gave hope again to those loyal fans that remain, I hope and continue to have more espiodios like this and not as much as the mid-season ones
I mean after the whole Szechuan sauce McDonald's fiasco I think any show creator with some self respect would want to get rid of that part of the fanbase
@@ImperatorNocturne any fandom have weirdos.... but rick and morty fandom.................jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez, is in another level, even in latinamerica , wow just wow
It’s so stupid that they give a shit about who their fans are. Sure some of the Rick and Morty people are toxic but so what? That doesn’t make everyone who likes the show toxic. You’re ruining the show for everyone just to spite the toxic people. It’s so fucking dumb.
I'm glad these videos are coming out, I didn't like how they left us hanging for a long time after season 4, and then they give us basically filler until the end.
Really Rick and morty’s 6th season will either save the show or be the final nail in the coffin. I don’t think it can afford anymore bad episodes or seasons
I highly agree. What bothers me is this season is way too hit and miss. It has one of the better episodes in the show and then hits you with 2 of the worst episodes in the show. And the ones in the middle that werent amazing or shit are just bland or just stupid.
The last 3 episodes were some of the best in the series, the premiere too. And I personally love the craziness of the decoy episode and emotional moments in episode Planetina . R&M still got it, yall expectations are just weird. This is a show with a character called mr poopybutthole...I still Like this video tho
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 I'll be real with you mate, when you are my size of channel you have to pull this sorta thing If you want to grow. And with this being my only video nearly hitting 100k there ain't no way. Small fella gotta bait
@@Zenny-UA-cam bruh, we've been click baited 1000 times worse than this, the title drew me in but I didn't feel like he switched the used Honda Accord I was coming into buy with a 1970s Gremlin. You are fine and I do like your s5 review out of the 3 or 4 I watched the best. Thank you for being funny, interesting and fair in your assessment.
The age of Rick and Morty is over Long Live the smiling friends era But yeah it's kinda sad how far this show has fallen since s3 when season 2 was so good
I loved the first 3 seasons and for me the decline of the show started in season 4. I watched season 4 and thought to myself, "this wasn't as good as the last one." I haven't seen season 5 yet, but I still want to, even after watching this.
I mean we kinda all saw it coming. The show jokes multiple multiple times about how they would rather not do continuity and they only do it because they know people want it. But obviously they are not and we're never good at continuity. These writers are just the jj Abrams of comedy. Great at creating concepts bad at the follow through. Rip Rick and Morty. :(
“Frustration” is the perfect word to describe how I felt watching some of these episodes .. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it but with some episodes I was just waiting for them to end from my own frustration..
I see how funny episode 4 must’ve sounded in the writers room, when I hear you explain the plot of it. But unfortunately, some things are better said then done…
I think people always forget that the whole premise of the show was that the multiple realities allowed them to explore different stories without being tied down to a canon or worrying about consequences. They made that clear in interviews from the very beginning that they wanted to steer clear of canon and be as episodic as possible so they’re free to experiment. It’s the fans that got hooked on the underlying details and then pushed for stronger canon and world building. Which I guess overtime it made the writers self loathing. They had a vision for what they wanted to do and then started getting pressured to abandon that vision and give the fans what they want. You can hear the resentment getting louder and angrier as the show progresses. I’m guilty of it too. I sometimes thought to myself, I hope this become something later. But I guess that’s a the reality of tv shows. At some people people want more world building and not just one-off plots. It’s a tough one. As a creative, I can sympathize with them. On the other hand I also know how frustrating it is to get invested in the lore of something just to find out there isn’t any more to it.
I see the point, but creating concepts like Evil Morty and then not finishing the storyline in one episode is not good. They could do a double episode if one episode is too short to explore one concept.
Rick‘s wannabe-funny, cringe meta commentary lines in the season 5 finale really took me out of the story as well. Episode 8 had none of them, this is one of meany reasons for why it worked.
I don't think his lines were trying hard to be funny as he seemed super uninterested in what was happening just like the Evil Rick episode, it's to amuse himself at the cost of everyone around him which makes sense with his self sabotaging nature, unless your issue is the writers poking fun at the fans that salivate over the most minute details like this was gravity falls
When you get over the fact of how much this guy loves the sound of his own voice, his "criticism" boils down to "I don't like it because I don't like it" circular reasoning. They keep saying things like "It''s the same just worse", without ever detailing why it is objectively worse - becuase in the end, it's just their opinion. And The thing about "opinion" based criticism. All you need say to counter is "I disagree", and it's just as valid, becuase just an opinion. You could do the same whiney opinion based criticism for every season. But you won't. becuase you like those seasons - "You like it because you like it". The fact that Incest Baby annoys "fans" like this, is an extra layer of comedy gold.
season 5 gives off the same vibes as someone who makes too many self deprecating jokes in an attempt to get compliments from other people for validation.
The finale and the “meta-ness” is a weird discussion to have, cause I’m kinda with the writers on it, but I totally get the complaint people have with it. I was of the opinion that Rick and Morty is best as just fun little romps in wacky scenarios (classic Rick and Morty adventure). I thought the evil Morty reveal was cool and thought it’d be neat to see. Then thousands of obsessive “theory” videos come out, the Szechuan sauce debacle happens, fans go crazy, and that side of Rick and Morty feels… cringe I guess? So when the creators basically spell out the meta in the finale, make fun of the fans, I kinda get it, cause it’s something I want to say, which is: “it’s just a show”. If this pisses you off, then go cry about it, you’re obsessing over a cartoon. I’ve never really understood the whole argument of “they created these plots and storylines, and then get mad at us for wanting to see them conclude”. I can’t speak on their behalf, but I can imagine writing a storyline, a plot, a twist, a show that you think will be neat and set up a cool story, that then gets taken by fans and is twisted to an obsession that leads to said fans frothing over every tiny little hint of new plot you add, can sour you on your own story. I imagine that’s what happened, and I think they’re totally justified in being upset or soured over what they’ve written through the passage of time and audience “engagement”. Directly calling it out to interrupt the story during the finale in the middle of the show? Well that’s a different discussion. I get the other side as well. Looking at it from just a casual perspective, you can’t deny the mega talk had a tendency to lessened the impact of the episode. Rick constantly saying “ok I’m going to go have the Morty reveal he is evil” “ok that was my back story now we don’t have to talk about it” even if what he’s saying is true (which is fans, stop obsessing over this to an unhealthy degree), when he says it at what could be a serious moment, from an object standpoint of watching the show without the fandom or outside world influencing the media, it’s a tension breaker. They have the write to be upset with some stuff, should they jeopardize story and the show’s plot points to do so? Well, I think that makes the stand alone product a bit worse. I still liked the finale in general, the music as “evil” Morty leaves the curve was great. It felt like “our” Rick was not even considered a main giant threat in the eyes of this Morty, intentional or not. It’s a season that left me very mixed. Where I enjoyed it first time through, and look back on it relatively positively, but can see some of the flaws people bring up. TL;DR: For me the season was a mixed bag I guess I overall liked. Sometimes I liked the meta-breaks (that people complain about) calling out entitled and crazy fans, sometimes I think it comes at too heavy a cost of the episode’s story. The writers have every right to be annoyed at the fan base and what it has become. Should they put their feelings directly in the show to call out their audience? Dunno; to some, it is a funny joke to do so. To some, it breaks tension in important scenes.
I completely agree. I think the reason why they keep saying this super meta stuff about the plot is because they feel the need to spell it out. I understand that people want to make deep dives into the show's lore and stuff, but the writers are literally telling people over and over again that this is not necessary the show to do that with. or fans can do it but don't expect to be rewarded with it in the actual show. That's honestly one of the reasons why I actually kinda like the incest baby episode. it is literally the most bonkers thing I have ever whitnessed in my entire life and it is so fucking dumb, but every time I think of it I laugh because I keep thinking, damn they actually did that lol. It feels like that episode they really went like fuck we know this is dumb but we just want to have fun.
I had a friend that told me when we started med school that she sees a lot of Beth in herself 3 years ago. I saw the first four seasons, and because she had said that about herself, it totally ruined the entire show for me because Beth's existence is just sad and is exactly why she is an intergalactic badass, which is what she actually wanted, but she is chained down into a boring life and it is quite obvious that she would have chosen a different path. TL:DR, the show was ruined for me before I even watched it and I didn't respect a show that kept introducing plot points only to not do anything about them for more than a season and I stopped caring after S4.
I was instantly upset...but then I heared your points and I have to agree...I just love the show so much that I defended everything. But yeah it felt like season 5 didnt dive into the things I was hanging on by that cliff hanger of rick being alone in the garage after he saw the video alone. Im glad however they finally reached evil morty and that rick tried to help bird person. Im glad we saw that his past really was exactly how he said it wasn't in that episode where they try to get rick to spill his knowledge. Making rick feel more human even though he could do anything since he went on unhappy; depressed and unsure after his wife died. Pullinh the episode where rick cries when he sees morty even beter because...if you think about it...his beth never grew up to have a morty...
this was a very well made video and you made a lot of good points!! I wanted to offer my counter that season 5 was my favorite so far, i think because Rick and Morty is a show that uses a nihilistic theme and setting to deliver very anti-nihilistic and complicated emotional "lessons", and I think I liked this season so much MORE because they're throwing continuity in the trash, because it highlights the emotional aspects like Rick and Morty's bond, Jerry and Beth's constant decisions to stay together despite knowing of all the infinite universes and the relative mundane-ness of their lives. Each episode felt more like a different artistic approach, paying homage to a different style of show or movie or other story-telling device, it feels now like it's a platform for a lot of experimental creative expression but also for different creatives to express real human emotions in a way that's funny and digestible. Loved the video man.
It actually is ruined. Many people who followed from season 1 (Adult swim fans) have just lost interest. Not only did the writers make fun of themselves, the show, its characters and their stories but also the people watching the show. That scene where evil morty was leading an army of Ricks should have actually happened, the writers were just too bitter for fan service
Just goes to show that meta commentary, while cool and funny at one point, can be over used and also used at the expense of a real plot. Why should I give a fuck when they spend whole episodes basically telling me I should t give a fuck?
According to Jessica and the show, being a time God literally means just being suspended in time and watching things happen Big character development there lol
Never seen a vid by you I think the algorithm is about to bless you. I really agree with your points in the video mainly the writers constant 4th wall breaks you don't have to tell us from the jump it's canon omg just show me.
I agree alot with your planetina ep . But for me the new thing about that episode was the scene when Beth embraces Morty . That was new and only if they had dropped that god awful fucking stupid Rick and summer plot the ep would have been a classic
this was really well done. i wish i found this sooner, but i think watching it after already watching season six makes me appreciate the show's effort into trying to fix all that was wrong in past seasons. i genuinely thank you for your perspective even though im a year late.
Episode 3 could've been the best episode in the series. It definitely has the most emotional scene in it for me at the end. It was just so incredibly relatable as someone been on both ends of heartbreak. Sad they didn't give it more share of the episode
I dont think there is a better video the creators of anything should watch to better whatever it is they make. love the stuff u make and thanks for bringing these issues to light
Damn man, I agree with you 100%. All my friends kept saying how great season 5 was and I felt I was the only one that differed. I loved that last couple episodes, but overall it was awful IMO. You put into words everything I felt. I hope they fix it next season and I'm subscribing now to see what you say when it does come out even if I may disagree with you then.
I personally think the finale was fine. I like that they’re addressing the audience with their true feelings on the show itself but I do agree they could’ve handled it a bit better in the sense they don’t shoe horn it in every 3 minutes
From the look of things, Rick and Morty has the exact opposite problem that South Park had. In South Park’s case, they tried to do serialization and it just wasn’t working and nobody liked it but yet they kept pushing it. In Rick and Morty’s case, everyone wants serialization but they keep pushing against it.
I think listening to you explaining the horse cum monster episode was the funniest shit I’ve ever heard in my life I honestly like Rick and morty but just the explanation of that episode had me dying laughing 🤣🤣
We are growing slowly! Channel has doubled in size because of this video! And honestly compared to my other work this video is pretty lazy. So let's hope my other work gets some attention soon 😊
8:50 I don't think this was meta, I think this is more about the other ricks judging c-137. Although with the heavy amount of meta its understandable that it comes of as meta.
I feel like it depends on how you view Rick and Morty as a show. I kinda see it like Adventure Time, where are two main protagonists go on random adventures with a main plot kinda in the background.
Season 5 is the rebound season. After we broke up with previous relationships and go and explore random one offs. We're constantly chasing that high of our first love. Season 5 is that great. Not many would understand it until they experience 1 night stands and short relationships after a big one.
The show used to have wacky fourth wall breaks like wubalubadubdub see you next week. After season 2, it became meta trope addressing fourth wall breaks.
RnM is one of my favorite shows of all time, I, too, would consider myself a super fan... I was so excited for season 5, and I watched every ep when it aired, only to be disappointed almost every time with what we ended up getting. Personally, the two finale episodes and episode 3 were my favorite. But, like, aside from that..? The season was incredibly lackluster, at times I felt worse after watching than I did prior. That being said, I have hope for the future of the show. The writers can finally stop fourth wall bitching about plot-lines they introduced that the fans adored and simply wanted to see continue. I really hope they do something great with that newfound freedom, even and especially if it's more experimental.
I just wish they would stop being meta. The few times Rick would do it like at the end of an episode were fine but now every episode he has to complain about doing something with the story. I'm fine with the episodic and serialized episodes but it feels like the writers want me to feel bad for enjoying a story.
You’re going way too deep. Rick and Morty isn’t meant to be all awe-inspiring. It’s meant to have good concepts while still letting the creator play about and keep it lighthearted with his creations.. -_- Your criticism is only about it not being „black-mirror“ enough for you lol
Then why do they keep teasing actual setups and payoffs? Why does the show act SO arrogant about it’s supposed cleverness? You can talk about how it was a simple show, but it stopped being that way BECAUSE OF THE SHOW CREATORS.
I get what u mean man. I loved all the seasons. But 1-3 were the best. I think the writers want to tell a story but also want to continue doing wacky crazy adventures. I think both are good amd if they can find a healthy balance im all for it. Cant wait to see more of evil morty as well as all the weird adventures. Good content bro
It's nice that you're still responding to comments even now! I didn't want to wait till 4am to watch the new opener in the UK so I decided to wait till today. It seems like the Clone Beth stuff might be addressed and they even retroactively adjust some of the issues S3-5 had with the way they treated the Smith Family. Clone Beth addressing her distancing in the episode sorta fixes the 'where did she go' annoyance of S5. Jerry saying the divorce actually aided their growth fixes 'the divorce subplot in S3 went nowhere' annoyance. Addressing the continuity and resetting in a new universe for all members of the family and dealing with their origins really allows for the continuity bust to be patched together and reset. Additionally, this is sort of a theory more than something that's probably going to happen, but in the new opener they almost address the weirdness of the 4th wall breaks and lack of aging or time progression. Also, one of the new episodes is called 'Full Meta Jackrick'. Perhaps they are going to deal with the meta aspect in an interesting revelation? This is sort of out there and not based in reality but it would be really cool to see this addressed within the canon of the show.
This video was phenomenal. I 100% stand by everything you said, however I'd also love to note that the new season is looking promising (as far as we can tell from the trailers and shit) and I wouldn't really give up on the show just yet. A few key things that I'd like to mention from your video are: 1. The amount of "canon" based comedy, I knew they increased the amount of jokes but never knew exactly how much and how exponentionally. 2. Space Beth being absent the whole season except that one cameo was sucked ass, would've loved to see that dynamic evolve, 3. The Planetina episode and the Jessica episode were incredibly similar, however I'd say the main plot of both of them tried to mainly focus on different aspects of Morty in persuit of his own personal growth, Thank you for sharing your POV of the season, looking forward to more R&M content my guy!
one thing - the writers didnt 'predict' the backlash to the sperm ep and then have the line rick says about 'never living this down' written 3 eps later but before any of it aired...obv rick's just referring to his character never living down what happened
Yup. This video nailed it. Well done. Totally agree 100%. Hell I haven't even seen all of season 5 yet and I got the vibes from the writers about this sort of thing. I mean don't get me wrong I love a bit of self degradation and a comedy is a great place for shitting on one's own canon but it does sort of diminish the impact if you do it too much. It's like the show's creators are bored/annoyed that they have to finally answer those big questions. Oh well. Now we can all sit around with baited breath waiting for them to screw up Season 6 SPN style by sidelining the whole flipping of the show on it's head with the jaw dropping finale that LITERALLY changed everything for some more crapping all over it or ignoring it for a filler episode about something even more Rick and Morty-ish than a giant incest baby. Honestly I don't think they'll ever top that, it's pretty much peak "Da fuq?!" But who knows. Maybe they'll do an episode about people who like to cut open squids, shit in them and then have sex with them or something, hell I don't know, I just made that up on the spot for the sake of proving a point, that sort of rabbit hole is a K-hole. Rick and Morty do the debasing and they do it well but honestly I hope they don't keep trying to one up that sort of shit on a regular basis.
I often wonder whether every episode takes place in alternate universe, and whenever we're tuning in to Rick and Morty, we're really watching an interdiemensional cable reality show.
This is so true. It makes me struggle to enjoy it. Because sometimes I think its worthless to pay full attention because what if at the last 30 seconds we see our rick and morty comeback from another dimension.
@@Biggucci97 It's technically already happened with the Cronenberg universe. Rick screwed up the Earth, half-assed trying to fix it, then said "screw it", and took a portal along with Morty to a virtually identical universe where the resident Rick and Morty had died and just took their place. The way I tend to watch the show is like classic Doctor Who, every episode is more or less self-contained, and you can either roll with the insanity and have a few chuckles and "aha" moments, or you can drive yourself nuts trying to iron out all the negative space wedgies and continuity twisting. It's basically as Rick himself has pointed out, there are literally infinite other universes, that a good many of them are virtually indistinguishable from the one we're in right now thanks to probability coupled with the infinite part, which means in all likelihood, the exact same thing is going on over there, will go on over there, or has gone on over there, with either no change, a little change, or a hella lotta change. Ultimately means zilch in the grand scheme of things, but yes, Summer cutting a fart is still subjectively funny to him. It's even up for grabs as to whether "our" Rick and Morty that we've been following are the original ones that kicked the whole shebang off. As I said, you can either drive yourself nuts trying to figure it all out, or you can sit back and enjoy the ride for what it is. I will agree that the writers can stop lampooning their own show to death, but maybe they're making a point in a roundabout way. For the longest time, R&M avoided time travel like the plague, only for Rick to lampshade that an infinite multiverse is basically as good as a time machine in all practical terms. When you literally can have anything and everything thanks to the portal gun, how are you gonna wring something good out of that without it devolving into the ridiculous all the time?
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Season 2 ending: Heartbreaking sacrifice and imprisonment of Rick
Season 3 beginning: Rick quickly escapes from the prison and destroys two previously strongest organizations: the Galactic Federation and the Citadel of Ricks. Next episode is a crappy parody of Mad Max.
Season 5 ending: Mind-blowing revealing of evil Morty's plan. Ultimate destruction of the Citadel of Ricks and the central finite curve.
Season 6 beginning: Rick quickly kills Evil Morty and Rick who murdered his wife. Next episode is a parody of Suicide Squad.
UPD: Yes, now this joke is outdated.
I hate that i can 100% see them doing that!!!!!
U are a goddamn wizard harry
I’m done lmao don’t even say that it’s so true
Wdym that episode was good
@@Frozo-nt2ky I'll admit i didn't mind the mad max episode. But it's attempt of showing how morty and summer are dealing with the divorce kinda fell flat. Fun episode though
Even the finale was kinda annoying, it was annoying how the writers keep telling us just how much they hate serialized drama. Yeah we get it. Rick, at this point, is just an extension of what the writer wants to tell its audience. What happened to normal dialogue? Ep 8 and 9 were amazing because the show decided to take itself seriously
It doesn’t make sense either since Rick from season 2 treated serialized drama very seriously. Especially in the finale where his best friend is killed and his sworn enemy, the galactic government, have found him. There’s so much at stake and Rick ultimately does the right thing by turning himself in to save his family. All this development gets squandered by the season 3 premiere, and the finale only worsened the blow by showing us the writers have gotten lazy when they insert meta commentary for Beth despite that being an exclusively Rick thing prior seasons.
@@jinxthatsme2317 Now everyone has a Rick meta rant by season 5 it’s kind of annoying lol
You'd think somebody was holding them hostage. If you don't want to write it??? Just don't??? It's like they know they have to do this to keep the fanbase interested and their angry. But nobody is forcing them to write anything. They simply have to endure the consequences if people stop watching.
If that was the case they should have never had major plot points in the show. It could have been episodic with minor changes as time went on. The constant backpedaling is really annoying.
I’m glad other people feel that way, it’s really annoying that the writers keep stopping episodes in the middle to be like “how dare you enjoy my show, I hate you, anyway back to the show-“
The Meta aspect gets increasingly frustrating, it does show the writers somewhat increasing lack of confidence in both their abilities to tell canonical and episodic structures.
@@chicken29843 the obvious answer should be clear. Their brightest heights have always been with the cannon story telling because as it turns out when nothing matters in a cartoon because they refuse to build off of previous events it gets stale after about 4 seasons.
Idl of its so much ability and simply not interest.
@@chicken29843 I'm pretty sure that most people who watch Rick and Morty want the show to be searlized. That's what set the show apart in the first place. Now the writers don't want to write a serealized show, and it's just going to end up being a shell of it's former self
@@chicken29843 I've never seen anyone get mad about the canonical stuff, I've seen people get mad for the show making fun of the canonical stuff being there though
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The Amazing World Of Gumball has both and it isn't annoying.
Honestly, I’ve really come to hate how Rick & Morty will actively setup plot points and then get passive aggressive about fans wanting payoff for them. Around S3 & 4, there was definitely a lot of meta commentary about the show’s relationship with serialization, but it still felt like it was in good fun. But in S5 it feels lazy and mostly mean spirited.
I'd say less mean spirited and more don't get your hopes up, back when season 3 was airing Roland said the writers didn't want to give the fans Ricks back story because they didn't want to justify Ricks toxic behaivour, so what you see as mean spirited I see as "here now shut up" fans are twisting the knife begging them to show lore and the writers don't care but have to give us something, I'd rather they do stuff they care about than out of obligation, the stupid episodes are the writers just having fun with the fact they write a TV show
@@sdbzfan1 I’d agree with you if not for the fact that they elude to Ricks backstory in S3E1, The Rickshank Rickdemption. They confirm in that episode that it wasn’t even canon and he has no good reason to be the person that he is. But then they back peddle on that immediately in the following seasons and then reconfirm that backstory in S5. They’re trying to have their cake and eat it too.
@@cheezeebutter452 oh absolutely, i just think they give us lore and canon because they understand its how you keep a long running show fresh rather than they have to pay off what they set up
It sounds like Rian Johnson getting pissy about fans speculating over important plot threads that were set up in TFA and cutting the legs off them in TLJ. At least he wasn’t the one that set those up though, unlike Harmon and Roiland.
Fr. If your gonna be passive aggressive about it then don’t do the shit in the first place
Zenny in the first minute: This isn't a clickbait title
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Zenny in the final minute: Season 5 hasn't ruined Rick and Motry...
GOTTEM!
@@Zenny-UA-cam just.. fuck off. I am tired of clickbaity.
i know right, that is literally the definition of clickbait
@Caramel lol
@Caramel same lol
Honestly? This season screams purposeful self sabotage to me.
I kinda saw this coming the SECOND they announced the 70 episode contract, and now the writers are shitting on the lore THEY started, and people are starting to get annoyed by it. Why would you start lore if you hate doing it? Futurama is purely episodic and they're one of the favorites.
The second they were given a quantity they started writing up filler... and its sad
To be fair Futurama at least has some continuity with the whole fry being his own grandad thing.
And was consistent and building up over it with the whole brain plot thing.
Huh, from what Ive read the creators HATE canon and just wanted the episodes to be random, the bits that looked like lore at the beginning was never meant to be lore at all, but then the fandom wanted to know more about it, and the show felt like it had to make those non canon lore "canon" to appease the fans, but they hate the canon hence why they were shitting on the fandom in the s5 finale with the quick flashback and Rick's comment afterwards
@@yesyouarecorrect1315 you're right that they don't like story, but it's pretty obvious that they were playing with a bigger backstory early on. Don't start writing a story, or even tease a story if you're going to resent your own fans. They didn't have to write any kind of plot. It was stupid that they accepted such a big order if they knew it was going to effect the quality of the show.
It's kind of a weird situation honestly, if they hadn't been given 70 episodes and they were on the hook for 1 to 2 seasons at a time (IE cancelled at any time kinda deal) they would have likely hit the space Beth bit harder and faster (like a season 4 opener) they would have fewer episodes with characters acting out of character to get the plots rolling, bird person would have likely been the season 4 finale. This would also help them set up a pattern, where the finales and openers were "lore" driven, while the middle episodes could be their self contained adventures with minimal canon to get in the way. Season 5 would have easily opened with the Evil Morty "conclusion" which could have then given us a season of Rick and Morty (with two beths) going on space adventures without the portal gun, a season of non-multiverse episodes, we then close off season 5 with what we got for a premier of season 6.
That being said that's a hypothetical, with them having potentially only 10 episodes at a time to tell a complete story they would be incentivized to tell more of the canon faster, but also be afraid of releasing these filler episodes. But if we see what happened to infinity train, we kind of realize that without the 70 episode deal Rick and Morty might be gone, deleted from UA-cam and erased from all streaming services. This 70 episode run might be enough to keep the show alive through WB's animation purge, though the fact that they feel the need to shitpost so much of this filler might have already screwed them. They might have to pull some serious diamonds out of their asses for the last half of the run because they might have already had the executives make the decision on continuing to make future seasons. The show might be done when it hits 100 episodes because they might not get renewed, simply because 4 and 5 were pretty downhill, and these decisions can happen years before we feel the effect.
I think s5 was still better than whatever was s4 it got too meta for its own good ,honestly your right after a point they should consider how much meta is too much meta .
I prefer season 4 because I loved the vat of acid episode and I preferred the dragon episode to all the episodes of season 5 and Rick is now just worse written brojack horseman
Season 4 is better than whatever kind of unfunny safe and boring mess s5 was
I agree, hate how fast paced and rushed each episode of s5 is though
Season 5 is better because the first half of s4 was bootyhole.
Just do a rick and morty rewritten were they can change what happend after s2 to make the show better and get rid of the 4th wall breaking stuff
Honestly, I'm with you on the cum monster episode. Out of all the episodes I rewatched in Season 5, I never returned to that episode just how weird and dumb it was.
The turkey one was that one for me. Morty screwing up with his pervertedness and almost destroying the world , Rick having sex with an actual horse people and summer egg getting impregnated by her brother monster sperm at least was sick dark rick and morty, that turkey one was so bad I couldn't believe how low s5 had sunk. To much Keith David , ridiculous story and premise.
The thing that got me watching that episode is they literally already did that episode with Morty Jr. I thought that when I watched it the first time.
I paused that one halfway tempted to skip but endured it
Yeah when the episode came out I convinced my dad to watch it with me. Oh
Allow me to defend episode 3 real quick.
It works so well not because Morty is letting go of Planitina but because he is moving on from that childish, obsessive part of himself
The fact that he is being over violent “in the name of love” again works in my opinion for this episode because you are starting to see his destructive pattern that he himself also sees by the end when watching planetina kill tons of people-he realizes that he is usually the one doing that kind of thing in his “relationships” and needs to let go of that
I see this episode as character development not only in the sense of letting go of someone he genuinely loves, not his typical crush, but also letting go(or at least trying to begin to let go) of a really toxic part of himself.
This is actually a pretty cool way of seeing it, i dig it. I just wish the episode had more time to flesh out this development
But morty still commits mass genocide in the same season so does he have a problem with her killing people or does he have a problem with the girl killing people? If it’s the former then it’s kinda hypocritical of morty and they don’t really make it seem like he has any problems with it and if it’s the former then it doesn’t make sense because morty didn’t love her because she’s a good person but because she is hot. I think they are getting tired of making the show.
A fucking men!
@@SAG3__ and in the same season we see morty helping aliens and cleaning the mess rick made, and being forgiving with rick and summer, wich doesn’t align with killer morty, so in conclusion the writers did gave up
If only that character development lasted longer than 1 episode
Would love to see you do a video like this for the latest season! It’s rare we get to see fans critique shows instead of clickbaiting haters
Watching this right after the Season 6 premier, there's nothing more perfect the show could've done with that first episode
I agree
It's trash lmaoo
@@jakepophal985 I was going to say you had bad taste but I am a big Buzz Lightyear of Star Command fan
@@Josefrino they definetly stubly acknowledged it throughout the series without directly mentioning it. I think removing it as a joke was wasted potential but it was interesting to see creatures with an IQ to match Rick's.
Rick said that the neighbour he ran over FELT like Gene. He didn't know if it actually was Gene.
I feel you, Zenny. I feel you. R&M is a great show, but it's treading a fine rope. Let's hope they stick the landing.
Aslong as they stick to the plan season 5 has layed out they will be okay! Fingers crossed
To be honest, the only episodes I liked from this season were the first two. Simple but clever self contained concepts that build on themselves throughout the episode and lead to good jokes. I think the reason the last few episodes fell flat to me, even while I was watching them is the show's weird relationship with continuity. Why should I care that " Rick finally has a backstory" or "Rick and Morty are breaking up," or "Evil Morty is escaping to an outer dimension" when the show constantly fails to pay off plot threads? At this point, there have been so many story developments that were treated as important only to be either been sloppily rolled back or outright ignored (Rick turning himself in, the federation taking over earth, Rick's season 3 backstory, Beth and Jerry's divorce, Rick losing his status as patriarch TWICE at the ends of seasons 3 and 4, The federation just existing in season 4 after they supposedly got destroyed in season 3, Space Beth joining the family) that when something important does happen, the writers have trained me not to care. Why should I invest myself in learning Rick's backstory when the show previously told me a similar backstory, only to pull the rug out from under me and tell me it wasn't real? Why should I believe that Rick and Morty are really breaking up when the writers have shown me that they have no problem immediately bringing them back together if they feel like it? (Spoiler: They get back together at the very beginning of the next episode.) Why should I care about a confrontation with evil Morty when the writers mocked that idea earlier? Why should I care about characters getting any development at all when there's a good chance they'll be acting completely differently in the next episode? I'm fine with episodic stories. My favorite episode of the whole show is Rixty Minutes, which is just an interesting concept with a bunch of hilarious jokes and almost no connection to any ongoing storylines. I'm fine with Rick and Morty being episodic. I'm fine with it having continuity. I'm definitely fine with a mix of both, which is what the show employed during its great first 2 seasons. But instead of having a balance of both concepts, its trying to be all of both, which makes the show very messy and makes both kinds of stories worse. I just hope this show can start improving, because it used to be one of my favorites, but ever since the begining of season 3, it feels like its slowly been falling apart.
I really liked this video. After watching season 5, I remember feeling like “why does it feel like the creators hate their fans” lmao
It just comes off as we hate this show and everyone who watches it with expectations, but we still want you to watch. Like make up your mind? Do you want fans to engage or not? Lol as a writer, I would’ve been so happy to see how many people are invested in the characters I’ve created. It’s not fair of me to assume they’re not, but based on the passive-aggressive meta story telling it feels like they hate us. lol
Anyway, excited to see what happens next. Hopeful it won’t suck! Lol
This comment could have been about S8 GoT as well.
I think the long time between seasons made people forget about previous storylines to be honest. For me personally, I never noticed the recycled plotlines. Like I really enjoyed season 5 and even cried at the end of it. But now looking at it, they probably should have worked shopped the plotlines better. My thought is, maybe they got new writers on the team or something. Also dang I never knew how much the self awareness increases with each season...they really should dial that back
I think that fans care more about these characters journeys than the writers ever did. They just didn't communicate how little they cared in the earlier seasons.
I don’t even think that’s it. I think the writers do care about the story they wanna tell but it isn’t meant to be the entire show. I think they have been clearly saying they want the story to usually remain in the background to focus more on writing neat, funny, more self contained stories that still show how characters are growing and changing there relationships rather than focusing on grand narritives all the time
@@DaltonDaDigga I think that's fine if that is the case, but then they should just do that and stop making fun of the fans who care about the story. I think fans wouldn't mind a bit of a drip feed when it comes to story, but when the writers make fun of continuity or serialized stories as a whole, then it just screams "WE'RE ONLY WRITING STORY STUFF BECAUSE WE HAVE TO!" Not that they're doing it because they _want_ to.
@@OldTimeyDragon I understand that but from my point of view enjoying the way they tell stories I think it’s funny when they make fun of people who complain they aren’t getting enough. I think people just don’t have the patience to have the story told to them at the pace they are used to and the writers made Rick and Morty a great show so I understand making fun of people who criticize there work.
(However I do believe sometimes it can be too on the nose and it can hinder them writing as good as they could)
@@DaltonDaDigga IMHO, no matter how talented a group of writers is, it just shows a level of immaturity to mock you audience so brazenly. You can poke fun at your detractors, or even legitimate fans who you may view as toxic or obnoxious without coming across so pretentious.
I guess that's the way it looks to me: pretentious. Like "How dare you question our brilliant writing! Just sit down and take what we give you!" That kind of mindset is just obnoxious and foolish to me.
Actually I think the meat hooks were an excellent joke setup now that we are reviewing it. Rick and his fam were placed on the hook in the beginning because of the hooks. And they got off the hook in the end through the same hooks that placed them on the hook to begin with. It's kind of a clever way of bringing a joke to full circle.😊
this is ripe for rap rhymes
I love that describing the plot of the sperm episode is a million times funnier than the actual episode
I’m pretty much 100% on board with you, except the turkey episode. I loved that one hahaha. I don’t think the relationship between the president and rick should matter too much. I think the general idea for them was that they are adversaries, and whether mr pres is mad at rick or not at a particular moment in time should be pretty moot. Although I agree with you on the point of the family dynamic, I thought for sure it would change too over this season.
I wouldn't say the episode is bad, i just feel like its super samie, and I'm just not a have of how out of no where there were two random alien races to help. Like... it just came out of no where
@@Zenny-UA-cam I mean it is Rick and Morty though. There were apparently squirrels who control the whole world secretly.
I liked it too!! The ending was stupid as hell though. The plot set up itself was hilarious. It could’ve been slower paced with a different ending though.
It started off strong and ended strong, the 3 beginning and last episodes were really good in my opinion. But in the Planetina episode, what really got me kind of annoyed was how Rick was acting. It seemed out of character for him to be oblivious. I felt the B story was killing that episode a little. So 6 out of 10 episode were really good and solid to me this season.
I couldn't agree more in regards to rick acting weird. I guess they could be showinh that love is his only weakness? But if that's the case they did a pretty shit job at it
@@Zenny-UA-cam One thing that I found particularly out of character was in the thanksgiving episode when Morty starts talking about military branches. Rick reacts sarcastically and calls out if someone has a pen to write it all down. First time I heard that I cringed a little. It feels so out of character and kind of like someone's 8 year old son came up with that line.
I just don’t like Mortys hypocrisy with Planetina. He kills for love all the time. Why would he be mad?
I can agree with some things not adding up in the show and the writers seeming lazy and recycling old content, but for the point about the show poking fun at its own canon and constantly pulling us away from the story when it’s introduced: I feel like that’s the entire point. In my opinion I think that’s exactly what the show is trying to do especially with Rick. I feel like it’s a way to poke fun at all of the people that analyze shows and try to make predictions about the future of shows.
I think it's very telling that Mat Pat; a pretty smart guy; made an entire theory about how the big twist in season 5 was going to be that we were watching the origin story of evil Morty this season. The fact that a lot of people agreed with him, because there were so many weird moments in Season 5, so much inconsistency with cannon, says a lot.
The way he handled his dead wife to me, is exactly how I see Rick handling it. He's deflecting his emotions with his genius. It's more than characteristic for him and that's the only part I don't agree with you on.
The way he dealt with his wifes death was fascinating to see, please dont think that i didn't love that. I just didnt like the " yes now everyone can shut up about it" comment at the end. That was my only issue 😊
I remember a comment a friend made me about the season
"The show tried to eliminate that toxic fandom that saw Rick as an example to follow, making fun of them to the point that they left the series "
I feel that with those last episodes he gave hope again to those loyal fans that remain, I hope and continue to have more espiodios like this and not as much as the mid-season ones
I mean after the whole Szechuan sauce McDonald's fiasco I think any show creator with some self respect would want to get rid of that part of the fanbase
any fandom has weirdos, you can´t get rid of them, also this just lumbs together the weirdos with people who care about the plot.
@@ImperatorNocturne any fandom have weirdos.... but rick and morty fandom.................jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez, is in another level, even in latinamerica , wow just wow
@@albertofrankdiaz6664 nah, that bar was already set to the bottom by MLP bronys
It’s so stupid that they give a shit about who their fans are. Sure some of the Rick and Morty people are toxic but so what? That doesn’t make everyone who likes the show toxic. You’re ruining the show for everyone just to spite the toxic people. It’s so fucking dumb.
I'm glad these videos are coming out, I didn't like how they left us hanging for a long time after season 4, and then they give us basically filler until the end.
Really Rick and morty’s 6th season will either save the show or be the final nail in the coffin. I don’t think it can afford anymore bad episodes or seasons
the season 5 finale was my favorite episode in the entire series
Finally someone who sees the show the same way. I hadn't find many channels that understand the characters the same way I do
I highly agree. What bothers me is this season is way too hit and miss. It has one of the better episodes in the show and then hits you with 2 of the worst episodes in the show.
And the ones in the middle that werent amazing or shit are just bland or just stupid.
Going through your review you made me realize how much I actually liked this season. Lol I liked all the episodes to a certain degree.
Me too
Same
That Thanksgiving episode it may be my favorite
Same. I don't get all the hate. It feels like so many people don't get the genius of the show.
@@galaxyglizzy Not necessarily genius, but I enjoy more episodic fun adventures than I do serialized content.
The last 3 episodes were some of the best in the series, the premiere too. And I personally love the craziness of the decoy episode and emotional moments in episode Planetina . R&M still got it, yall expectations are just weird. This is a show with a character called mr poopybutthole...I still Like this video tho
Glad you liked the video my dude. Truth is most of this season is golden. The video is more to highlight things i hope fizzle out in the next season
@@Zenny-UA-cam i hear ya
@@Zenny-UA-cam then maybe don’t title the video to imply the show is ruined if all it does is talk about some flaws the last season had
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 I'll be real with you mate, when you are my size of channel you have to pull this sorta thing If you want to grow. And with this being my only video nearly hitting 100k there ain't no way. Small fella gotta bait
@@Zenny-UA-cam bruh, we've been click baited 1000 times worse than this, the title drew me in but I didn't feel like he switched the used Honda Accord I was coming into buy with a 1970s Gremlin. You are fine and I do like your s5 review out of the 3 or 4 I watched the best.
Thank you for being funny, interesting and fair in your assessment.
The age of Rick and Morty is over
Long Live the smiling friends era
But yeah it's kinda sad how far this show has fallen since s3 when season 2 was so good
I loved the first 3 seasons and for me the decline of the show started in season 4. I watched season 4 and thought to myself, "this wasn't as good as the last one." I haven't seen season 5 yet, but I still want to, even after watching this.
for me s4 is better than s3.
I mean we kinda all saw it coming. The show jokes multiple multiple times about how they would rather not do continuity and they only do it because they know people want it. But obviously they are not and we're never good at continuity. These writers are just the jj Abrams of comedy. Great at creating concepts bad at the follow through. Rip Rick and Morty. :(
Wow. That's a good way of putting it.
“Frustration” is the perfect word to describe how I felt watching some of these episodes ..
I couldn’t quite put my finger on it but with some episodes I was just waiting for them to end from my own frustration..
I've never watched a second of Rick and Morty and this video flew by like nothing, shit was soooo good.
💖💖💖💖
I see how funny episode 4 must’ve sounded in the writers room, when I hear you explain the plot of it.
But unfortunately, some things are better said then done…
I think people always forget that the whole premise of the show was that the multiple realities allowed them to explore different stories without being tied down to a canon or worrying about consequences. They made that clear in interviews from the very beginning that they wanted to steer clear of canon and be as episodic as possible so they’re free to experiment.
It’s the fans that got hooked on the underlying details and then pushed for stronger canon and world building. Which I guess overtime it made the writers self loathing. They had a vision for what they wanted to do and then started getting pressured to abandon that vision and give the fans what they want. You can hear the resentment getting louder and angrier as the show progresses.
I’m guilty of it too. I sometimes thought to myself, I hope this become something later. But I guess that’s a the reality of tv shows. At some people people want more world building and not just one-off plots. It’s a tough one. As a creative, I can sympathize with them. On the other hand I also know how frustrating it is to get invested in the lore of something just to find out there isn’t any more to it.
Finally, someone getting it.
But no one forced them to introduce a plot in the first place, and that happened fairly soon in the show lifespam.
I see the point, but creating concepts like Evil Morty and then not finishing the storyline in one episode is not good. They could do a double episode if one episode is too short to explore one concept.
@@LateDude96very true. Your comment with OPs comment together explains and fixes the problem they ran into
Rick‘s wannabe-funny, cringe meta commentary lines in the season 5 finale really took me out of the story as well.
Episode 8 had none of them, this is one of meany reasons for why it worked.
I don't think his lines were trying hard to be funny as he seemed super uninterested in what was happening just like the Evil Rick episode, it's to amuse himself at the cost of everyone around him which makes sense with his self sabotaging nature, unless your issue is the writers poking fun at the fans that salivate over the most minute details like this was gravity falls
@@sdbzfan1 The last one obviously.
Its the new writers, they are painfully unfunny.
When you get over the fact of how much this guy loves the sound of his own voice, his "criticism" boils down to "I don't like it because I don't like it" circular reasoning.
They keep saying things like "It''s the same just worse", without ever detailing why it is objectively worse - becuase in the end, it's just their opinion.
And The thing about "opinion" based criticism. All you need say to counter is "I disagree", and it's just as valid, becuase just an opinion.
You could do the same whiney opinion based criticism for every season. But you won't. becuase you like those seasons - "You like it because you like it".
The fact that Incest Baby annoys "fans" like this, is an extra layer of comedy gold.
All criticism on any form of media is opinion based you dumb ass. Your literally describing criticism like I'm doing it wrong. You're a clown mate
Look at this dude, he thinks art (or any form of media for that matter) can be objectively criticized
season 5 gives off the same vibes as someone who makes too many self deprecating jokes in an attempt to get compliments from other people for validation.
I may have this issue
The finale and the “meta-ness” is a weird discussion to have, cause I’m kinda with the writers on it, but I totally get the complaint people have with it.
I was of the opinion that Rick and Morty is best as just fun little romps in wacky scenarios (classic Rick and Morty adventure). I thought the evil Morty reveal was cool and thought it’d be neat to see. Then thousands of obsessive “theory” videos come out, the Szechuan sauce debacle happens, fans go crazy, and that side of Rick and Morty feels… cringe I guess? So when the creators basically spell out the meta in the finale, make fun of the fans, I kinda get it, cause it’s something I want to say, which is: “it’s just a show”. If this pisses you off, then go cry about it, you’re obsessing over a cartoon.
I’ve never really understood the whole argument of “they created these plots and storylines, and then get mad at us for wanting to see them conclude”. I can’t speak on their behalf, but I can imagine writing a storyline, a plot, a twist, a show that you think will be neat and set up a cool story, that then gets taken by fans and is twisted to an obsession that leads to said fans frothing over every tiny little hint of new plot you add, can sour you on your own story. I imagine that’s what happened, and I think they’re totally justified in being upset or soured over what they’ve written through the passage of time and audience “engagement”. Directly calling it out to interrupt the story during the finale in the middle of the show? Well that’s a different discussion.
I get the other side as well. Looking at it from just a casual perspective, you can’t deny the mega talk had a tendency to lessened the impact of the episode. Rick constantly saying “ok I’m going to go have the Morty reveal he is evil” “ok that was my back story now we don’t have to talk about it” even if what he’s saying is true (which is fans, stop obsessing over this to an unhealthy degree), when he says it at what could be a serious moment, from an object standpoint of watching the show without the fandom or outside world influencing the media, it’s a tension breaker. They have the write to be upset with some stuff, should they jeopardize story and the show’s plot points to do so? Well, I think that makes the stand alone product a bit worse.
I still liked the finale in general, the music as “evil” Morty leaves the curve was great. It felt like “our” Rick was not even considered a main giant threat in the eyes of this Morty, intentional or not. It’s a season that left me very mixed. Where I enjoyed it first time through, and look back on it relatively positively, but can see some of the flaws people bring up.
TL;DR: For me the season was a mixed bag I guess I overall liked. Sometimes I liked the meta-breaks (that people complain about) calling out entitled and crazy fans, sometimes I think it comes at too heavy a cost of the episode’s story. The writers have every right to be annoyed at the fan base and what it has become. Should they put their feelings directly in the show to call out their audience? Dunno; to some, it is a funny joke to do so. To some, it breaks tension in important scenes.
You could NOT have said it better you are the comment/like-mind I was looking for on this feed
I never thought of it that way but that makes perfect sense, wow. Seeing it from that perspective changes my overall outlook on S5
Exactly what I was thinking
I completely agree. I think the reason why they keep saying this super meta stuff about the plot is because they feel the need to spell it out. I understand that people want to make deep dives into the show's lore and stuff, but the writers are literally telling people over and over again that this is not necessary the show to do that with. or fans can do it but don't expect to be rewarded with it in the actual show. That's honestly one of the reasons why I actually kinda like the incest baby episode. it is literally the most bonkers thing I have ever whitnessed in my entire life and it is so fucking dumb, but every time I think of it I laugh because I keep thinking, damn they actually did that lol. It feels like that episode they really went like fuck we know this is dumb but we just want to have fun.
this is almost 100% what I thought of this season. Mortiplicity was good old Rick and Morty fun, episodes 8 and 10 fucking slap.
I had a friend that told me when we started med school that she sees a lot of Beth in herself 3 years ago. I saw the first four seasons, and because she had said that about herself, it totally ruined the entire show for me because Beth's existence is just sad and is exactly why she is an intergalactic badass, which is what she actually wanted, but she is chained down into a boring life and it is quite obvious that she would have chosen a different path. TL:DR, the show was ruined for me before I even watched it and I didn't respect a show that kept introducing plot points only to not do anything about them for more than a season and I stopped caring after S4.
You got me just from the intro, well done
I was instantly upset...but then I heared your points and I have to agree...I just love the show so much that I defended everything. But yeah it felt like season 5 didnt dive into the things I was hanging on by that cliff hanger of rick being alone in the garage after he saw the video alone.
Im glad however they finally reached evil morty and that rick tried to help bird person. Im glad we saw that his past really was exactly how he said it wasn't in that episode where they try to get rick to spill his knowledge.
Making rick feel more human even though he could do anything since he went on unhappy; depressed and unsure after his wife died. Pullinh the episode where rick cries when he sees morty even beter because...if you think about it...his beth never grew up to have a morty...
*Rick:* We don't want serilized stories we want simple adventures *Me:* This is funny because? I have no clue. I thought jokes had punchlines.
I think they should look to their other show Solar “opposites” on how to balance serialization and episodic stuff.
this was a very well made video and you made a lot of good points!! I wanted to offer my counter that season 5 was my favorite so far, i think because Rick and Morty is a show that uses a nihilistic theme and setting to deliver very anti-nihilistic and complicated emotional "lessons", and I think I liked this season so much MORE because they're throwing continuity in the trash, because it highlights the emotional aspects like Rick and Morty's bond, Jerry and Beth's constant decisions to stay together despite knowing of all the infinite universes and the relative mundane-ness of their lives. Each episode felt more like a different artistic approach, paying homage to a different style of show or movie or other story-telling device, it feels now like it's a platform for a lot of experimental creative expression but also for different creatives to express real human emotions in a way that's funny and digestible. Loved the video man.
It actually is ruined. Many people who followed from season 1 (Adult swim fans) have just lost interest. Not only did the writers make fun of themselves, the show, its characters and their stories but also the people watching the show. That scene where evil morty was leading an army of Ricks should have actually happened, the writers were just too bitter for fan service
Just goes to show that meta commentary, while cool and funny at one point, can be over used and also used at the expense of a real plot.
Why should I give a fuck when they spend whole episodes basically telling me I should t give a fuck?
According to Jessica and the show, being a time God literally means just being suspended in time and watching things happen
Big character development there lol
Honestly I lived rick and morty, and for the time until the end of season 3 happened that's when I noticed it went downhill
Never seen a vid by you I think the algorithm is about to bless you.
I really agree with your points in the video mainly the writers constant 4th wall breaks you don't have to tell us from the jump it's canon omg just show me.
Ong bros finna be big
I agree alot with your planetina ep .
But for me the new thing about that episode was the scene when Beth embraces Morty .
That was new and only if they had dropped that god awful fucking stupid Rick and summer plot the ep would have been a classic
Seasons 1-3 were very good. Seasons 4 and 5 were very disappointing with only about 4 episodes from each season even worth watching.
i can't believe someone can be bored from season 5 I found it wholesome and by far most important as we know rick's whole backstory.
this was really well done. i wish i found this sooner, but i think watching it after already watching season six makes me appreciate the show's effort into trying to fix all that was wrong in past seasons. i genuinely thank you for your perspective even though im a year late.
Season was a nice improvement! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Now it makes more sense why season 5 felt so "off". Very interesting points. Thank you for this video!
I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊
Damn this must have been one of the best commentary videos or whatever genre i have watched in a while. Fucking amazing editing mate
Thank you so much! I out alot of work into my videos 😊
Episode 3 could've been the best episode in the series. It definitely has the most emotional scene in it for me at the end. It was just so incredibly relatable as someone been on both ends of heartbreak. Sad they didn't give it more share of the episode
It opens up an entirely new universe where Rick is no longer a “god”. Also, the Rick who he’s looking for is definitely outside the finite curve
I dont think there is a better video the creators of anything should watch to better whatever it is they make.
love the stuff u make and thanks for bringing these issues to light
That episode 4 breakdown sounds like a Rick and Morty fanfiction
Damn man, I agree with you 100%. All my friends kept saying how great season 5 was and I felt I was the only one that differed. I loved that last couple episodes, but overall it was awful IMO. You put into words everything I felt. I hope they fix it next season and I'm subscribing now to see what you say when it does come out even if I may disagree with you then.
Well... season 6 came out and..... your fears were right. It's over =[
I personally think the finale was fine. I like that they’re addressing the audience with their true feelings on the show itself but I do agree they could’ve handled it a bit better in the sense they don’t shoe horn it in every 3 minutes
From the look of things, Rick and Morty has the exact opposite problem that South Park had. In South Park’s case, they tried to do serialization and it just wasn’t working and nobody liked it but yet they kept pushing it. In Rick and Morty’s case, everyone wants serialization but they keep pushing against it.
I think listening to you explaining the horse cum monster episode was the funniest shit I’ve ever heard in my life I honestly like Rick and morty but just the explanation of that episode had me dying laughing 🤣🤣
Glad you liked it my dude!
The fact you don’t have more than 3k subs should be a crime, this shits funny asl but makes a point... best 15 minutes I’ve spent in a lil bit ngl
We are growing slowly! Channel has doubled in size because of this video! And honestly compared to my other work this video is pretty lazy. So let's hope my other work gets some attention soon 😊
8:50 I don't think this was meta, I think this is more about the other ricks judging c-137. Although with the heavy amount of meta its understandable that it comes of as meta.
4:53 i’m gonna replay u explaining this episode at least 10 times, i’m literally crying
y'know, at the beginning I liked the show getting meta because I like Dan Harmon and that's a big part of his humour but god damn it they went too far
Its starting to get old very fast, couldn't agree more
New episode picked up nicely. Hope they'll keep this going instead of filler
Dude I laughed so hard when started explaining the sperm episode 😂 your video is very high quality
Glad you enjoyed yourself my dude 😊 i strive to make people laugh. I'll be sure to keep ya laughing!
I could hear, it's just two brothers, two brothers and a Mexican armada ship😅
I feel like it depends on how you view Rick and Morty as a show. I kinda see it like Adventure Time, where are two main protagonists go on random adventures with a main plot kinda in the background.
Totally agree, not ruined but it's damaged it's excellent reputation. If s6 doesn't grab me I might stop watching
Season 5 is the rebound season.
After we broke up with previous relationships and go and explore random one offs.
We're constantly chasing that high of our first love. Season 5 is that great.
Not many would understand it until they experience 1 night stands and short relationships after a big one.
Hands down, the most rushed, inconsistent, and awful season yet
The show used to have wacky fourth wall breaks like wubalubadubdub see you next week. After season 2, it became meta trope addressing fourth wall breaks.
glad someone liked my comment
RnM is one of my favorite shows of all time, I, too, would consider myself a super fan... I was so excited for season 5, and I watched every ep when it aired, only to be disappointed almost every time with what we ended up getting. Personally, the two finale episodes and episode 3 were my favorite. But, like, aside from that..? The season was incredibly lackluster, at times I felt worse after watching than I did prior.
That being said, I have hope for the future of the show. The writers can finally stop fourth wall bitching about plot-lines they introduced that the fans adored and simply wanted to see continue. I really hope they do something great with that newfound freedom, even and especially if it's more experimental.
Fingers crossed
This whole season just feels unreal like it's some kind of fever dream
I just wish they would stop being meta. The few times Rick would do it like at the end of an episode were fine but now every episode he has to complain about doing something with the story. I'm fine with the episodic and serialized episodes but it feels like the writers want me to feel bad for enjoying a story.
luckily i just watched episode 1 of season 6 and it sticks to the plot and looks rly rly good so far. i hope it continues
You’re going way too deep. Rick and Morty isn’t meant to be all awe-inspiring. It’s meant to have good concepts while still letting the creator play about and keep it lighthearted with his creations.. -_- Your criticism is only about it not being „black-mirror“ enough for you lol
Then why do they keep teasing actual setups and payoffs? Why does the show act SO arrogant about it’s supposed cleverness?
You can talk about how it was a simple show, but it stopped being that way BECAUSE OF THE SHOW CREATORS.
Yooo stabbed with a knife cover in hand sanitizer😂😂.
That's sum serial killer type shit💀
I get what u mean man. I loved all the seasons. But 1-3 were the best. I think the writers want to tell a story but also want to continue doing wacky crazy adventures. I think both are good amd if they can find a healthy balance im all for it. Cant wait to see more of evil morty as well as all the weird adventures. Good content bro
It's nice that you're still responding to comments even now! I didn't want to wait till 4am to watch the new opener in the UK so I decided to wait till today. It seems like the Clone Beth stuff might be addressed and they even retroactively adjust some of the issues S3-5 had with the way they treated the Smith Family. Clone Beth addressing her distancing in the episode sorta fixes the 'where did she go' annoyance of S5. Jerry saying the divorce actually aided their growth fixes 'the divorce subplot in S3 went nowhere' annoyance. Addressing the continuity and resetting in a new universe for all members of the family and dealing with their origins really allows for the continuity bust to be patched together and reset. Additionally, this is sort of a theory more than something that's probably going to happen, but in the new opener they almost address the weirdness of the 4th wall breaks and lack of aging or time progression. Also, one of the new episodes is called 'Full Meta Jackrick'. Perhaps they are going to deal with the meta aspect in an interesting revelation? This is sort of out there and not based in reality but it would be really cool to see this addressed within the canon of the show.
This video was phenomenal. I 100% stand by everything you said, however I'd also love to note that the new season is looking promising (as far as we can tell from the trailers and shit) and I wouldn't really give up on the show just yet.
A few key things that I'd like to mention from your video are:
1. The amount of "canon" based comedy, I knew they increased the amount of jokes but never knew exactly how much and how exponentionally.
2. Space Beth being absent the whole season except that one cameo was sucked ass, would've loved to see that dynamic evolve,
3. The Planetina episode and the Jessica episode were incredibly similar, however I'd say the main plot of both of them tried to mainly focus on different aspects of Morty in persuit of his own personal growth,
Thank you for sharing your POV of the season, looking forward to more R&M content my guy!
Glad you enjoyed the video! If the new season is good I'll have to make a follow up video, that'll be fun
one thing - the writers didnt 'predict' the backlash to the sperm ep and then have the line rick says about 'never living this down' written 3 eps later but before any of it aired...obv rick's just referring to his character never living down what happened
Yup. This video nailed it. Well done. Totally agree 100%. Hell I haven't even seen all of season 5 yet and I got the vibes from the writers about this sort of thing. I mean don't get me wrong I love a bit of self degradation and a comedy is a great place for shitting on one's own canon but it does sort of diminish the impact if you do it too much. It's like the show's creators are bored/annoyed that they have to finally answer those big questions. Oh well.
Now we can all sit around with baited breath waiting for them to screw up Season 6 SPN style by sidelining the whole flipping of the show on it's head with the jaw dropping finale that LITERALLY changed everything for some more crapping all over it or ignoring it for a filler episode about something even more Rick and Morty-ish than a giant incest baby. Honestly I don't think they'll ever top that, it's pretty much peak "Da fuq?!" But who knows. Maybe they'll do an episode about people who like to cut open squids, shit in them and then have sex with them or something, hell I don't know, I just made that up on the spot for the sake of proving a point, that sort of rabbit hole is a K-hole. Rick and Morty do the debasing and they do it well but honestly I hope they don't keep trying to one up that sort of shit on a regular basis.
i think season 6 really took into account almost everything you've addressed in this video and i think its amazing so far
in all honestly this is really a lot of potential greatness in the hands of the rick nd morty crew, the end opens up a lot of possibilities
dude the writers have been pissing me off for ages now, you hit the nail on the head
if they wanna save this show they need to stop writing it to be meta
Couldn't agree more
i didnt expected to see a video non related to videogames, but i wasnt dissapointed nonetheless,
great job dude.
Seasons 1 through 3 will always be the best
I often wonder whether every episode takes place in alternate universe, and whenever we're tuning in to Rick and Morty, we're really watching an interdiemensional cable reality show.
This is so true. It makes me struggle to enjoy it. Because sometimes I think its worthless to pay full attention because what if at the last 30 seconds we see our rick and morty comeback from another dimension.
@@Biggucci97
It's technically already happened with the Cronenberg universe. Rick screwed up the Earth, half-assed trying to fix it, then said "screw it", and took a portal along with Morty to a virtually identical universe where the resident Rick and Morty had died and just took their place.
The way I tend to watch the show is like classic Doctor Who, every episode is more or less self-contained, and you can either roll with the insanity and have a few chuckles and "aha" moments, or you can drive yourself nuts trying to iron out all the negative space wedgies and continuity twisting.
It's basically as Rick himself has pointed out, there are literally infinite other universes, that a good many of them are virtually indistinguishable from the one we're in right now thanks to probability coupled with the infinite part, which means in all likelihood, the exact same thing is going on over there, will go on over there, or has gone on over there, with either no change, a little change, or a hella lotta change. Ultimately means zilch in the grand scheme of things, but yes, Summer cutting a fart is still subjectively funny to him.
It's even up for grabs as to whether "our" Rick and Morty that we've been following are the original ones that kicked the whole shebang off.
As I said, you can either drive yourself nuts trying to figure it all out, or you can sit back and enjoy the ride for what it is. I will agree that the writers can stop lampooning their own show to death, but maybe they're making a point in a roundabout way.
For the longest time, R&M avoided time travel like the plague, only for Rick to lampshade that an infinite multiverse is basically as good as a time machine in all practical terms. When you literally can have anything and everything thanks to the portal gun, how are you gonna wring something good out of that without it devolving into the ridiculous all the time?
@@Shipwright1918 yea I know and it felt unique. But now idk it just feels like trolling.
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