The RICK PRIME Saga Begins! Rick and Morty PREMIERE BREAKDOWN!
Vložit
- čas přidán 4. 09. 2022
- Click here - helixsleep.com/2cellos for up to $200 off your Helix Sleep mattress plus two free pillows! Free shipping within the US! #helixsleep
A HUNDRED YEARS RICK AND MORTY my god, what a season premiere. As I’m sure you know, Rick and Morty’s sixth season began last night with an absolutely SHOW SHATTERING EPISODE called Solaricks. And I can’t believe it but they did everything I wanted them to do and more. This is the most excited I’ve been about Rick and Morty in literal years, so let’s dive in!
Edited by Joe Murphy
Listen to Cartoons That Curse!- / @cartoonsthatcurse
SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!- / johnny2cellos
Follow me on Twitter: / johnny2cellos
Music:
Johnny 2 Cellos Theme Music - Norman Marston
Video Used:
Rick and Morty (2013-2022)
#rickandmorty #rickandmortyseason6
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted.
"Fair Use" guidelines: www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html - Zábava
Click here -> helixsleep.com/2cellos for up to $200 off your Helix Sleep mattress plus two free pillows! Mine has me sleeping like a baby night after night! #helixsleep
I know rick literally mentions the avengers but with all the corpses it reminded me of Final Space s01
Let’s hope discovery won’t cancel it. Because of ties to Disney.
Discovery: why don’t you be like mainframe I mean they were inspired by ghostbusters.
Me: yea and their inspiration is what lead them to pull a star Fox adventure for one of their original show by adding reboot characters in it.
Discovery: wasn’t they added characters to a reboot show?
Me: that what I thought of but then I did some digging and came to the conclusion that wasn’t the case.
(Yes mainframe did pull a starfox adventure I suggest to research it a little more)
the portal gun is not useless it just takes time reset it.
Can we just ignore the captain marvel bullshit? I'm all for erasing that parody. It's like starting out with the best fucking memory of the last Marvel Movie that will ever matter followed by the literal ground zero MCU killer. I'm am, however, glad they just moved past it and were berating her the entire time for being stupid as shit trying to explain shit in what was worse than original 140 character string twitter bubbles. Or is that literally all you can fit into an iPhone message until it makes you "read more"? I've never owned an apple product, so I'll assume this might be for the normie fucks who watched captain marvel and still buy iPhones until I'm corrected.
But yeah, after that annoyance, they finally shut people up about Evil Morty destroying the central finite curve. Obviously, why would he say "I'm leaving" and "On this side of the curve" if he wasn't planning on an escape where he's free to travel via an alternate version of portal gun travel that excludes all central finite curve destinations. It's still up for debate whether Evil Morty could be pulled back from the "yellow" multiverse to his original dimension as we've technically never seen him use a green portal, and it's also pretty much canon now that the central finite curve is very much still there and Evil Morty was intent on "leaving it" and not destroying it. I would err on the side of caution though since they seem pretty intent on explaining things this season if episode 1 is the standard they're setting.
Also, you mentioned about the lack of episodic feel in this episode. Quite frankly, as soon as Rick fucked up and reset everyone to their original time lines, it was kind of a mish mash of canon and episodic feel. Possibly because of all the new lore drops. It more or less felt like Operation Phoenix mixed in with everything everyone has been theorizing about for the last few years.
@@jessegartung294 wait why would discovery cancel rick and morty its one of cn and adult swims biggestcash cows of all time
I really like how they've "built" a pretty solid family unit after so many seasons. The whole "every one is expendable" thing was kinda starting to get old. It's nice to see the Rick genuinely cares and isn't able to hide it as well anymore.
I agree with you, and Rick actually confirms It when he say "he's the real deal, he does not care", It means Rick c137 does Care after all.
@~ShadowBanned~ Yeah that is kinda ironic. But I feel like it works now because even though they are technically already family, it's almost more like a found family now with them essentially being from 3 different timelines and them now all being completely displaced from their original timelines.
He cares so much because this is the family he was robbed of, he loves this Morty so much because his Rick abandoned him and all this Rick would have ever given is to be able to have a grandchild of his own to teach in his ways
I think this also contextualizes our Rick’s hatred for Jerry. His daughter never was able to grow up and have a life, so to see her effectively reduced to breeding stock by the other Ricks and permanently intertwined with someone like Jerry is just a constant reminder of the life he never had
love that theory, works into the whole clone beth thing works aswell
Rick helped create the infrastructure (FCC) that all Ricks benefit from, if he didnt design the Beth/Jerry system he definitely at least had some involvement.
How is he interpreting Beth as just breeding stock?
@@freeffree4133 have you seen the last episode of season 5? i don't want to spoil it incase you haven't
@@craigongfuel7288 yeah
i love how the twist of Rick Prime being Morty's original Rick is literally just the "Evil Morty is Rick's original Morty" theory but reversed lmao
Thank fuck I'm not the only one noticing 😂 nice 👍👍👍
And yet, it works better.
But our C-137 never had his own Morty, right? Because his Beth was killed. So Evil Morty isn't related to C-137.
@@nickmeyer238 Everyone thought that he was the original morty tho. The writers took the concept and flipped it
@@sabserab wow🤣
The things that struck me in this episode are: 1) Beth and Summer's apathy towards knowing that their original Morty and Rick are dead and buried in their backyard, and 2) Rick managing to find a Universe where they all died (including Space Beth) and burying them all in their backyard...
Ha yeah.. "so that's what the possums are after." What a great throwaway line!
They died of natural causes at least
@The Other OhlourdesPadua or maybe Rick killed every family member in this “other dimension” secretly before any of his own “new developed family” could see. And proceeded to lie to his new family members about those murders because he cares THAT much about his fam. He is a maniac for relationships, we’ve seen that for his wife, bird person, morty, and even the crows. He’s a character that values a relationship with another he loves above all other things. Even the death of an exact copy of his family, doesn’t matter to him, they’re not the people he loves.
@@miroparisgarcia9563 I got the same thing from the episode cuz when Beth says it’s weird how he found an exact copy of they’re situation she asked him if they died naturally and he says yea I promise but in a very dry way implying he did it himself and just doesn’t wanna talk about it
@@billybucks9963 glad u see what I see brother
6:45 can we just appreciate how well Chris Parnell NAILED that line? It was so raw, it gave me chills
It's hurt and angry, yet also sincere and confident. But still clearly Jerry.
That moment kind of summarizes the attitude of this actualized version of him.
I feel pretty sympathetic towards Jerry, so that line made me feel bad for him there…
Edit: 6th September
It's pretty justified anger. Morty was speaking for the audience when he called this version of Jerry an "improvement", even though he's miserable. Jerry might have been spineless or boring before, but he was (mostly) happy.
Chris Parnell has such a great way of delivering his lines. Absolute gem in R&M and Archer both.
Best scene in the episode
Was so bummed to see OG Jerry taken out like that after mot seeing him for so long, but hopefully it pays off well with Rick Prime being an exciting antagonist for the season
Well if it helps cronenberg reality Smith family are still alive in the comics which is a divergent timeline to the show
I really want Apocalypse Jerry to come back. I don't even care how they do it, haha. I honestly really want to see him interact with Space Beth, I think there could be a really fun dynamic there.
I'm sure either Rick Prime or our Rick can bring Jerry back though, should the plot dictate...
I didn’t see the blaster shot go through Jerry’s skull. Could be a flesh wound
@@DoctorOklich LOL “Tis but a flesh wound”
Nah, you see, it's just one of apocalypse Jerry many contingency plans.
I feel like the family burying the dead versions of themselves in the backyard is a signifier but this show isn't just about Rick and Morty anymore it's about the whole family previously only Rick and Morty had done that now they've all done that
Smith Family and Beth clone.
that's a weak point of the episode, imo. its thematic, but, it fails on the impact. the rest of morty's family are just sociopaths? despite being shown to be nicer people than the season 2 smiths in the very episode?
morty was shook to his core when he had to bury himself the first time. pretty sure this was most of their first times, and they were more devastated about having to change their pronunciation of parmesan
@@left4twenty I don't think the episode showed they were better people than season 2 versions but just they were a healthier family
@@left4twenty they’re more used to stuff like that now
@@left4twenty
To be fair Morty in season one when that happened was still pretty new to Rick's adventures, the rest of the Smiths are six seasons and even so while we don't get a montage, you can see that the others are a little more out of it than Rick and Morty
It really was a fantastic episode, the "return travelers" was such a creative way to start some of these plot points and give excellent lore reveals. Super looking forward to the future of the show
Real bot hours
@Rudolf Hillard Well maybe Rick can't think of all the solutions. Like how Morty figured out how to spot the memory parasites but not Rick.
Plus Rick can't really camp Prime Ricks world since our Rick would also be returned to who is dimension. Since he doesn't know where Prime Rick would return so he can't really set up a trap. He only knew the hidden spaceship after Prime Rick returned.
Plus Prime Rick is only trapped because portal tech is wonky. Even if our Rick resets everyone, it doesn't mean Prime Rick can't portal out. If Rick decides to distort the portal tech, he would also need to do the complicated new portal travel that they did this episode.
The funniest thing to me is how it was JERRY who realized how he got switched. Not Rick, not Morty but JERRY. Who almost never picks up on this stuff. He can be taught!
"Rick, why am I pulsing green? And don't say you don't know because you are too"
Was Jerry actually picking up on shit and I was instantly impressed
I just absolutely love how that was actually Rick Prime in the glass tube, because even if our rick did kill them they would have kept looking for him thinking it was a clone… also it’s just funny
Rick Prime really mastered the art of taunting...
A-are you preemptively “them”ing Rick Prime?
@@xkerchx please be a troll
@@nokutori9964 they’re joking, you can tell from the stutter
@@xkerchx no I just use them/him and them/her interchangeably sometimes to make sure I don’t keep saying the same words and because they is just a vague version of he or she that can be gilt in with context
This is why rick and Morty is so amazing, the continuity is insane. I'm also seeing no one mention how hilarious this episode was like when rick deconstructed mortys sandwich so he could process it better after starving for so long but then just says he's gonna risk it and eats his regular as Morty sits there eating a sandwich turned into a turd.
Best joke in that episode
He must have some cyber upgraded stomach tho I think heh
Just was messing with Morty
Actually that is a legitimate health concern for those who suffer chronic starvation. After the liberation of Nazi concentration camps in WW2, the Allies tried to help the surviving and emeciated Holocaust victims by feeding them (solid) food but many died a few days later. Autopsy showed that due to their bodies warped by prolonged hunger they are unable to process solid food. Hence the development of a program to rehabilitate their digestive system which starts with liquid food like soup or slurry...
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 and Rick is like “mmm sammich”
I don’t know while I enjoy these status quo changing episodes I really hope they don’t turn their back on the random hilarious non canonical episodes. That’s what made R&M R&M imo. Episodes like messeeks and destroy, total rickall and interdimensional cable are what made me love the show in the first place
I'm glad Rick and Morty is becoming more serialized. now that we have Solar Opposties, I feel like there's less of a need for episodic adventures in Ricky and Morty. plus I think the episodic format works better in Solar Opposties because the Alien Family doesn't have has much god-like power that makes these situations so easy for Rick to get out of
A crossover I wasn’t expecting tbh
I also feel like Solar Opposites is just a better comedy series while Rick and Morty is better drama and story
The Mr. Frundles thing was extremely terrifying to me. Literally no escape losing your consciousness to Mr. Frdundles.
I loved the little wink to “Community,” giving space-Beth the blue streak in her hair like Brita in the darkest timeline. I’m so excited to see them canonize the show! 👏
the old guy who knocks on Rick's door reminds me of Leonard😂
@@nateschoof1125 Rick: Shut up Leonard! 😂
@AduIt Swim 🅥 XD
They actively hate canon; strange choice for them.
I teared up at “Rick and Morty a hundred years.”
The whole point of this episode was moving on, which Rick has done without making a big fuss. He chose to save his new family in exchange for fixing his old.
He couldn’t’ fox his own because they are dead.
This season is going to be PHENOMENAL and after you pointed out the glowing rocks I realized something. The toxic season 2 Smith family was having the same dinner they had at the end of Total Rickall. I think they might be that same family which makes it an even better deep cut.
What a strong start to the season! I am so excited to see what’s in store for this season. I liked that it was more serious and there weren’t that many 4th wall breaking jokes
I agree with you except for the last part. I thought there were LOADS of meta, self-referential dialogue. I didn’t mind it too much because it was always clever and funny, but the 4th wall thing stood out like a sore thumb for me.
@Harrison Stott I think when it’s used very sparingly, being that level of meta can be funny, but if you’re falling back on it multiple times per episode, that’s a problem with the writing. I think maybe 2-3 of those moments per season makes them funnier and more effective. I kinda understand what they were going for during this episode as it shifts in a new direction, so I can also understand the WHY in the barrage of self-referential stuff, but I just personally did not like that aspect of the episode.
@Harrison Stott I always thought of it as Rick knows we're watching because they have the ability to hop dimensions.
After all the weird shit we've been shown is it too farfetched to believe Rick has seen us watch his story?
With the 4th wall breaks, I wouldn't be surprised if eventually the writers figure out a way to make it seem like it was the viewers fault any of this started in the first place.
Curiosity killed the cat, ricks family and eventually the show.
somethin i personally find interesting is how utterly *impersonal* killing jerry C-137 seemed for rick prime (who i believe is technically the actual rick C-137, but who knows what that makes our rick). it isn't just him killin some jerk who tried to slit his throat; it's him killin what might very well be the last non-kronenburged human in that entire dimension other than himself (with the obvious exception of morty C-137, who has since hopped two universes). he functionally brought his own species to total extinction with the same attitude you or i might wipe our hands off on our pants.
Yes, but what if Diane is still alive in this dimention? Somewhere in hidden. I have the feeling Prime Diane is still alive. And he killed our Rick's Diane to spare him of sth. Maybe she is the real villian behind all
That Jerry would be been Jerry prime
@@sabserab i suppose it's possible she's still out there? we don't know that much about her, but based on the flashbacks we've seen her in, she doesn't seem to be as scientifically inclined as rick was, so i don't think it'd be part of any nefarious schemes of her own against our rick if she was. certainly not if said diane is from within the central finite curve
also, i'm not sure rick prime ever even had his own diane. beth was only a child when her and diane were killed, and given he looks quite acclimated to the scifi lifestyle, rick prime probably spent the time our rick spent raising beth doin scifi stuff
The Rick Prime/Cronenberg universe isn't C-137. Our Rick's timefrozen universe is C-137. Someone in another video managed to pull together the reactions of other Ricks etc every time Morty would introduce himself as "Morty C-137" and it was hiding in plain sight the entire time. They either look confused or briefly look at each other like "oh god, he doesn't know." The only reason no one ever corrected Morty is that they didn't want to have to be the one to tell him that his biological grandfather is Rick Prime or any of the deeper lore.
@@Lespritdelescali Can you tell us the name of the video or the uploader’s name? I’d like to see that.
I kind of wished they made a bigger deal out of Morty’s og family being dead. The Jerry from season 1 is dead, and the summer and Beth from season 1 have been dead for a while. That’s the family that raised our morty. I know morty shed a tear, but I wish they showed him more distraught, like how he was at the end of Rick Potion 9
@Arch 87 Remember what Rick said in the Pilot. The act of Morty being around Rick is making Morty smarter and therefore more like Rick himself. Morty is becoming a copy of Rick slowly (ie. evil Morty and doing whatever it takes to get his way). We got to see Morty gone mad with power which is exactly what Rick Prime did when he killed other Rick’s wives. Also: I am excited to see the introduction of Beth’s wife in more revealed backstory about Rick Prime’s motives.
Yes and no. The universes are functionally identical and only diverged in the few days leading up to the incident, meaning the 'new' family is also his original family, minus a couple of days. In the multiverse, the different universes branch out, they don't all exist from the beginning.
@@arandombard1197 Who are you replying too explain more?
I honestly really am glad that they're using the idea of infinite replaceable smiths to talk about found families and how the relationships we build the people we grow up with are more important than being blood related
I like the way this episode addresses how Rick treats his family as interchangable, while also getting attached to specific iterations. Currently, the family the show follows consists of people from 4 different universes, one of whom is a clone. The Jerry from the daycare unknowingly had his family replaced, gets attached to the new family, and leaves the old one without a second thought after being sent back to his home universe. OG Morty accepts Rick C-137 over Evil Rick, his real grandfather. Evil Rick doesn't get attached, while our Rick does, which is why he's so committed to revenge but ultimately gives up on it for the greater good. OG Jerry shows the perspective of a victim left behind in the chaos, forgotten due to the family's interchangabity. Space Beth has a 50-50 chance of being a clone, but the focus is on how she changed by leaving the family. Evil Morty, who killed countless other Ricks and Morties, simply wanted to leave this dynamic of infinite interchangable families.
The episode shows both sides of the nihilism towards having infinite interchangable families across the multiverse. People can easily get left behind and replaced, but it also provides new opportunities to bond with the "replacements", so to speak.
Brilliant summary. Thank you for sharing.
It really was an incredible episode, and I'm super glad you decided to cover it so quickly! The backstory was INSANE, and just- everything?! EVERYTHING! I'm super, duper glad you agree. The bastards. DID IT!
Totally agree for the SpaceBeth and SurvivorJerry! I was expecting to see them in a couple!
And i really like the serial elements! Always great to see how a story and its characters change
yeah, i would've loved to see SurvivorJerry interact with the the family
@@lalolindu survivor jerry is dead
@@simonbabarinde6839 i know that, i didn't implied otherwise...
It also cements that while you can leave your dimension, you’re always identified as from that universe. Which is why labeling yourself as your universe makes sense. Could also make someone easier to find if you have an index of each universe’s flavor to tell where something came from.
Also explain why Rick is a little hard on the family….. I mean he really does want to take revenge on Ric prime…. And he is living with a family that is directly related to him. So when he has one of his rants I think it’s him just constantly remembering that they are not his family but the family of the man who killed his wife and daughter.
nice
Only morty is related to prime rick
Prime Ricks Beth is also dead.
That’s a good point
@@Rowenawhite Rick is technically the reason she got frozen
One correction: we have heard diane's voice previously, in s3e1 during the flashback in the brainalyzer, she says 'i hear sci-fi noises'. I believe she has another line or two
You're so incredibly fast with these holy cow; like straight outta the gate.
I hope the central finite curve doesn’t get repaired and they instead find a way around it since having it broken beings a lot of possibilities.
Also portals seemed to work before the control finite curve in ricks backstory so I wonder what that’s about
it's possible that they optimized the portal guns for the smaller infinity they had to traverse, which broke the portal guns when the infinity expanded again
I feel like this episode did the same thing the season 3 premiere did and more. Slowly working things back to the status quo, while setting up some newer more serialized ideas to explore over time, and I've got a feeling we'll be seeing something kinda like season 3 this time around. Where they're still relatively episodic, but with a subtle story arc playing throughout. Which I'm honestly down for at this point in the series.
Exactly how I felt it may even Top season 3 opening for me on this one
“Status quo”🤣
@@cartoonhistory353 I mean they literally just returned to being a family living in the same house, just with more graves in the backyard and more limited portal travel. I’m saying they’ve pretty much brought things back the way they were this episode, just with some subtle changes like in Rickshank Redemption. And from the looks of it, our next episode will be another standard R&M episode, which ain’t a bad thing mind you.
I enjoy this format: Start out with bang, drop major bombshells, go back to the status quo for bit, then near the end increase the tension again.
@@anthonydi5489 I'd have to really think on that one. While this episode had so many revelations in it, I think I may lean more towards the season 3 premiere just for the sheer spectacle it had, almost feeling like how I imagine a Rick and Morty movie feeling. But this premiere does still show a lot of promise for the show moving forward.
Honestly with this episode I think the series is going into a interesting direction. No longer is Rick some unbeatable god figure who can move from dimension to dimension as he pleases. Now he is limited to where he can go and has a rival that not only he cares about but is in someways smarter than even our Rick.
When Rick reset the portal travelers, all the corpses floating around the citadel got reset as well. That means that most dimensions got Rick and Morty corpses, with a couple getting feral Morties, (hope I spelled that right.) The only result we got of that is that the Beths and Summer didn't have to comment on all the dead bodies.
Next is Jerryboree. All the Jerries were reset home, including the ones stranded there. I wonder if we'll see anything on that.
I dont think the spares count because they were made at the citadel so they wouldnt have a home dimension
@@SuperJackwilson This. Clone Beth and Beth didn't glow green, I would expect the same continuity with the clone mortys
@@SuperJackwilson Couldn't some of them been from morty school though, which 50/50 chance if they have families or not.
@@Parasolhyena the whole point of the morty school was to take in the variant mortys that didnt have a family, they were spares made for ricks that died and were waiting for one of the other versions of their ricks to lose their morty and needed a replacement. if they had a family they wouldn't be at the citadel they would be home with them. basically any morty at the citadel that doesn't have a rick is a spare and the ones that did have a rick were killed by evil morty.
@@DenverBronx12 They didn't glow because they were already I their home dimension. Same with Summer. They never moved
I still don't understand how the flashback memory scene where rick holds baby morty in the episode we were first introduced to evil morty makes sense and fits in the narrative
He probably traveled from universe to universe trying to find Prime Rick's original world, interacting with different versions of the family.
I'm sure Rick's backstory wasn't planned out from the start...heck, I'm sure Rick's backstory was supposed to be a fabrication then they changed their mind.
I was thinking the same and I think they have a way of explaining it. Think about it. If Rick Prime is Morty’s original grandpa that means he’s one of the Rick’s that actually had a wife and daughter and family so why in the world would he travel to another dimension and kill another Rick’s family? Just as an experiment? Trying to figure out why he’s here?
And that picture of Rick holding baby Morty is a picture of Rick Prime so our Rick teared up because he realized that he *chose* to be with this Morty and family after his own Rick abandoned them.
@@Euphoryaaa how does rick 137 have rick prime's memories?
@@moribundus959 idk what way they would explain that lol
The only flaw with the jerryborea theory is that Mr.poopybutthole references back to those events quite often, meaning either that was C-137 rick, or said events also happened in the C-137 timeline, but in either case it’s then impossible to know if we’ve seen that version of the smith family before
Maybe in episodes where he brings up those events we follow these “not our” Rick and Morty too?
Yes yes yes, this. Please see my comment, I don’t want to live in a universe where Mr. Poopybutthole isn’t in it…
Considering Rick was going to have Space Beth and Domestic Beth essentially merge back into one person, and the hints so far of their arcs for s6, I think it'd be cool for both to choose to merge back when they're actually ready for it. I originally liked that they didn't do this, but I think it makes sense going forward now that the Beths are actually confronting themselves. Besides, the family has progressively gotten wrapped up enough in the space adventures (as well as Space Beth potentially taking on more of a familial role again) that there's becoming less of a need for two different versions of Beth.
Regardless, I think I'll love whatever the writers come up with.
😂 " domestic beth "
The other side argument is that one of the things that Beth has dealt with her whole life is her loneliness and how isolating having Rick as a father was for her growing up. You can make a case that having a sister that knows exactly what she went through and she knows she can depend on could heal a lot of those wounds in ways that nothing else could.
@@UrbanMediaReview right 😂
Something I'd like to see moving forward (and Space Beth potentially sticking around gives me hope) is to see less of a divide between 'episodic stories' and 'continuity stories'.
I think the show sometimes mistakes 'continuity' for 'canon', as if continuity necessarily has to move the plot forward, and necessarily moves the show closer to its end. In rejecting continuity, it feels like things are almost never allowed to feel tangible outside of meta callbacks or outside of dedicated 'plot' episodes, so the world (particularly in Season 4 and 5) beyond the family feels super small. If it's not a plot episode, then odds are anyone new introduced is a one-off obstacle/species that will either die or fuck off for a really long time until a dedicated callback. I don't even need plot, I just want the show's wider world to feel less disposable, if that makes sense.
I really like the way you put it, that this episode seemed like the show embracing itself, and I hope it does that more moving forward.
Yeah even small tie-ins of existing elements can really build an interesting world
I almost feel like they killed off OG Apocalypse Jerry just because they knew fans would like him and want him to interact (or end up with?) Space Beth.
I hope they somehow bring him back, which given the nature of the show, isn't exactly impossible. I'm sure if the plot dictates it, either Rick Prime or our Rick could bring him back!
Exactly! Rick can bring him back just like Bird Person
true rick prime might bring him back as bait for morty, maybe he feels guilty for how he ruined his original family and wants to return to fix it.
This episode took some serious balls to make. It defies several traditional storytelling conventions, and it could’ve flopped. I’ve always respected this team’s willingness to take risks. It’s gotten them a lot of hate because it doesn’t always turn out great, but the lackluster episodes are well worth one’s such as this.
After season 5, I really had low expectations for the show. But the first episode was actually really really good. Probably the best episode, at least in my opinion, since The Ricklantis Mix-Up.
I dunno tbh the first episode of a season is typically really really good.
@@spreadwuvokay season 4
@@noobplicity9861
I thought it was a solid episode, honestly only the Vat of Acid episode and finale were better in that season
@@mikemorro140 Can I be honest? I really don't know if I like the final. There were definitely element I liked, but feel as if the whole thing should have been split over two episodes. As it stands, it all felt very rushed.
Never understood the hate season 5 got. I thought it was fine, not the best season but certainly didn’t give me really low expectations.
I think they should revisit the dimension where there’s no longer a Jerry to see how the remaining family members arch out. Beth basically being free from having to love him and Rick now becoming the defacto man in the house… I think it would be an interesting side story they should expand on.
The season 6 premiere was amazing and it’s funny that season 2 universe is now jerryless and that they actually cared about the jerry they spent 4 seasons with was also sweet showing that though Morty, Rick, and Jerry aren’t from the Beth’s and Summer’s universe they at least are a family and can’t be replaced.
I really love that through seasons 4 5 and 6 of Rick & Morty, and even Solar Opposites, you can see the creators genuinely trying to figure out how to balance serialization with episodic storytelling, and how to both service a fans but also tell stories that are satisfying to them as creators, and not jump the shark. If two years ago you told us Rick's backstory would just be laid out in a quick sequence and then the show just moves on, it would be easy to assume the show would suffer for it, but they genuinely seem to be taking full advantage of it and the story opportunities it provides.
As for this episode, a few thoughts:
1) One thing I'm curious about is the Jerryboree theory, and how a lot of fans assume that Mr. Poopybutthole is from the "Green Rocks Universe", so if this episode is confirming that universe to be a thing, does that mean every episode to feature Mr. Poopybutthole prominently, like 'One Crew Over the Cuckoo's Morty', is this "Green Rocks Universe"?
2) This technically relates to the season 5 finale, but seeing all these universes lined up and getting clearer definitions for them, we still don't have an explanation for why Rick's memories contained a scene of him playing with a toddler-aged Morty, a memory he seemed to care about. Because it can't be C-137 Earth, since Beth dies as a little girl in that one. And it can't be the Cronenberg/Rick Prime Earth, since Beth says Rick has been gone from their lives for longer than Morty has been alive. My guess is prior to integrating himself into the Cronenberg/Prime Earth, he tried it with another family in another dimension, like how we're told other Ricks do with abandoned adult Beths, and he tried to have a normal happy life there where he was there for Morty early on. But something went wrong, and that's where Evil Morty originates from.
bro the A hundred years Rick and Morty line was the one thing that made this episode from great to amazing. Rick and Morty’s relationship is the heart of the show and I love how a dumb little meta babbling insanity line hit that hard. Season 6 is shaping up to be a good one (hopefully!)
Words truly cannot express how impressed I was with this episode, and this is coming from someone who mostly REALLY does not like Rick and Morty.
From the beginning, Rick and Morty has always felt cynical, dour, and pointlessly pessimistic to me. Much of Morty's early arc consists of him learning over and over again that caring about stuff is for losers, and inevitably leads to disappointment and meaninglessness. Rick's dire, pessimistically nihilist worldview is constantly critiqued, but never subverted in any meaningful way. For me, this was crystalized by the way the first episode of Season 3 followed up the Season 2 cliffhanger. We'd been given the impression that Rick turning himself in represented his first true selfless act in the entire show -- but nope! Turns out it was a cynical ploy to effortlessly destroy his enemies, as always! That was really where Rick and Morty lost me.
And then after that.... well, the only way to logically progress the arcs of the Smith family was to kinda make them numb to the craziness? To make them more and more like Rick, to ensure that very little of what happened to them had any impact. And while, yes, that makes sense, after a while that's just not compelling to watch anymore! To Season 5's credit, there were a few episodes, including the last three (as you point out) where the events truly begin to feel more impactful again.
But this episode??? This was the first episode in a LOOOOOONG time where I deeply, viscerally felt like the events of the show ACTUALLY MATTERED to the characters on the show. Kronenberg-World-Jerry and his interactions with Morty are obviously the prime example of the writers beginning to deeply explore some consequences. But every little thing in this episode seems designed to ram home that like, yeah! These people DO have desires, and fears, and insecurities that actually matter, that feel real! The stuff with Diane in Rick's original universe especially. The episode's granular attention to continuity could have felt fan-service-y, but instead it served to accentuate that the episodic nature of Rick's adventures is a complete delusion. Everything has consequences, and this episode is where they all came home to roost.
And like. . . the episode also seems to say that all these consequences? They don't have to BREAK YOU! Losing yourself in meaningless episodic escapades, as Rick has been attempting to do for nearly five seasons, is NOT the only way to survive! Over and over again, the Smiths in this episode CHOOSE who their family is, DESPITE the fact that they're not all from the same universe. And together they're able to weather a catastrophic shift in circumstances together AS A UNIT! And it's GREAT! Call the presses, an episode of Rick and Morty made me experience an EMOTION!
idk, the first 2 seasons felt better than the rest. it felt more light hearted even if cynical, but then S3-S5 was just such a cynical, lame downer.
Reading this comment makes me optimistic for this season, as someone who is unable to watch the show until it reaches streaming services. Really glad to have read this.
@@multiplemysteries5242 first episode’s available for free on CZcams.
@@ryanb3665 Really? I didn't see it anywhere when I searched for it, could you link it to me?
@@multiplemysteries5242 czcams.com/video/-D9c3bY2UrA/video.html
I feel like a problem with the last 2 seasons was it seemed like the creators were fighting against the fans but when they finally started embracing what the show and characters have become they started making the show feel special again.
It's a good strong start, here's to hoping they keep it up. My favorite line was when Jerry called out Rick for being in denial about loving his family. I do think it's pretty amazing how C-137 Rick is having a positive impact on his family's lives. The reveal of where the story began though is probably my favorite.
With Rick accidentally resetting all interdimensional travelers, Evil Morty might have been dragged back inside of the Central Finite Curve. Could be a lot of fun if/when he meets up with Rick Prime.
His using a yellow portal I think indicates he's using his own portal network
This episode was really something I can’t wait for more episodes!
I love how we're all cool with the fact that Rick just basically went on years long vengeance fueled multi-dimensional destruction and messed a lot of things up (this dude trapped a whole dimension in a timeloop while people are aging and forgot about it, ouch, how agonizing and cruel!) and eventually settled in apathy for a bit and messed more things up. But who's perfect, am I right? This whole family needs to handle their problems without fucking up dimensions or worlds 😅 but wouldn't be as entertaining.
People really seem to miss Primal Jerry, I wouldn't mind seeing him come back to life somehow.
The idea that Primal Jerry could have been a great match for Space Beth feels like a missed opportunity.
Does reanimating dead people exist in Rick and Morty?
@@sastryvnk4402 I mean it easily could lol, but I was thinking.. space beth and primal jerry wouldn't work very well either, because Primal Jerry had to lose everything before actually being able to reflect on his life, Space beth literally chose to lose everything. She abandoned her life, just like Morty abandoned Primal Jerry's reality. In essence there both the rickest versions of themselves but at the same time Primal Jerry is possibly the best version of himself for it, while Space Beth may be the worst version of herself for it.
@@C4Cintron yeah but him confronting her fir doing that would be cool and they just killed him
Just found your channel and loving it! So excited for more of S6 and more of your vids!!
I think your theory may be right about the jerry being from total rickall as they are eating pork chops, which is something we don’t see the family eat ever outside that one episode.
Like how Evil Morty was basically the villain for the first 5 seasons, I believe Rick Prime will be the villain for the next 5 seasons. Cause Rick and Morty has a 10 season plan.
You know, this actually makes me very happy. This story follow up is everything I wanted from Rick and Morty. When season 3 came out, I was disappointed at how angry the show looked to follow a narrative, and angry at the fans for just want more references and a story time-line
It took a while for me to accept they weren't going to be the show I wanted.. but now they are doing all I was hoping for.
I am so excited to see more
Some people want tv shows to be more than referencing things that happened before. 'ooooo 'member this?' kills properties yet the fan boys for this show demand it endlessly. Rick and Morty was ALWAYS episodic, it had a few episodes which introduced serial elements but that was it. I never understood where this obsession with the show becoming more serialized and I could understand the frustration the writers were expressing in MANY scenes with the toxic R&M fanbase.
With the jerry mix up and explaining the whole difference of how there’s 2 family’s, I love it and never knew that. Gonna sub and be back weekly for new videos for each episode
Dude it was so great, been waiting for your video to drop!
I don't even watch Rick and Morty, but I love watching your recaps.
give it a try :)
Why?
As much as I loved this episode, I hope they still do one off adventures. I think a 70/30 episodic to recurring storyline would be good.
Man, oh man.. i really do love your videos on these shows, dude! it just feels good to watch.. so good info and it just flows like water. :) so glad i sub to you.
I also love the connection between the first episode and the ending whole "Wormagedon" promotion arc, when the Smith family (and Mr.Nimbus) are all caught up by the portal reboot and sent to their "original" universes.
What was great about Jerry trying to kill Rick Prime was he was doing it as he realized he was going to go after Rick and Morty so he was trying to kill Rick Prime before he could try.
i died laughing by his "FATALITY" line
I hope that the new dimension they're in doesn't undo or ignore Bird Person's episode in season 5. Hopefully this new dimension's Bird Person also went through the events of that episode with the deceased Rick.
I’m hoping the same with time god Jessica.
@@Evieteresa true! I forgot about that
@@Evieteresa Kinda horrifying imagining that there's now a Timegod Mr. Frundles in another universe.
Has anyone noticed that Rick Prime still looks the same? Appears that he reached immortality
I think its pretty fitting that even the most well adjusted, badass Jerry just gets killed at the end of one episode anyway lol
bethetic twinstinct sure is an "adventure" of sorts
I still have a few questions about that ending though. Particularly around the peripheral characters. Like, does this mean both 'Time god' Jessica and Bird Person are now Mr Frundles?? And that Season 2 Jerry's home reality never got him back?
bp is looking for his kid, our Jessica is definitely dead though.
The reality Beth and Space Beth are from is Season 2 Jerry's home. That's why Jerry was in the house when they returned. Both Beth's and Summer left before he got there which is why nobody noticed him.
I weirdly can't wait for you to discuss this on your podcast, I love your guys input on shows there
I like how now that all of the cards are on the table the whole family is more affectionate with one another, it's something I'd wanted to see for a while. Last season was getting there but it was mostly isolated to just Rick and Morty.
High hopes for this season, great episode.
Given how damaged the house looks, I think the new dimension they moved to is where Season 5's Decoy episode took place.
I love this idea, I think the only issue is that space Beth wasn’t there
@@Akwave_ True, but we DID see Space Beth at the very end of the episode before the credits. Maybe she was the Space Beth of this particular dimension and she died with her family while fighting rogue decoys that we likely didn't see in the episode. Hey, the decoy Ricks each made a TON of them so there are probably some we missed.
I don't think the decoy episode should be considered canonical, I mean, it was season's 5 vignette episode (besides, it was a trash episode that I'm sure Dan Harmon is ashamed of since he basically said he had nothing to do with it).
Bro. I had to watch this like 10 times to wrap my head around it all. THANK YOU SO MUCH for this breakdown I would never have figured all this out on my own 👍🤙🖖🖖
I hope this season is more episodic. I think this show is at its best when it takes itself more seriously
eu fiquei bem surpreso com esse episódio, embora eu já tivesse grandes expectavas
So the theory from 9:00 - 10:20 seems debunked considering that in the Fortune Cookie episode Jerry mentions Sleepy Gary to C-137 Beth and she doesn't respond as if she doesn't know who that is. Really well thought theory though 👌
I think you forgot about the very important fact that in there new dimension Parmesan is pronounced “Par-Mees-ian”
10:21 on top of that, those episodes introduce mr.pb. That switch is what made the mr.pb twist possible!
You know what, after watching this episode and that short joke where we see season 2 family, I think space Beth is the real Beth. I know they say it doesn't matter anymore but, seeing her take it or leave it attitude towards Summer, and how mean season 2 Beth was, and how she didn't care about Morty or summer in season 3. She has to be real.
Totally agree. Seeing this family become the rad-tag group of displaced counterparts is so great. It also feels like the team is finalized, now that all graves are dug, I don’t foresee any more crew swapping. This is now our Smith family for the foreseeable future
So many easter eggs that I'll have to rewatch. The posters and movies boxart for one.
Dope breakdown and analysis. Cheers. 👾
I really enjoyed this episode, I'm excited about it can bring and have been speculating everything even down to that out of nowhere comment Space Beth made about regular Beth's outfit which seem like she was hitting on her but I might be looking too much into it.
But all in all I'm just looking forward to what direction they'll take the series and that Rick
I really hope the show keeps this same kind of energy for the remainder of its run. Seems like Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland are done (or at least taking a break) from shitting on the fanbase and like you said, finally embracing itself. They have all this creativity and intelligence and it feels like they're finally just giving us a good show instead of constantly being reluctant about doing any serialization.
I wholeheartedly agree.
This episode means that Cronenberg Rick and Morty got sent back to Universe where they turned everyone into regular humans and have to grapple with what they’ve done.
Good analysis. The only thing I will add is that a 5:20, when you say it is the first time we hear Diane's voice, it isn't technically true. We hear her voice and see her on the fabricated memory of 3x01. At that moment it was stated that these scene wasn't the origin story of Rick, but since then we learned that essentially it is.
I want to also add how Rick C137 technically kills prime Rick's Beth causing apocalypse on his earth, and "kidnaps" his Morty. He probably doesn't care, but that is a thing that happens.
too bad this plot wont be touched until the very last episode of the season
This episode was so good it may be top 3 episodes in the whole show. I was extremely satisfied and I also haven't been this excited since like season 2. I want more story driven episodes.
AMAZING VIDEO AS ALWAYS! i just wanted to comment extra to mention, I would love to see a video of yours regarding Moral Orel!
The central finite curve being broken is so good cause now we can see versions of characters that are as smart or smarter than Rick and he can’t rely on “I know myself so I can win” mentality. He really is gonna have competition for the smartest
I was really pleasantly surprised at the season 6 premiere. While I liked the season 5 finale overall, especially the reveals, it seemed to give them somewhat begrudgingly with Rick having a poor attitude about it, as if the writers wanted to not focus on continuity and serialized elements, and I thought Evil Morty's exit would serve as the perfect back to status quo. Not only did "Solaricks" prevent the snap back to the prior status quo, but it revealed even more stuff, this time without the attitude.
Also them switching dimensions means we hopefully won't see Naruto "Giant Incest Baby" Smith again. Good riddance.
I think we could see Naruto again, the only thing that changed with this universe was how they pronounce parmesan.
There was a part in the episode where Rick is asked approximately whether the family they're taking over for died of natural causes. Let's hope Rick isn't setting things off in other realities to make these jumps. Might end up creating new versions of himself bent on destruction of him.
It's incredible there is a Universe that Space Beth died together with the family, in the same room in fact...
Thx i didnt realise the episode was out till i saw this video
This first episode felt like such a breath of fresh air. It shook things up in a creative way while still keeping the story focused on the character dynamics and delving into what makes each character tick
Diane's opener "Riiiiick, is that you?" Sounds like it completely parodies Aunt Beru calling out to Luke.
I'm glad they're doing more serialized episodes
Thanks for Explaining it to me I had a hard figuring it out.
Really concise breakdown and brought up some points I probably wouldn’t of bothered to figure out. Like how the total Rick all family has had some episodes and isn’t C137 Ricks group.
Yes absolutely it was probably one of my fave episodes as I love ongoing storylines
I know this premiere was amazing I can’t wait to see more
Very cool that they decided to continue with the story arc and with character development. I thought the season would be a more episodic one. Great start to the new season.
The episode was tight I really love the changes they’re bringing and sticking with. Just wish I would have laughed out loud a little more than I did. Also, don’t know how I’m gonna watch any more since it’s on hbo max lol. Loved the vid man as always. 👍🏽👍🏽🙌🏽