Evil Morty is Still the King

DAMN, now THAT was a Rick and Morty episode! A fully unexpected lore bomb MID season! Maybe the show IS evolving. Not just giving us a decisive Rick Prime storyline, but the return of Evil Morty. I know I haven’t been keeping up with the new season via breakdowns like I did last year, but obviously I couldn’t just NOT talk about this one. As much as I’ve been mixed on the last few seasons of the show as a whole, I cannot deny that when they dive into the full canonical lore focused episodes, they DELIVER. So let’s break through the central finite curve and talk about Unmortricken, probably the best Rick and Morty episode of the past few years.
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[@integrantedavidanoturna]

To me, the best part was the credits. Showing mrs. Slowmo just moving on with her life just showed how much of a fucked up person our Rick truly is

[@renx81]

I think you might have misinterpreted that part. She moved on with her life because she found someone who had gone through similar trauma, which Rick never did. The actual message this sequence is sending us, in my opinion, is that we are all fucked up, and how we deal with our fucked-up-ness is up to our specific circumstances.

[@jordanloux3883]

And it shows that all of Rick's misery is his own fault. He could have moved on and lived his life to honor the loved ones he lost, but he just doubled down and became a monster with nothing to live for but that revenge.

[@LavenderJack540]

Integrantedavidanoturna, I agree with you.

[@triple3joe]

@@jordanloux3883 true, on the other side of this though, Should he have? Like, if he did would that have actually made his life better or not? I think the multiverse is better off without Rick Prime

[@jordanloux3883]

@@triple3joe I feel like Rick Prime is a troll. He's just a sad loser who does loud, obnoxious stuff for attention. The guy literally kept himself in suspended animation for who knows how long because he had nothing better to do than wait for our Rick to look for him. He has no idea how to just sit in a room with himself and it drives him mad.

[@Ardomew]

After years of murdering other Ricks in cold blood, Prime gets taken down by a Morty. How poetic!

[@djpegao]

Because Rick Prime had every single countermeasure for anything any Rick could/would do, but he never accounted for a smart Morty, which was what ultimately brought him down.

[@DaWhisper]

​@@djpegao I feel like Evil morty wouldn't have been able to take out Rick Prime by himself, but that doesn't really matter. Fact is that he's the one who took Rick Prime down. I know he's "Evil" Morty but I'll rather him be a reoccurring character rather than being a main villain moving forward.

[@radofjc8242]

⁠@@DaWhisperI think him saying to our Rick “You’re different, I could use you in the future” spoils that he won’t be a villain in later episodes

[@marioxzzz]

A Rick who saw other Ricks as less than him was killed by a clone of his grandson that those Ricks mass produced as a commodity. Is there a word for a mix between poetic, ironic and "take that you piece of shit" ?

[@markhargreaves1069]

Actually Rick killed Rick Prime, Evil Morty provided the necessary assist

[@a_ninja2376]

I think something else that helps this episode is the writers not poking fun of the audience every 10 seconds to ask why they wanted this in the first place. They play a lot of it straight and let you really feel the emotions they’re going for without undercutting it with a joke

[@AdderMoray]

The thing is, that's never been the *writers* doing that. It's been *Rick* because Rick has every reason to *hate* continuity. But in this episode, he had every reason to fully embrace it and take the opportunity for revenge. Because he was into his arc, there was no one around to criticize arcs.

[@a_ninja2376]

@@AdderMoray I mean the writers blatantly use Rick as a self insert in many instances. Dan Harmon especially

[@mroscar7474]

@@iggyzeta9755it isn’t half but definitely a small portion calling themselves Nazis. They’re just really loud and obnoxious so it seems like half

[@matti.8465]

That's how you can tell they're adding new writers who are less resistant towards serialization. I love that they didn't make a single meta joke about it, thet just did.

[@riparianlife97701]

Best line: That's not an alive amount of blood.

[@blackdemonknight]

Honestly it just shows that every Rick never expects a Morty to be on par with him, Evil Morty fooled his own Rick, an entire Citadel of Ricks and now even Rick Prime.

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

Ironically, the only Rick who has ever survived being in the same room as him is the Rick who recognizes that a Morty can outplay him. This is the same Rick that has been force-fed humble pie for at least three seasons, the one Rick who acknowledges that he's not always in control and could be better

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

exactly how he stayed alive he knew from the first moment he met Evil Morty not to underestimate him @@JohnPeacekeeper

[@Jbluez1]

Since only two Ricks invented the portal gun, who’s the “prime Rick” now? ;)

[@katlyndobransky2419]

@@JohnPeacekeeperreminds me of the one Mindblowers sequence where Rick says “taken for granite” and Morty corrects him. He didn’t want to acknowledge that Morty had potential, now he does

[@zeo4481]

@@JohnPeacekeeper Tbf Evil Morty could wipe out all Ricks now that he has the weapon but he won't because he knows it won't get him the piece and quiet he wants.

[@ethandeboer103]

I'm still really interested in exploring more of what is outside of the Central Finite Curve. From what little we have seen, it seems to complete chaos, with infinite people discovering portal tech and all converging on this single, monster filled dimension. I feel like there is a lot of potential in showing more of what life is like in this section of the multiverse

[@irmuusanaa4227]

From what I can guess, the outside curve multiverse, has a area that acts as the magnetic north of the multiverse, or a dimensional whirlpool where all new portal travels get caught in. Like getting caught on a current, explaining why there are so many first timers who just get killed, being stuck in starving shark infested waters while bleeding. This is best seen with the jetson copies, who all end up on the same place.

[@kroneexe]

@@irmuusanaa4227who’s to say infinite portals don’t open basically everywhere? It doesn’t have to be unique to that exact location

[@innersight6070]

I've come to understand that the central finite curve was a term given to the series of universes where Rick was the most powerful being in the universe. While Rick is smart and powerful he's wise enough to know that in the infinite possibilities he can also just be the weakest thing in the universe. so he rigged the portals to only keep him in the infinite portions where he held a intellectual and technological advantage. Evil Morty breaking out of the central finite curve basically meant that he was jumping out of the Rick-inhabited section of the infinite universes.

[@irmuusanaa4227]

@@kroneexe, true, yet there is an oddity about that region of infinity. The area it self, the entire place looks like multiple places or worlds Just collapsed in on it’s self, it’s chaos, even the area outside of the curve was more stable, So my theory is: that region where evil Morty go the crystals is where multiple universes collapsed into eachother, creating a massive curve in multiversial a premature finite curve.

[@playbabethebookshelf6249]

@@irmuusanaa4227because it’s the infinity possibilities. such thing show to us is simply one of said possibilities. the real question would be why EM chooses to stay there instead of less chaotic portions of infinity possibilities

[@justpotato8119]

I know Rick and Morty writers really dislike delving into the canon (or maybe too much) but dammnit, everytime they do it they do SUCH a good job, they make me so invested everytime they tackle something ongoing like this, awesome episode

[@djdomain]

Going by the story train episode, I figure that they look at what fan theories spring up and what people are expecting to happen, only to go "Pfft, nope!" and make a canon episode that completely goes against these expectations.

[@nicholassumoski8434]

@@djdomain The story train episode is what really turned me off Rick and Morty. The jabs at the audience weren't great and the meta was getting a little much but that train episode really hit home that the writers actively disliked the fans, fan theories and most of all our desire for cannon. Now that Justin Roiland is gone I'm holding out hope that this starts to change even ust a little bit.

[@barebasics]

@@djdomainexcept this episode confirmed fan theories

[@EWOODJ]

​@@nicholassumoski8434I loved it. The jabs were at people who think every episode should be plot driven and insulting the writers for thinking of doing anything episodic. Even though they established plot driven episodes are for occasional situations.

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

Dan harmon was the main one that disliked people *liking* the writing of the show. He did a little screen rant about it once. @@nicholassumoski8434

[@jasonguarnieri4127]

I can't believe it took me so long to realize that Rick gave his ship his wife's voice. I was just at a convention with Kari Wahlgren, she mentioned that she does both voices, and it still needed to be pointed out to me.

[@Epsicronics]

I don't think a lot of people pieced that together, it sounds different enough with the robot effects that everyone just chucked it up to be a classic case of a voice actor doing 2 voices, really good detail.

[@FreakyLynx]

Same.

[@wulfywulfynrir1296]

I love how they handled evil morty leaving with the schematics. Hes smart enough not to use it vindictively and make a lot of enemies (which shows how much more logcially driven he is than Rick Prime) but he's also very clearly willing to use it if he gets backed into a corner by the only remaining Rick who can pose a threat to him Definitely interested to see how this dynamic plays out

[@jadenmurray1325]

Evil Morty is may favorite. He is the only one to stand up to the ricks and not just survive, but win. Whenever he's on screen he has control. People sees exactly what he wants people to see.

[@SnrubSource]

What I loved the most is that they were actually serious and emotional for once instead of going "hell yeah im going to kill Serialization Rick so everyone can shut up and we can go back to random stuff". I still think that the show doesn't work all that well when it's purely serialized (season 3 start) or purely episodic (seasons 4-5-6). The show is at its best when it does what Adventure Time did, and sprinkle lore and continuity stuff/hints across regular episodes, eventually calling back to that in specific lore-heavy episodes

[@qrowing]

Very good point, actually. No "the citadel runs on canon" or "now everyone can shut up about it." Just a quality episode.

[@thiefkingparsley576]

I agree, Adventure Time to me strikes the perfect balance. It’s everything Rick and Morty wants to be tbh.

[@katlyndobransky2419]

@@qrowinghonestly I didn’t mind those quips but I agree it was so much better when there was none of it

[@Japi506]

I didn't get into rick and Morty till season 6 which was the first season I watched. For me lore episodes are better than adventures.

[@steve3154]

I also think it’s really worth noting how fuckin haunting primes death scene was. One of my new favorite scenes in the whole series. R&Ms always been violent but this one being so kind of realistic and not played for any type of comedy was genuinely disturbing. And as he is killed he just mocks everything that Rick already feared, that he’s just like him and how far he’s fallen. Stopped as low as he did. The delivery of “YOU LIVED IN MY HOUSE.” gave me chills ngl. Just great shit.

[@Epsicronics]

Also the fact that there was nothing else in that scene, no guns, no scifi weapons, no weapons, nothing, just prime mocking and laughing maniacally while our rick slowly tears into him.

[@skyrunnerblake1481]

That's an interesting take. I didn't really think about it but yeah the gore is usually really just used very casually or comedically in this show and this was not like that at all. And yeah the line 'you lived in my house' is very raw

[@beardedwizard4444]

Evil morty shows the potential that any morty could have. Also his comment about vengeful summers shows that morty isn't only person in the family that could be a danger to the multiverse

[@GIRru11]

There's also Doofus Jerry in the comics who was a massive threat to the Citadel of Rick's

[@skyrunnerblake1481]

Yeah. I love how his backstory isn't that dissimilar from any other Morty's experience. It sends the message that even our Morty could become like him. If the pain inflicted and situations/available choices align in a particular way, are we really sure any other morty wouldn't make similar choices?

[@asscheeks3212]

I say this before and ill say it again, i dont think evil Morty is a big bad, i think he's just a apathetic victim of Rick's insanity. I cant help but to to feel sorry for him because he just want to be left alone. But Ricks LITERAL internal conflict is a nuisance to him and i FEEL evil mortys annoyance here and pain.

[@TheGreyShaman]

If you were trapped within a multiverse a demon created to get away from the whole of creation, you'd be a victim too even if it's construct of time paints you out to be a villain.

[@AY-qy4jn]

He tortured countless mortys your not being “cool” by emphatising with evil characters. Evil morty is my fav character but this doesnt change he is evil

[@DanteYewToob]

He’s not really evil… if he’s evil then… Rick is a whole other level of satan. It just looks bad because we saw Morty do so much carnage in a short time, but Rick has done the same exact things, and many much worse things, just spread out… it’s like a guy who kills ten people in a weekend, vs a person who has killed ten or so people in his lifetime, but he also invented TNT, Sarin Gas, Nuclear technology and knew exactly what would happen and did it anyway. Rick has casually wiped out entire civilizations, and realities on a whim… genocide on levels we cannot even fathom! So no… “evil” Morty isn’t evil… he’s a kid who saw the devil, realized that he lives in hell and decided he wanted to get away. From the perspective of EM, he is much less evil than Rick, way more justified in his actions and arguably most of his victims deserved it… aside from the Mortys and a few innocents but most Ricks have it coming… I know we laugh but having “Morty insurance” with “Free replacement Morty coupons” is beyond fucked up in the worst way… that’s dehumanizing and detached in a way hitler can’t even imagine… lol fuck that’s dark when you really think about it! His own grandson! His blood… (kinda) and the Ricks just use them up and get a new one… Then they take it one step further and do the same thing with entire realities! Your universe is fucked? Just get a new one… try again… I’m team Morty for sure. Lol

[@connoro9945]

​@@DanteYewToobboth are evil

[@AY-qy4jn]

@@DanteYewToob your whole argument is evil morty isnt evil because Rick is more evil

[@a_ninja2376]

I genuinely have not have my expectations subverted this well from this show in so long. The start really made me think “I’ve seen this exact start to so many episodes guess it’s another one.” Then Morty puts the eyepatch on and I perked up so fast. Haven’t felt that way about Rick and morty in a while

[@d.phantomfan1216]

Honestly the main thing I got from this episode is that Rick prim might be one of the most pathetic versions of Rick. He killed her because a bunch of Ricks didn't want to join his club so he could rule over them like a god.

[@justinweber4977]

He took his narcissism so far it looped back around to just being... sad. And not "sad" in a sympathetic way, but Rick Prime was just some edgy tryhard Rick who was brought down because his whole schtick of caring about nothing meant he inevitably had no one in his corner when things went south.

[@TheGreyShaman]

It's his multiverse man. What do you think happened to the demons that got cast out? They created their own mini kingdoms in the image of the real kingdom. Offered it to our reality via 2D media. And they all interact with our reality via consciousness by implanting thoughts into the 3D entities that perceive said pieces of 2D media if the human aligns. And that's not even going into the fact that a human had to accept the thoughts to begin with in order to bring it into a form others humans could comprehend like 2D media. Anything on a flat surface is 2D media from books, to movies, to shows, to video games.

[@xItzRevenge]

I thought I heard that Diane left Rick prime or something

[@iczer7788]

@@xItzRevenge Doesn't that make it even more pathetic? His marriage didn't work so no one's marriage can work out? Hell it's telling that he lost because Evil Morty and Rick and Morty worked together while he doesn't really have anyone who gives a damn about him. In a way he's living the philosophy Rick often pushes and showing how unsatisfying it is.

[@xItzRevenge]

@@iczer7788 yes

[@evo2542]

I think Rick Prime was DUMPED by his Diane. He never left or killed her. He got dumped, threw himself into his work and invented portal travel, stopped caring about people. When he saw our Rick preferred to stay with Diane over 'become a God', THATS why he killed her accross infinity. He was jealous ultimately of other Ricks not dumped by their wives. I think there are a lot of hints to something like this. He was angry with our Rick over him having lived in 'his house' with 'his daughter'. He makes fun of our Rick for the ship sounding like Diane, but at the end his f'n robots LOOK LIKE DIANE. Terminator Diane, but still. Just, a lot of things you see, and things he says, hints at something like that.

[@TheDahaka1]

I also really liked that outside the central finite curve there are a lot of people as smart or even smarter than Rick, creating their own portal devices, but a lot of them end up in the multiversal focal point or whatever that section of reality is, ultimately getting killed by their lack of wisdom and foresight. That's what really makes Rick Rick, his ability to predict what could go wrong at any given moment, and his determination in not letting whatever goes wrong stop him from looking for a way out.

[@Epsicronics]

It also shows us that the creation and repair of the curve weren't solely a sectioned off Rick circlejerk cage, whatever is happening outside of it is incredibly wacky and unstable.

[@TheDahaka1]

@@Epsicronics It could be the main reason why Rick is afraid of it, too much chaos is way too unpredictable XD

[@ravindupadmanath2802]

i was legit speechless when i watched this episode. From evil Morty helping to take out Prime Rick to Rick beating Prime senselessly to death while Prime laughs about how from his view he made Rick who he was and laughs about how he lived in his house for the time while dying. and the ending with Rick just taking in everything he had to sacrifice and knowing that it's all over and he no longer has this need for vengeance. also, that post-credit was really heartwarming. it really shows that while Rick and Morty can have its moments that stumble a lot when it hits you with its grand episodes you end up remembering why you loved this show.

[@Fnaffan777]

This was such a great episode, might be one of the best lore episodes we have ever gotten in the entire series.

[@asorlokirunarsson9864]

This 7th season is honestly awesome and makes me want even more than 10 seasons. There's still potential in this show

[@sooperdoperwooper976]

Bin waiting for dis

[@chickensandwich3398]

Yep. Next is Evil Morty.

[@harukano9930]

Eh, 10 seasons are enough.

[@asorlokirunarsson9864]

@@harukano9930 yeee 10 are a lot, and I don't mean 10 more season, but I can see it going up to 12-13 seasons

[@clearminddarkthoughts5477]

Rick and morty, 100 seasons forever

[@alexnurse3498]

"DAMN, now THAT was a Rick and Morty episode!" Yeah, I sat in silence for about 10 more minutes after the credits rolled with that exact sentiment.

[@_M_42]

Well tbf this episode also showed Evil Morty is not purely "conventionally evil" because he could have just as easily not given Rick the choice to stop him from getting the ultimate weapon via killing Rick Prime himself, letting our Rick bleed out, and leaving. I think he saved our Rick even though he didn't have to because of his later line where he saw something different in him, sure that he could use but also because he respects our Rick to a degree.

[@nicksmith7736]

It's also ballsy, establishing that Evil Morty's the Rickest Rick, in the sense he's the smartest, he's practically a god, and nobody can stop him. Not even C-137, and I was surprised that he went the revenge route instead of recognizing the weapon was going to be taken by Evil Morty and acting on that.

[@cezarcatalin1406]

@@nicksmith7736 Because the weapon isn’t currently a problem in Morty’s hands. I bet he didn’t even bother to assemble the omega device because he has no use for it, as he said, “it’s just a deterrent”.

[@nicksmith7736]

@@cezarcatalin1406 Right, but knowing Rick, having someone else step in and do your thing for you is the dinosaur situation again. It would be pretty easy to predict Rick eventually going after Evil Morty for that reason

[@_M_42]

@@nicksmith7736 I'm not, I don't think he cares about Evil Morty getting the weapon especially given that EM isn't planning on attacking him and wants to be left alone.

[@_M_42]

@@nicksmith7736 I've seen this take but I kinda doubt it - I don't think he cares that much that EM "stole his kill" and didn't seem that hung up about it when EM brought rick back to kill prime rick

[@tastypotato9272]

These last two episode felt like the first ones to be fully confident in themselves since season 2. Never once did I groan or go "this again?" They handled things like they used to and find the fine line between serialized and episodic. More of this, please. More of this.

[@CoryTheNorm]

It's been so long since they've done a lore-heavy episode without complaining about it the whole time lol. It's a breath of fresh air.

[@hunimoonz]

@@CoryTheNorm yeah, it was giving teen titans go level of pettiness of making fun of the viewer for wanting the writers to take the show seriously

[@EWOODJ]

​@@hunimoonzIn this regard, after that Szechuan sauce situation, I wouldn't blame them.

[@samuelsoliday4381]

"Powerful villains don't just hide from you or fight you. They own you" Honestly, there's really not much else to add here. This is a perfect quote.

[@robinvik1]

Shocking episode. After so much set up I can't believe they when through with it and killed him off for good. Just to think we will never see another episode with uncle Slowmo

[@zenmaster8826]

Uncle slowmo… :(

[@TheSteveTheDragon]

There is no coming back after this. He will be a heavy non-presence in the future episodes.

[@mrpagethe1]

Anyone think the line, "Rick and Morty, 100 years" hints that Evil Morty is the Morty from the pilot episode. After defusing the Neutrino Bomb dealing with Rick drunk antics decide to take control 🤔

[@BryanLoko]

Faz sentido... Its make sense

[@randomguy6467]

feels like new writers are so good, they bring back old characters and make awesome plot points using them unlike the past seasons

[@peperose]

?? The evaluación morty / rick prime has been ongoing for various seasons

[@notsosadbart6343]

I also really like that they chose to put it right in the middle of the season instead of making it a finale. It really drives home that feeling of "what now?" Knowing that something the series has been building to for literal years has been solved but there's still quite a few episodes left in the season is the perfect thing to leave the audience with

[@WinterPhoenix]

In the end, Rick Prime won. Yes, he died, but he ruined every other Rick's life. No more wife, no happy ending, no going back to the man he was. That's why he was laughing as he died. He won.

[@forestflood5338]

Not necessarily, if Rick does what Slowmobious wife did when she began her revenge sequence and opens his heart to someone new that went through something similar, and commences to rebuild his life, he can find happiness again.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

​@@forestflood5338rick could possibly build a machine that does the reverse of what rick primes machine does.

[@marioxzzz]

I think he was just being petty. His goal was never to ruin every other Rick's life, he was just a narc who didn't like when people "less" than him act like they weren't. He was sadistic about it, and maybe he felt some kinship with our Rick because both of them invented interdimensional travel. Even at the end he acts cocky until Evil Morty destroys his back ups, is not until EM lets him alone with our Rick that he lets a final fck you, but thats not a win, maybe a draw for our Rick, but for everyone else? yeah, Prime lost hard.

[@TheInfectous]

@@jacobweatherford4696 I mean if it does it probably has to end up with rick committing suicide or something equally dark. When it comes to coping with loss the human truth behind it isn't "just keep on focusing on your loss and never get over it" it's "move on." Yes people do the former but the human experience of doing the former is destroying your own mind and life, you can't have a story do the former and just have it work because that doesn't make any sense to us, it'd feel cheap because it is cheap, it's not how our world works.

[@AngelSaintCloud]

​@@jacobweatherford4696no as what Rick prime said *When I fucking build something it fucking works*. That means permanent consequences, no ejection seat. This is a life lesson. You have to learn to let go because no matter what you do, you can't ever go back to the way things are. Otherwise you risk destroying yourself by obsessing over things you can't control. Everything ends eventually, and none of it you can take with you to the grave. Even memories fade away after long enough time.

[@freakyfrosty4277]

What makes Evil Morty so evil in this episode is that he helps get Rick what he wants, knowing that achieving his goal would only make Rick more miserable in the end. Rick got what he wanted and now he's going to suffer for it.

[@2dmetroidfandom579]

Yes evil Morty killed two birds with one stone he is definitely one of a kind. who's he is the potentially more smarter than any Rick any Universe where Rick was the smartest man in the universe in a infinite Loop where Rick was the only smartest thing in the entire Multiverse.

[@S0oo]

I laughed waaaayyyy too hard about the force field running gag😂

[@RetJim]

To be honest I've liked this season more than the last. The first episode made me doubtful but the Jerry and Rick brain scramble and the spaghetti episode were good too.

[@kingofnonation5843]

It all felt so casual for E. Morty like 40% effort

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

People are worried about the new voice actors, but I still love watching Rick & Morty.

[@tribehasspoken4038]

You can barely tell nobody is complaining

[@Luvs2spwge-xu6rd]

@@tribehasspoken4038I can but personally I prefer Mortys new voice more (and many are complaining)

[@lamentslounge]

​@Luvs2spwge-xu6rd i dont get it , to me it rick sounds the same but a little sober and morty sounds like he started puberty again

[@freerobux49]

@@tribehasspoken4038 people are certainly complaining, but as for the voices the new VA for morty is way more noticeable than the new one for Rick

[@AngelSaintCloud]

Absolutely love the realistic depiction of regret and obsession. You don't always get a happy ending and sometimes you get exactly what you want but you don't feel better. The battle of the mind is the most profound. whether it's rick getting therapy or morty setting boundaries. It's amazing to see these characters actually face their problems instead of being apathetic. I think the real world could learn a lot but it would take a lot of intense introspection to come out the other side better.

[@radofjc8242]

This whole episode felt like a single action scene from start to finish, I swear it was so good that it felt like only 2mins had passed when I finished watching it #RIPslowmobius

[@Melonguy1337]

I loved how even Rick prime felt little emotion when he killed slowmo

[@ryan.gugliotti]

I think a lot of people missed the point of the post credit scene. Vengeance, Rick sought it where slowmobius wife found acceptance and seemingly is happier than our Rick who feels empty because all he had ever searched for was vengeance and once he got it he feels empty.

[@proudsmog2]

The choreographed fight was very surprising for me. It only adds to the awesomeness of this episode

[@jibrijibri4548]

I am thoroughly impressed by the writing and voice acting this season. I love the character returns, the story, and the comedy.

[@j.o.g.j]

rick voice actor is so talented he brings layers to the performance its easier to take him seriously when needed

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

To really put things into perspective: Rick hunted Rick Prime for decades and found nothing but blind alleys, booby traps, backups, abandoned bases, and bullshit. Evil Morty looked for Rick Prime, found him, beat him, broke him, and then left him to die (which he did) in less than one day while using the most competent Rick and Morty in the Multiverse as metaphorical and literal puppets. He did however reveal a weakness: Overspecialization. He built *everything* around defeating Ricks. Period. Full Stop. He can destroy any Rick he wants to in any way he wants to. But our Morty is the only person to have ever foiled his plans and he does seem to take the threat of Super-scientist Summers following Rick's path seriously.

[@fan4every1lol89]

True. That's actually very interesting how EM weakness is his strength. I wonder if future seasons will integrate that plot

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@fan4every1lol89Que God and Dianne’s spirit possessing Evil Morty in a nutshell

[@SecondBestArtMuseum]

I appreciate the detail about Rick being the only other Rick to invent portal technology, it explains that one scene in the Citadel where the Rick hanging out with the Morty gang is using bad portal fluid and ends up killing himself. At first I thought, "Oh, the materials for proper portal fluid might not be available in the Citadel," but now we know that's not the case. It's because no other Rick actually knows what the hell is in Portal Fluid.

[@freerobux49]

im not sure if that's the case since the Citadel does have its own portal fluid reservoirs, so that one Rick probably just didn't have access to it and, like you said, didn't actually know how to make it. but there's a good chance that at least some amount of Ricks on the Citadel knew how to re-create the portal fluid

[@SecondBestArtMuseum]

@@freerobux49 Maybe. But, expanding on the Citadel a bit, I think they said that the Citadel was for Ricks to hide from the Federation, implying that maybe the Federation completely took over in some realities, and if we go with the theory that there are only a limited number of Ricks who know how to make Portal Fluid, it could explain a lot of the Citadel's inner workings. Why are there news reporter Ricks, Ricks that work on assembly lines, and Ricks who seemingly live one the Citadel full time when they could portal to any reality? Well, it''s like Rick said, there are only so may times he and the family can hop from dimension to dimension. If the Federation has taken over in multiple dimensions, and there's only so many Ricks who understand how to make Portal fluid, then maybe the reason why assembly line Rick worked at the candy factory was to make enough money to either buy portal fluid, or be assigned to a new dimension that lost it's Rick and is free from the Federation's control.

[@heze2819]

Can’t believe you didn’t make a video on 7x4 personally it might be my favorite episode of the whole show

[@graydanger]

It really was something.

[@Renteng]

I thought it was one of the best in the series lol

[@zan31669]

The new voice actors are killing it

[@AxelWedstar411]

This season's only half over, and I already love it. The new voices took a little getting used to, but the writing's the best it's been this side of season 2.

[@FoxTantrum]

I noticed that Mrs. Slow actually use the picture of her own husband rather than her target enemy, but our rick uses Rick Prime's picture to actually get revenge. If only Mrs. Slow actually knew who killed her husband then there's a chance she herself would take rick's route too.

[@KirboYT]

I was shocked by this episode thoroughly, seeing Evil Morty show up again and seeing Rick Prime being taken out just like that was surprising, and if this is only the mid season episode I can't wait to see what the season finale does

[@mepollack]

Yep, so glad you did a breakdown of this episode. One of the best in recent memory from this series.

[@marissawandzel3826]

You're so right in that they built this subversion of rick prime being the Big Bad and then just cleanly disposing of it HALF WAY thru a season, its soooo good!! What I love most is how as an audience it does feel unsatisfying, he's been built up for the past season and a half and through promotional material, the last season spelling out that THIS is where the story is going, only to have him get bested in this one episode. But THAT'S why its so good!! It's not satisfying for Rick, why should it be for us? The end credits made me lose my mind and after I was done yelling I was like I can't wait to see what johnny thinks of this one lmao!

[@hyDreigon427]

I think how they portrayed Evil Morty in the episode was great. It didn't establish him as the next big threat Rick has to possibly face even though he has the Omega Device blueprints. He just wants to be left alone and our Rick understands that. Evil Morty getting the blueprints for the Omega Device is just a safety measure for him to be truly left alone and him not building it at the moment is him understanding that he wouldn't be left alone.

[@Tankbro_]

The omega device is his insurance and full control over Rick. But evil morty also slightly respects him enough to not want to use it on him. When he said “you’re a little different though Rick. Maybe I can use that someday? “ line says it all.

[@milesmohrien8964]

i think this show just got way more interesting. a major part of what matters in ricks life is now gone and he already thought life was meaningless.

[@TheGeorgegenesis]

Never imagined that a Morty would be the Him of this show. Morty is the grandson son of Rick afterall.

[@Broomer52]

I think the part that a lot of people ignore is what the Multiverse is like beyond the Curve. It’s chaos out there. An infinite amount of people figured out Portal Travel like Rick and that means entire universes are just in shambles with the infinite mistakes of travelers. Honestly the curve Rick built might have been a solid safety net because the only one that can do damage are Rick.

[@eagtfxh7975]

OMG, I've been waiting for your video since they dropped this new episode! Your ram videos are the BEST ❤ I love this episode so much. I want to see how the writers would protrait rick's life going to change with the death of his nemesis. Life without an aim is painful and C-137 RIck has been on this path for so long. All that momentum has lost all of a sudden and I can't imagine how rick's mind and worldview would change.

[@shmikex]

Our Rick's Diane couldn't have been killed with the Omega Device. Otherwise, all of the Beths wouldn't exist either. It would be interesting to see what caused Rick Prime to leave his family and to have a vendetta against all Dianes. Also see how that affects Beth, considering her mom must have died at some point and with her Rick gone too, she was essentially an orphan.

[@PrismicFallingStar]

Slow Mobius still had children present. It doesn't erase you from time, it erases you from every dimension in every universe. Whether there is some kind of memory effect associated with being erased or whether her children were simply too young to remember their dad, I'm not certain of yet

[@Hoopergames]

This whole season has felt like Rick and morty, old Rick and morty.

[@fork3810]

Honestly I’ve been loving this season so much, this episode isn’t even my favorite I’d love to hear you talk about the other episodes, they’ve all been utterly fantastic other than the average premier

[@EliTheGleason]

I love how Rick Prime has no compassion or empathy except for uncle slowmo

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Amazing work as always man! And agreed! The use of the same song of Rick Potion #9 really brings back that existential dread. Cant wait to see what rick will do with himself now. Any ideas man?

[@xoxocjy]

i love your talks bro and especially the kind of people in this fandom you attract, keep it up💯

[@christianvillasenorgomez7671]

I was sure that this episode will make you make a video! I was waiting for it!

[@rajgohil8137]

he said it himself "cause using a weapon like this doesn't get you left alone, morty"

[@milesmohrien8964]

i was waiting on this type of episode but holy shit i was not expecting evil morty to be the one to beat rick prime. amazing writing, cant wait for the next episode.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

THANKS JOHNNY! Loved tye episode!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@tanfilmsproductions]

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the rest of the season! I’ve enjoyed it a lot so far and this episode blew me away!

[@RebornHumanoidTV]

Dude literally out-Ricked the Rickest Rick

[@cicabeot1]

Yeah I had a feeling you’d talk about this one. I almost couldn’t believe they wrapped up the Rick Prime story mid season either.

[@Hunni_Gummi]

I love how this season been giving us returning characters exciting stories I honestly love this season and watch evil morty and rick c137 fighting and throwing hands and being passive aggressive to each other it was perfect

[@slim3rs172]

Kinda surprised you didn’t mention Rick Prime’s dialogue while Rick brutally beats him up. It offers a whole new view to the character in the sense of how, yes, Rick Prime did take away Rick’s family in a literal sense but Rick also took away Rick Prime’s family by living in his place. This idea is also hinted by another of Rick Prime’s lines: “I just walked into your garage before you walked into mine! Oh! But eventually you did!” This line proves that Rick is no better than Rick Prime. Rick took away his family and Rick Prime literally took away his family. The delivery of the “You lived in my house!” Also shows the resentment Rick Prime has towards Rick for essentially living his life. Both Ricks are “Rick Prime” to eachother, and this realization dawns on Rick after he kills Rick Prime. Rick, in that moment, realized he was no better than what he sought to kill and it’s in the ending we see how hollow Rick has become, as he realizes that killing Rick Prime was never the goal, becoming Rick Prime was, and he sits in silence without an ounce of satisfaction for killing his greatest enemy.

[@nagger8216]

Well said, but I feel like all this has significantly less impact than it should because that universe got Cronenberg'd. Instead of that universe still being the main setting, it's just one of several that Rick abandoned at this point.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@nagger8216Interesting cause for me it has more impact as it shows how much they are alike. C137 doesn’t really care that much about Prime’s world and vice versa.

[@nagger8216]

@@orrorsaness5942 Yeah, but then all those characters aren't even from the Cronenberg universe besides Morty. When Prime says "You stole my family, my house" it means a lot less once you remember Rick abandoned it all a long time ago anyway. A fact that Prime doesn't even bring up either.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@nagger8216 I see

[@Pwnagotchi-0]

This is by far my favorite episode not just of this season but of all time as it is clever and the banter between evil morty and Ricky is witty as well.

[@lordkieta]

I haven't rewatched an episode so many times since the first two seasons. Absolutely incredible episode. Honestly one of their best ever.

[@Galactic_fudge]

Okay I agree with most of everything here but idk i feel like without the help of Rick c137 and morty prime, evil morty probably would’ve lost. It looked like it took all of them to fight this guy.

[@a.f.schmied1571]

When they first introduced Rick Prime as the new big bad, my only fear was that it would overshadow eyepatch Morty. SO glad it didn't go that way. Not only that didn't happen, but he actually cemented eyepatch Morty as a compelling antagonist. The way the writers went, I think Rick Prime ended up being a really great addition to the series. In terms of power level, he is a force to be reckoned with and made for a very entertaining confrontation, being just as competent as C-13t and possibly a shade more, it took both our Rick's and eyepatch Morty's combined efforts to finally put him down. From the character's point of view, he is all that evil Morty is not. Evil Morty is cold, pragmatic, efficient, focused on accomplishing his goals which he usually manages; Rick Prime is a great counterpoint to that, being so typically Rick but taken to the extreme: theatrical, devious, ego-driven, he does what he does just for the fun of it or to reinstate his own greatness. Seeing them interact was the perfect recipe for fun

[@dailybread9196]

Always glad to see a 2 cellos Rick and Morty. Breakdown

[@lemonstxrs]

it’s truly poetic though how morty’s existential crisis was caused by rick, and now rick’s existential crisis is caused by a morty.

[@A11ucard]

'You lived in my life" was so fucking crazy

[@qjdianenfjaiwk]

I actually predicted the episode to a tee. I even imagined the fight between evil morty, rick prime and rick being in an almost identical looking space station. Probably the single best prediction i ever made

[@fan4every1lol89]

Bruh. You should become a writer fr

[@qjdianenfjaiwk]

@@fan4every1lol89 nah im horrible at writing. But I remember telling my friend the rick prime arc would end with rick, evil morty, and morty fighting rick prime at a space station, and after that evil morty would use rick in the future and rick wouldnt feel fulfilled. After that the show would move on like nothing happened. But there was one detail i got wrong. I thought the fight would be in season 10

[@PrettyTigerlilly]

I was wondering when you'd make a new Rick and Morty video.

[@thenobody7509]

Personally. I think the final will be rick going after evil morty getting the omega divider and then using it to erase himself and all other Rick's. Because, I think Rick realized Rick prime was right and every Rick is a bit like Rick prime. Countless versions of Rick have hurt versions of his family and our rick knows they can only be happy without him. So; why not just end every version of him. Wipe it all clean

[@liquidrufus]

Succeed when he failed to erase all of the hims across the multiverse previously, during the Unity episode. Dan Harmon mentioned It in the commentary track.

[@ShlomoRaz69]

I knew this was going to happen. but i think that it was going to be in the end or sometihng. The episode was suprsingly Very good and dark.

[@woodlandleshy3876]

I really like how they had evil morty and our rick work together so well

[@willantoniuk]

Another excellent review! Great job Jonny! The last two episodes of R&M are the strongest so far. The last one could have easily been a feature. I loved when Rick asked about partnering up with Evil Morty - parallels when Gerry asked to partner up with Rick. Tbh not even sure Rick Prime truly is dead (unless it happens on screen I don't trust anything anymore lol)

[@aruce9]

careful rick prime your smore is burning...

[@landonletterman831]

It's crazy to think that one of the evilest things that Evil Morty did was to remove Rick's main drive in the show He all but gave Rick exactly what he wanted, on a silver platter, knowing it'll be a "Monkey's Paw"

[@freerobux49]

total waste of a monkey paw

[@michaelnorton1427]

I do think that this is my second favorite of the season so far my favorite being last week’s spaghetti episode with it being the major philosophical episode of the season and it was incredibly smart

[@krisztianunpronounceable]

That was the best episode in years.

[@slenderthesavagemaster]

This is probably my favorite episode in the series, as evil morty is my favorite character, im so excited to see what happens from here on!

[@Koellenburg]

this was my by far favourite episode for now ... i watched it twice in a row, cus it hyped me so up :O

[@mlb82gaming32]

Loved it!!

[@tylerpollock9783]

The series needed a shake-up, and they delivered 🙌

[@TheKreznik]

To be honest, the last season had very few good episodes, but this season was a baller, every episode delivered its own narrative, an awesome storyline, and it had the old Rick and Morty charme, something completely new every time while also reintroducing old characters. The mindswap episode with a twist was truly the spirit of why i started watching this show. as well as the spaghetti episode

[@pooplooser6497]

I love that this episode didnt have any filler, like it was non stop fucking action and development

[@saberserpent1134]

The Mazzy Star song is conveying straight-up PTSD. The first use with Morty clearly showed "shock" or particularly, "shell shock", a euphemism for PTSD. Rick has nothing to do now but reflect..

[@andymoore8835]

This and last episode have been some of my favorites in the show. I think they found their mojo again!

[@thomaskuzma4360]

I love catching your thoughts on these shows. It's almost like I should watch a show about cartoons that swear... 😅

[@SoranotRoxas]

This was fantastic 👏

[@walak6832]

Man this episode really was insane, first of i got so shocked at the start when Morty put on the eye band. The way he controlled his Rick was so cool, like when he folds backward to shoot the guard comming in without even looking (this one game me chills haha) plus his suicide attempt, they added so much to the character while not doing that much necessarily. That combat scene too in the end was just crazy i watched it like 3 times already, i didnt knew thats what i needed but damn it delivered so well. I also loved the post credit scene, miss Slo was going the exact same way Rick did, but she found hapiness again, not Rick.. overall this episode left me so hyped and with two big questions, first of, who was mr Slo that even Rick prime was saddened by his death?!? 😂😂 and finally, wtf was that space resort outside the finite curve that Evil Morty went to lol?

[@Megabaron]

This cononical episode was amazing but even the more episodic stuff we've gotten this season is the best its been in a long time. It feels like we are actually seeing other sides of rick. He also doesn't feel as "op" this time around, not that he's really any different or less powerful but he's been out in more situations that he can't get out of and its nice not seeing him just make sarcastical comments about how easy everything is because that really pulls the tension out of a scene, honestly I know we're only half way through but so far to me it feels like the best season since season 2.

[@SJM_TAPES]

they shld release a dvd pack with just the lore... Rick & morty; the lore cut... shenanigan episodes are saturday morning vibes

[@herestoustx6123]

You dropped this king 👑

[@hamadullah9134]

They are setting up Evil Morty vs Rick C137