Does MORTY Secretly Resent Rick? Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 2 Review

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[@ChissHansen]

My main takeaway from this episode is that Peter Dinklage needs to play more bad guys.

[@SeseOB2003]

I didn’t know that was him voicing the alien “die hard” terrorist.

[@undeadblizzard]

Yesssssss Queen.

[@toadlord8594]

He so Does!

[@ninjosaurus8672]

you should watch 2015's hit movie PIXELS

[@warlordofbritannia]

Man, we really got screwed outta Punished Tyrion in Game of Thrones

[@djrekin7312]

To be fair, I'd wait with saying that they returned to status quo untill the next episode because for now, we do not have concrete evidence that this is the case. Yes morty lost half of his original self. But what *exacly* does that entail is not clear. We literally only heard him speak *1 line* of dialogue after he left the game. If next week, they regress him, I will gladly admit i was wrong, but for now I will not cast my judgement.

[@resetom5429]

Wait. Morty lost half of his original self? I thought only the woman morta stayed inside the game?

[@interstella0]

@@resetom5429 pretty sure the war was half of him

[@noremac7216]

@@interstella0 but then they also had kids so it's really ambiguous how much of Morty's personality survived or if any of it besides Marta was lost at all

[@growingoaks]

An intelligent person, how rare..

[@undeadblizzard]

To be honest. Morty will be fine. As someone with a psychical and verbally abusive Father. I learned a long time ago Pounds of Mimosa, Molly and Percz by the tank. Makes everything kosher. I am palming fifths Canadian Club Rye Whiskey Sours like a dap. My secret is, thanks to ADHD, a lack of shame, pride, extreme contempt, skepticism for authority, Man or God and societal expectations. Made me free.

[@vex3488]

Possible dumb hope, Morty is basically made to fully trust Rick but it turns out Rick had ended up actually relying on a more independent Morty without realizing, leading to him constantly digging himself into a bigger hole throughout the episode ending with him barley making it back to the machine where the Morty offspring left with Marta repopulated to numbers large enough to actually bring back our proper Morty with Rick needing to accept that he needs Morty to our Morty and not to one percent of him after he had years to contemplate in the game.

[@undeadblizzard]

Great banger. The lesson once you learn that Friends, Family, and Religons are demons to be slayed and overcome everything works out. To be honest. Morty will be fine. As someone with a psychical and verbally abusive Father. I learned a long time ago Pounds of Mimosa, Molly and Percz by the tank. Makes everything kosher. I am palming fifths Canadian Club Rye Whiskey Sours like a dap. My secret is, thanks to ADHD, a lack of shame, pride, extreme contempt, skepticism for authority, Man or God and societal expectations. Made me free.

[@Phobos_95]

Honestly this would be the only way to make this plotline work for me.

[@xephyre6955]

@@Phobos_95 That's only because you can't think of any more possibilities

[@DrGandW]

That sounds beautiful but I wonder what Rick could need Morty for like this

[@vex3488]

@@DrGandW Rick keeps running through “Vat of Acid” ideas with no Morty to slap him out of the sunk cost fallacy and not overthink it. Random theoretical example, Rick gets chased by a enemy with a Macbeth style curse where it says Rick can’t kill them, so Rick wanting to prove it wrong keeps failing to try and loophole the curse until he bring original Morty back and Morty just shoots the guy and is like “YOU can’t kill him idiot. Could’ve just handed summer a gun or something” and Rick didn’t think of that because he was obsessed with proving the curse wrong rather than simply taking the obvious rout he was blinded from seeing by arrogance and pride.

[@OMGSAMCOPSEY]

They didnt abandon mortys doubt of Rick. Theyve imprisoned it. The 8% of morty who trusts himself over rick is still in the game. Or dead that part was a little unclear but theres something in there and its clear that morty isnt all there when he comes out. Its written like a self contained story but i wouldnt mind seeing distrustful morty escape at some point. Also morty should have a few billion lives of wisdom under his belt so i hope that comes up again

[@undeadblizzard]

Great banger. The lesson once you learn that Friends, Family, and Religons are demons to be slayed and overcome everything works out. To be honest. Morty will be fine. As someone with a psychical and verbally abusive Father. I learned a long time ago Pounds of Mimosa, Molly and Percz by the tank. Makes everything kosher. I am palming fifths Canadian Club Rye Whiskey Sours like a dap. My secret is, thanks to ADHD, a lack of shame, pride, extreme contempt, skepticism for authority, Man or God and societal expectations. Made me free.

[@beautifulmanstan8840]

Who's to say that "8%" is still in the game? I thought it was only Marta who decided to stay.

[@mattevans4377]

Maybe that part of him becomes evil Morty ;)

[@xephyre6955]

Marta already said she let the 8% go with Rick. She's the only one who stayed.

[@OMGSAMCOPSEY]

@@xephyre6955 She wasnt in charge of everyone. It was the 8% who didnt want to go. she wanted to try and pursuade that 8% to keep morty whole while rick wanted to leave without them. Then decades of holy war happened so whos to say which side even survived. Either way it was a choice right to the end so any who chose to stay could.

[@Georgeimer]

The fact that I havent seen Die Hard makes the B plot so much better

[@jpeg..]

That's why I find it funny cause I never seen die hard

[@Jedi_Are_Scum]

@@jpeg.. They were banking on that, since most viewers are teenagers.

[@jpeg..]

@@Jedi_Are_Scum makes sense

[@xephyre6955]

True, never seen die hard lol. Summer's adventure was funny AF

[@iamnotreal4741]

Same 😂

[@emma_nutella58]

When you think about it all those wars the Morty npcs had means he lost quite a part of himself I feel like that should affect him

[@zacbendable6346]

I thought the same thing, it seemed like it had a lot of casualties so I wonder what that will do to Morty.

[@Jedi_Are_Scum]

@@zacbendable6346 Worshipping Rick, never doubting him. As Morty states. Never doubted you, not for a minute.

[@ddduh5158]

I thought that was the real reason he was being "wishy washy " as Marta. I think different pieces of his personality were dying during the wars and when Marta lost her parents.

[@hughjasse7636]

I don't think so, I think Rick is Afraid. I believe Rick was so hurt after the loss of Diane, that his A-hole bit is a defense mechanism to prevent him feeling that kind of loss again, And in spite of it he's grown attached to Morty and the rest.

[@donovanulrich348]

I feel like Rick abandoned a Morty once, and actually felt bad So he wouldnt do it again, but got attached to our morty He did have memories of a baby morty, and he dosent come from a reality where beth grew up. But our morty never meet Rick till season 1 and had been gone from Beths life for 20 years. So he couldnt have been around our morty as a baby

[@foxshadow11]

I have to disagree. In my opinion this episode was an absolute classic. Your review even sounds like you’re praising the episode and just upset that it didn’t go exactly where you wanted it to go. I think its another brilliant exploration of Rick and Morty’s relationship. They worked well within the limitations of a 30 min episode. I think if this was in season 1 and you had never seen the show you’d think this was top tier. At this point I feel like Rick and Morty is a victim of its own success.

[@yummystar1102]

Agreed people expect way too much now

[@dantedean2803]

Honestly this episode and concept was amazing. It didn’t squander the potential with Roy at all in fact I think this was a very creative way of incorporating Roy again. What would he have wanted? Another jump cut of Roy living life?

[@theoriginalbunnygirl]

Agreed!!

[@twiceshy9773]

This was one of the funniest episodes- Summer completely fcuking up Die Hard whilst still succeeding- every line was PERFECT

[@schnoz2372]

100% you’re right

[@nickeel8401]

Remember when Morty shot Rick in the head with the full intention of killing him after being berated? Or when while in a rage Morty threatened to “purge” Rick? It’s not a question of if Morty resents Rick it’s how much he resents Rick

[@9nikola]

And in this episode we get it specifically stated that 8% of Morty doesn't trust Rick.

[@nickeel8401]

@@9nikola that 8% is very potent

[@TheRibottoStudios]

THANK YOU. He's proven time and again he'll choose his family over Rick. "He bailed on mom when she was a kid. He bailed on tiny planet. And in case I never made it clear to you Summer, he BAILED ON YOU. He left you to rot in a world that HE RUINED. Because he doesn't CARE. Because nobody's special to him Summer!"

[@nothinginparticular6419]

I just hope that Rick actually realizes that he has to be there for morty who he's now made him trust him with no doubt They already kind of talked about this idea a few seasons ago when Rick and Morty went to the spa and had all their negativity removed. They got it back in the end but Morty was a completely healthy functioning human so they had to undo it returning the status quo...so hopefully they don't do this I'll wait for the next ep.

[@pamelqtaylor8335]

I see this episode as the true reason Evil Morty exists. Rick jackass-like treatment of Morty pushes him to ultimately creates the thing that will eventually be Evil Morty; who I want to be the aid to the Rickiest Rick (ultimately using him to get his revenge) And Peter Dinklage doing the tribute to Alan Rickman character in Die Hard has got to be the best early Christmas present.

[@Jedi_Are_Scum]

Evil Morty story is totally complete. He left the "finite curve" where Rick is the smartest man in that part of the multiverse. We will never see him again, they wrapped it up. Now, it's Rick's original nemesis. The Rick who Killed his wife and daughter. I doubt they will ever bring up evil morty again.

[@cheezburgir2330]

@@Jedi_Are_Scum evil Morty will definitely come back at some point maybe he will find something super dangerous outside of the curve and will need help or we will some lore of evil Mortys past

[@donovanulrich348]

Prime Rick teams up with "Evil" morty 😏 The c-137 crew, vs the Prime Team And c-137 had direct involvement in "evil" morty's life. I feel like c-137 abandoned a Morty before we meet ours. The season 1 intro and Rick's memory of a baby morty both prove he was around another Morty, probably grew up with him. But our morty never meet Rick before season 1 and Rick prime abandoned Beth 3 years before she had Summer, so no way our Rick grew up with our morty

[@noobplicity9861]

@@donovanulrich348 evil morty is 100% going to betray prime rick if that happens

[@fayolbien8889]

@@donovanulrich348 evil morty have a strong hatred to rick so no.

[@xmant8842]

I really liked the episode. I was disappointed that morty basically lost all character development though

[@glitchyfox8706]

Correction. He lost the bits of him which stand against Rick even knowing they will die. In other words we lost the part of morty that would rather die then listen to Rick. Basically we will only have the parts of morty that like his grandpa or are smart enough to leave rather than die

[@cameron4225]

This episode was character development for Morty, he was literally fighting an internal battle and the parts that won are the ones that he ended up keeping. I think he realized that fighting Rick was akin to fighting himself. It’s totally a metaphor for what goes on in Morty’s head just on a global scale.

[@roiking2740]

@@glitchyfox8706 though i think rick has a backup of morty brain somewhere which our rick at this point would likely restore once they get back home.

[@glitchyfox8706]

@@roiking2740 yea. Summer knows where it is. Mortys mind blowers 2

[@NerdMiGerd]

It's hard to know if he really did though, the ending left things quite vague. I think we'd need to see what he's like in the next episode before jumping to that conclusion. He did still get the other 8% on board that was hesitant, so I can't imagine he's lost that part of his personality altogether.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

"He bailed on mom when she was a kid. He bailed on tiny planet. And in case I never made it clear to you Summer, he BAILED ON YOU. He left you to rot in a world that HE RUINED. Because he doesn't CARE. Because nobody's special to him Summer!" It's really interesting that Morty still kind of clings to Rick in a way, because this quote alone, along with SEVERAL actions (like shooting Rick) show that Morty HAS no illusions. He knows where he stands in the grand scheme of things. Evil Morty going "there you go kid." after Morty asked what made Rick come back, is what planted the seeds of doubt. MatPat made this theory YEARS ago, that it would be Evil Morty who would kind of instill that sense of fear and distrust in OUR Morty causing him to question Rick. We've seen what happens when Morty OUTSMARTS RICK. Rick has seen what happens when a Morty is smarter than Rick.If you think he's going to WILLINGLY let OUR Morty be anything like Evil Morty.....oh you haven't been paying attention. And THAT alone, is what's gonna bite Rick in the ass.

[@ddduh5158]

Marta definitely represented Morty's empathetic side. I think different pieces of his personality were dying during the wars and when Marta lost her parents. Maybe this explains Marta being wishy washy throughout.

[@brandonscott5544]

Doubts like always

[@SarcasticChorus]

They had me in the first half.

[@brandonscott5544]

sarcastic chorus 😉❤💙video

[@chrissonofpear1384]

So, is Morty now left TOO accommodating to Rick, by the ending? That part may not yet be fully resolved.

[@birdcar7808]

I think what they were going for is that even Marta trusts Rick in the end even though she doesn’t want to give up her individual identity, and Rick pays to keep her game running because he doesn’t want to completely control Morty anymore, and now respects the parts of him that rebel. I agree with you that they will return to the status quo because Morty still has other rebellious parts of himself, such as Marta’s daughter, and Rick has to tell all of Morty that he loves him for real, no irony.

[@GundiMike]

"Secretly." Morty has clearly been resenting Rick since like... season 2?

[@Phiil1]

Unsatisfying? This episode was fantastic. Marta gained more and more of Morty’s development/independence because of her dynamic with Roy/Rick and she’s going to be arc’d out later in the season when they come back to Blitz and Chitz to reunite her with Morty. Hence the multi-layered joke about the catalog system in the post credits scene. I dunno, man. I think you’re way off on your review of this one. They weren’t “scrambling” at the end, they were putting together a series of ideas that basically struggled with the concept they all mattered because they were Morty but spiraled because Rick/Roy wouldn’t acknowledge Morty had value (mattered). Side note, the Die Hard joke was funny because of its overuse. Summer literally said, “Call me diehard.” Come on, how do you not get that? It was a one liner they turned into an entire B-story and the fact they did it successfully speaks even further to the greatness of this episode. TLDR: Die hard. Die hard, cause die hard. Die hard!! Walkie-Talkie Die Hard Mother Fucker. . . I was trying to be funny but she seriously says this. The bad guy character questions her knowledge of the movie and she replies with, “WALKIE-TALKIE DIE HARD, MOTHERFUCKER” . . honestly the fact you strung together clips of them saying Die Hard over and over again, as if it wasn’t intentionally overplayed, only confirmed (for me at least) your misconception of the episode. What do I know though? I’m just an aging and balding 35 year old with a love for cartoons. None of this real anyway. We’re critiquing shows inside a simulation at this point. . . I don’t remember where I was going with this. Die hard.

[@selkiara1272]

Actually, we are all Morty.

[@The6thMessenger]

Exactly. I think SC is just bellyaching about what he expected, and did not get, instead of giving a chance with what we had.

[@Phiil1]

@@The6thMessenger I agree! You might’ve summarized better than I did actually, lol.

[@aaabbbcccfgh]

The die hard jokes made this episode really hard to get through. Making it meta does not make it funny.

[@jonathanathor117]

Honestly after the last episode of season 5 with the rick origin reveal and everything, you can't really blame morty for mistrusting rick if not resenting him.

[@noremac7216]

I don't get the complaints. They've made it clear Rick and Morty is never going to be completely plot-based, the bulk of the show is always going to be exploring high concept sci-fi plots, and this was pretty fun. The ending was a little weird but the general premise is honestly really entertaining. I'm not going to stop enjoying the show and sit around and pine for heavy continuity antagonists to come back, I know they'll circle back around to the plot when they feel like it and until then I'm enjoying the ride

[@tisvana18]

Eh, if they regress Morty though it’s just another layer of disappointment in the show’s disappointment lasagna. The show never wants to commit to either of the two things it’s good at, (and unlike a few other objectively much worse shows, it doesn’t even seem like it does this out of anything more than spite.) It is a good show when it wants to be. But it desperately wants to have its cake and eat it too while bitching about how much it hates cake. We don’t need to have dramatic serious episodes ever again. They’re my favorite and I love them, but the show doesn’t need those. The show needs to not undermine its own characters and allow them to keep whatever growth and change they’ve earned, and it needs to not mock the viewers for liking the way the characters grew. Like, my complaining might be for naught. We have no clue how this episode will affect Morty going forward. But I really don’t want to go back to stupid, subservient Morty. I liked the Morty that was fixing Rick’s drunken mistakes and begrudgingly defusing a bomb because he was used to this shit.

[@noremac7216]

@@tisvana18 my guess would be Morty's personality either isn't going to be impacted significantly at all or it's going to be a new arc for him, either way sounds fun

[@SmartAlec1]

Tbh the show needs to pick one: serious epic character developing wromps or episodic adventures. It’s nauseating and frustrating, especially given the theme of nihilism, of bouncing from questioning if rick is perfect and calling his character into question, only to have everyone go back to the show agreeing everything is pointless and Rick is god without any plot progression. I guess the show feels like rick itself: going far lengths to show us a glimpse of hope for story only to undo it all to show us how pointless everything is

[@sofiantz2142]

@@SmartAlec1 why tho? It's possible to be both and the episodic ones actually delve into the characters

[@SmartAlec1]

@@sofiantz2142 It’s possible, but this show intentionally contradicts itself thematically when it does. You have character development. Then the one off episodes force things back to the status quote and undoes character development. It’s been doing it for seasons it’s wonky af

[@BBCMGEE123]

I see where ppl are coming from on the mini stories feeling like “wasted potential” but it’s the 2nd episode and we all know how crazy each episode is from the last. For every one meh episode we get we get 3 really good ones so let’s just wait for now

[@starcherry6814]

Okay I will

[@AJ_hwd954]

Who “complained” about Justin Roiland only having 2 voices? I thought it was hilarious, especially in the Interdimensional cable episodes

[@Jedi_Are_Scum]

ikr

[@selkiara1272]

It isn't a bug, it's a feature.

[@greatfunana6053]

I don't agree. Frankly I liked the die-hard joke. But then again my sense of humor loves the deep dry wit of some comedians, but I do enjoy running a joke into the ground till its stupid. Its not everybody's cup of tea, but I can appreciate it. 2nd: have a kid. They need validation. They need to be told they are loved and valued. They are not quite capable of understanding the nuances of human emotion and expressions of love. My kids need hugs and being told I love you. Granted at least 2 years of continuity has passed in the show (based on the two christmases episodes they have gone through) and that is 2 years of growth. Just reminds me that Morty, despite placing his self-worth in Rick, still needs to hear the damn words.

[@DJDerpyify]

I too like dying on hills of joke's that only I keep laughing at.

[@ListlessLion]

I also liked the Die Hard jokes. It felt like they were simultaneously making fun of people who haven't seen the movie, and people who praise the movie, by overplaying the joke that they're referencing Die Hard and how good it is.

[@notatallfunctional]

I was enjoying the Die Hard jokes until Summer told him to call her Die Hard.

[@austinmorrison6953]

Given the focus they give to the Roy machine at the end of the episode there’s a chance they’ll bring Morty back to resenting Rick.

[@richardsiemion5903]

I Honestly thing this is the best episode in the series. I think you’re overlooking a lot and it’ll grow on you. This is not only great but deep on so many levels.

[@Yul4167]

Part of this lowkey sounds like a typical bad parent and child relationship

[@Laantin]

The nicest Rick has been to morty is when the one Rick asked for a screwdriver before they blew up

[@turq99]

Based on the trailers, I think there are other episodes with potential so I am going to play this season out before I make my over all judgement but, This episode was ok. I thought ep 1 had more plot punch. I did like seeing the different aspects of Morty questioning his trust in Rick because that is always an ongoing issue. It was also interesting to see the Roy game expanded.

[@dyslexmichael]

I like this episode, feels more like Season 1, no sequel type thing.

[@radiocoffee7700]

I mean, I thought them saying "Die Hard" over and over was really funny, but that kind of joke either works for someone or it doesn't. And the scene with the monitors had really funny lines ("Why do I have a monitor if my opinion isn't valued?" and "I mean, even if he says it, what's with the pause?"). Everything else you said in this video, though, put into words the weird off-ness of the story that I felt while watching it. I agree, the episode did not focus on the aspects of the idea it probably should have. Rick and Morty in general tries to say so much that sometimes it doesn't have room to say anything interesting.

[@racool911]

I feel like this episode added more potential than taking it away. Interested to see what direction they go with this new morty, and where they go with the half that's left behind. Reminds of Rest and Ricklaxation

[@Narutonarutonaruto85]

There likely wasn't enough time to explore the video game world and look at the things that would logically pop up with wide spread religion, such as different sects. The NPCs are all different aspects of Morty's mind and I assume there are natural redundancies, so the ones who come from the same part of his mind would naturally group up together over time.

[@roiking2740]

they had enough time they just took it from the summer plot.

[@pockystyx4087]

Summer's part in this really was a less interesting version of the previous role she had in last episode. I wonder if its a running joke in the writer's room to have Summer do a "die hard" as the main plot goes on.

[@robbybevard8034]

They apparently have new writers this season who actually care about the continuity and ongoing plot, so I'm hopeful there'll be more carry over and less big reset button every episode..

[@imanicarter4422]

Wow This is the first time I'm ever early to one of your videos shocker

[@Matteus2109]

Morty knows that Rick loves him, but he has no illusions at what a mess that entails with Rick being a toxic mess of human neuroses. I think he just gets fed-up with Rick now. He's past the point of hating him.

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hm, interesting, fair and valid points and opinions. Say, has it been confirmed how many Episodes Season 6 will be?

[@NerdMiGerd]

Believe it's 10, like every other season besides the first one

[@johanstenfelt1206]

@@NerdMiGerd hm, i see.

[@erikbihari3625]

Dinklage? Wow, he has a LOT to answer for!

[@Laantin]

It would have been interesting to have all the separate factions but maybe some kind of cause between them let's them return to "the one true morty"

[@Bala_Niranna]

i will say, summer saying die hard over and over without knowing anything about the movie felt like perfect zoomer fucking with older people energy and i loved that

[@gianttacogod]

I think this episode is a combination of late season 5 and season 1. It has it’s goofy riff on a movie b plot while covering a relatively important dynamic on the relationship of Rock and Morty. Personally I found it quite entertaining. Yeah the whole saying die hard got a little annoying but was still pretty funny. Overall a pretty solid episode

[@AgentAnime95]

It honestly just sounds like he still does just ether Rick or Mortys voice. Hell, he just does those two voices in his upcoming videogame where your weapons actually talk to you which is really stupid.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

Talking guns are pretty sweet tho, just like the Wheatley Zapper in TF2, the talking smartgun in cyberpunk 2077 or the talking stealth suit in Fallout New Vegas (the talking medic power armor in Fallout 3 was truly pointless since it actually pulled aggro)

[@futureelement924]

@@PancakemonsterFO4 don't know if you've played borderlands 2 but the Bane also talks🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

@@futureelement924 so does the loaderbot shotgun and the morningstar had a sick exploit you could pull off

[@SeseOB2003]

It was cool that the Roy game returned to the show.

[@jiado6893]

9:23 I love it when characters ask the same questions the audience is. Not even for the sake of answering them. In fact, it's COOLER when they ask questions no one has the answers to.

[@ReaIHuman]

Long live the morty cult.

[@anthonyzingale]

This is what Rick and Morty is, you can’t expect canon and “anime level” storytelling in each episode.

[@mr.l8723]

He always resented him

[@dspace4514]

I mean, he basically found out that his entire existence in any universe is to serve under Rick. Not only that, but he finds out HIS Rick abandoned him and his family, the Rick he knows now only came around because he wanted to wait for the original Rick to return. Not only that, but his entire original Dimension is completely fucked, he found out his mom and sister are dead, his father is the last survivour, and this could have all been fixed by Rick. And he knows that the only way to be free from Rick would be to do something as grand as what Evil Morty did, which is to put A HOLE IN INFINITY. So yeah, I believe when he finally got a chance to be freed from Rick and Rick couldn't force him to go with him, he wanted to stay.

[@mysterion1899]

In the szn 5 finale morty says "I'm not gonna keep doing this if ur not honest with me, I don't trust you" and then in the szn 6 premiere morty asks him "isn't my original rick dead? that's why you pick places" and rick has the opportunity to give him some bs but instead he just lays it out for him and tells him the truth, that they're gonna kill his OG grandpa. Rick has changed, but now it's up to morty to see that.

[@Usedplungerstotheface]

It didn't destroy Roy Roy was becoming obsolete Roy 2 was coming out

[@gezz5904]

I think this was a very interesting way to take the show, I wonder what they’ll be doing with it, as they DID say this was going to be the most serialized season, which makes me assume they’ll be using this to genuinely progress the story.

[@LCWatchdog7]

I had hope for this season but going back to status quo made me fall off again, they kept me for 2 episodes.

[@watermelonv2143]

You just reminded me to do my project Thant's due tomorrow thanks

[@tommyleejones623]

I honestly feel like he’s gone insane due to the amount of personalities in his head that just came back into one then him losing his development. Remember, when he first used it, it made him disoriented and confused, I wouldn’t say nothing was left there but I am say he’s definitely the same Morty but with different lifestyles blended in his memories. So, he didn’t lose his distrust for bs from Rick, but just had a tiny part of him contained somewhere else for now, possibly.

[@jonahshill7084]

I think even though the storyline could have been pushed further, episode 2 was conceptually one of the best episodes they have released. The way you can get insight into Morty’s psychology without having the episode become overtly serialised is a tough line to walk but it was so well executed 🔥

[@CreationsFlare]

I don't think they usually do it often but I was admittedly hoping this would have been a 2 episode plot instead of one. But that would also mean having a longer running B-plot and I don't think they could manage that.

[@kayleejazz1669]

Probably unpopular opinion but I’ve completely given up on Rick and Morty. I feel like the writers don’t know where their going, and if this was just a fun sci fi space adventure every week with a little bit of lore it would be okay; kind of what futurama did. Maybe this wasn't the original plan but I feel like show runners “advertised” an over arching story in order to get more viewers taking advantage of the fact that many people want to see more story lines in more animated series. It might not have been the plan but I felt like the show kind of admitting or revealing this was a little to late, and they do it in a back handed way- like when Rick revealed his backstory; saying maybe people will finally shut up about it. If this wasn’t their intention I can understand being frustrated with viewers demanding some story lines be told or it being the only reason it’s watched, but personally don’t put something in the plot you don’t plan on telling until five or seven years later and only doing so because of complaints. To me Rick and morty isn’t a sci fi adventure, it’s a science fiction rom com, and I wish I was told this before I became invested. It’s feels like SVTFOE in which it was started as a magical girl parody series only to hint at bigger things and made many viewers believe it was going to become a mystery adventure series only to be squashed because it was a shipping/ romance show and would rather focus on that. And the over arching possible plot line also got many new viewers and former viewers invested.

[@se.224]

i actually liked the repetitiveness of them saying die hard, it felt like the pilot when rick said morty waaaay too much also it reminds me of those memes where people repeat a word like morbius a fuckton

[@KD.Denzel]

THANK YOU!!!! You reviewed Da Hell out of that episode, So damn accurately at that! 👌 I swear the earlier seasons were a work of gold, compared to these recent seasons, Ik it’s only the second episode of season 6… But like, They really did choke with the second episode in my opinion.

[@hinata167]

Honestly the beginning got me too I thought 'oh yeah I forgot he doesn't do that many voices' until the reveal. It was cleaver.

[@DD8842]

It could be a set up to she mortise growth by having him re learn stuff or maybe rick "backs up morty" every so often like a server.

[@babygorilla4233]

This episode really hinges on you going Woooah dude at the simulation stuff.

[@braden8121]

It does not "sidestep to scramble desparately." It's a deliberate story decision, and it's not sloppy. That 1/5 billionth fragment of morty chose to live their own life apart from Rick. You can like it or not, but that is in character for that person that they established

[@aerynkyle7595]

At the end, the part of Morty that doubts Rick gets left behind with Marta that's why when Morty says I trust Rick completely it's not completely back to where things are between them.

[@artypyrec4186]

I thought repeating of die hard to the point of just trolling the viewers was hilarious

[@SmartAlec1]

“Secretly” we’ve watched the same show

[@emilyrodriguez5445]

To be fair, whenever Morty does something alone he kinda fucks up big time, or gets in very bad situations, the sperm invasion, the dragon, the time the king bean wanted to touch him, talking to squirrels, the snake planet, the time he got Rick wine, the whole planetina "vessels" murder, and when he grabbed the death crystal. Yes, Rick is an ass, but, Morty does need the guidance

[@roisuuuu-kun]

I think that reality where Wooden Jerry experience history all over again happened in another reality, since the reality Rick and Co. Used to lived in is now a giant Mr. Crumbles

[@jubel742]

I mean that the decoy episode isn't "canon" is kind of obvious

[@U4sweat]

No man. This seasons first 4 episodes are amazing. R&M back to old form here.

[@rifter0x0000]

The Die Hard subplot isn't just a spoof of a movie you didn't see. It's also riffing on the endless iterations of spoofs, remakes, rip-offs, and stories inspired by said movie. While being aware that a huge part of the audience probably never saw the original and saying that it doesn't matter. Which is pretty awesome, actually. In the end Summer knows what to do even though she never saw the movie and defeats the villains who were way too obsessed superfans of the movie. So it's also an iteration on a common theme in Rick and Morty: people becoming too obsessed with canon and minutiae who spoil their own fun as well as that of others and turn into complete losers. Classic Summer plot.

[@couufdr]

I think it's more about hearing it rather than knowing it. Bringing the thing that's hoped for into reality in manifest, showing it

[@nathanielwogu4742]

people put to much expectations on rick and morty i understand loving and wanting a story driven narrative but they literally said in a episode that they gonna do whatever they want stories that have no meaning, stories that you should remember cause they might show up again. this was just a fun story which albeit wasnt the best but still enjoyable as a concept

[@Brilchan]

I disagree with you the episode was AWESOME the Die Hard being a universal space mono myth is the type of mixture humor high low and pop culture reference that I adore in Rick and Morty we need to wait for episode 3 and others to know how much of Morty character development and brain power was killed in Roy. Morty is a kid, a teen he still LOVE Rick & wants validation from Rick it's just evolution that's why many kids/adults love toxic parents or partners.

[@Prime_Rabbit]

Here's my theory. Rick specifically called out that one part of Morty saying who cares about them if they are only 1 one billionth of Morty, they won't make a difference. My theory is that since Morty uncharacteristically 100% followed Rick's order without any stuttering or anything with a smile on his face, Rick will come to learn that that 1 tiny little part of Morty makes the entire difference between our Morty and every other Morty there is. My theory is that Rick will end up getting that piece back in Morty as he learns to actually allow himself to truely love someone else again after losing Diane

[@BobtheX]

I think the Die Hard b plot fucked up it's premise pretty early too. Like you said, just repeating the word Die Hard gets old fast, but I thought it was kind of interesting the idea that all alien civilizations have an equivalent myth/movie would have been a funny bit to explore. Summer should have told him Alan Rickman died in real life and the guy should have gotten bummed out for a bit.

[@midlyte7903]

I think the episode was good. It felt like Season 2 where sci-fi shenanginans happens alongside some sweet character arcs. Besides the die hard jokes and the religion, I adored the whole idea of Morty as fractions of the billion NPCs and how he still doubts Rick's trust over him. Their relationship is, admittedly, codependent despite their tries of getting back together. The fact there's a part of him that addressed his distrust towards him is surprising, and I loved every second of that plotline. Also, I do think that the character regression might be intentional for future episodes, since Rick was the focus of character development. They even pointed it out on the end scene about Marta still being alive by Rick, so of course she'll likely come back.

[@mcleod56ify]

This is one of those episodes that I gotta watch again cause a lot of stuff went over my head didn’t even realize they kinda or didn’t reset morty

[@SK7Raven]

This this was an excellent episode because of the first episode understand that Rick lost his family so now he doesn’t want to get close to anyone else this is why he does not show emotions to Morty

[@Boopdol]

It seems like they teased that this is going to be picked up somewhere later on during the series perhaps the origin of evil Morty? Is that why our current Morty has been suspiciously loyal throughout season 5? They said that Roy’s game won’t restart and I don’t think she’s dead so where’s Martha? MARTHA

[@yccuzz]

It seems that you missed the general premise that ROY the game itself is it’s own time dilated universe that travels years to the real worlds minutes, that being the point of the long jumps of time “cutting the story” that you don’t see because the cuts to summer are significantly longer pieces of time in the game.

[@matthewphillipsbetts8470]

ok, in know its sounds a bit much but the b plot seems to be the effects from the overdose obsession of just 80s films like die hard to me. Im more of a planets of the apes enthusiest.

[@geardog24]

This episode is another good example of "If you have to explain the joke, than there is no joke."

[@CHAOS676767]

Hey Sarcastic chorus would there be any chance you can make a video about Ranking of Kings the anime? My fiance and I loved it but we had noticed a running gag in the show that quite literally every episode someone cries atleast once or more. And how no one truly dies! Lol its quite funny and thought it would be nice to hear your opinion.

[@resetom5429]

I still think this episode is better than most s5 episodes it just makes me kinda angry they didn't use the potential of this great concept...

[@selkiara1272]

Yet. They brought back Roy, a seemingly one off joke, to make this episode. I feel like this is a setup to bring back a plotpoint later, and there are a lot of ways to utilize it.

[@acrostoa]

Where are all the channels that don’t shit on something I like enough to go on KZbin to watch more about?

[@WDB2005]

Can we get a video about Sashannarcy and Matt leaving room for interpretation and head canons both sexuality and personality wise? or Dipper and Pacifica shipping summary?

[@compareandcontrast9833]

Wow I didn't even notice that was PD as the villian.

[@Starwarsdude8221991]

I did like the choice that he kept the game going to keep that one version still going it’s kinda weird and heart warming in a sense that he got attached to that one part

[@__Konboi__]

I highly recommend Cyberpunk Edgerunners. It's almost a threat to our national security how good this damn show is.

[@yummaneko3285]

ok so interesting idea what if rick deleting Morty's memories of certain things (mortys mind blowers) and this is connected. Rick is trying his best to prevent morty from not loving him trying to deny the fact that he is a evil person. He always does things over and over again proving hes not the bad person, everyone else is. Which makes him extremely self centered and self righteous. over and over again we see this.

[@ddln785]

whoa, a new vid from my favorite clown

[@Goonable]

Biggest “not gonna lie, they had us in the first half.” Moment

[@TTSG810]

I actually enjoyed this episode, but it's probably just because I was with friends and we were shitting on the diehard references

[@Shinobin333]

As a Die Hard Enthusiast this episode spoke to me

[@erikandre5689]

I only hope that Morty didnt actually lose anything in ROY. It might be the case. Just maybe. Hopefully. Please.

[@selkiara1272]

Whatever he lost is alone to think, to evolve, to grow, and to return later.

[@wilhelmhedin8845]

Good Enough News is an awesome gag.

[@carrington8185]

I guess I’m the only one who liked this episode

[@carrington8185]

I even liked the die hard joke.

[@1017KitchenBoy]

Idk why y’all think it’s so bad. Bc it doesn’t play into canon and story continuity. It’s a show about a grandad and his grandson. It’s a good episode

[@009_Ghostly_Systematic]

I think the episode is more focused on morty than the relationship. As you said, his arc felt uncomplete but once you consider morty being able to persuade or change rick... well sure he may not say it outright but he does SHOW it to some degree, doesn't that complete his role? I can relate and even sympathize morty for trying to help a family member out but eventually, you'll realize that what you're doing is a big endeavor, but its an act that he is willing to take. Morty is just realizing how he is exhausted with everything that he himself contemplates if weather what he wanted was even worth it in the end. The only realization that he has is that, its his choice. He still wants to help out Rick and his family but he probably realize that his selfishness could just hinder everything that he had progress so far that the only compromise that morty has in the end is to left some part of him wandering in the void and let his more submissive part of him to still help out Rick. So in a way, the morty that we may have known, could have his entire character arc subtly ended without downright saying it. Thats my take but hey, its up to the writers, like I knew that having your characters progress is somewhat a taboo cause that would limit the type of plots that they could write. Probably the compromise the writers have is to just split them into 2 literal entities.

[@zxzx24th]

Secretly?