The Downfall of Rick and Morty

if this show is so good, why haven't they ever done an episode where Rick becomes a pickle?

[@thebagbagpiper9082]

Boo hoo the show changed life is change get used to it

[@_joshgeorge]

are u ok

[@Sinekyre14]

@@_joshgeorge lol

[@Baconatorlrgfry]

Rick and morty lost me after season 3. Sad to see one of my favorite shows become flanderized.

[@MoneySandwich]

the "Rick and Morty's fall into inconsistency" KZbin video essay has become a lot more played out than anything on the show itself. I'll always be here for the new episodes

[@elmatsuki2061]

I liked season 7 way more than season 4

[@maxmustermann1533]

The last season has been comparable to season 1-3 in my opinion. Maybe you perceive the first 3 seasons as a lot better cause of the emotions you felt when you first watched it.

[@javierfernandez2374]

Last season was really really good lol

[@carlosrivas1629]

i say its lack of imagination,

[@white_meat_chicken]

It feels like you had the idea to rag on the show before season 7 came out and then didn't pay attention to the near universal praise around the show getting its groove back. I'm also not sure you understand what this show is actually about... can't refute all your points in a KZbin comment, but yeah - maybe try analyzing a different property?

[@Sinekyre14]

I got here by watching your Riven review. This video is really excellent, it's fantastic. Should have huge views.

[@MrJamesRustle]

Good job putting this together. Downfall probably mostly due to new writing staff.

[@zilvercrystal]

I Love the latest season its the best one o far :D

[@illygah]

3:42 something about this moment 'birdperson, spacebeth' makes me feel deja vu

[@AbrasiousProductions]

why are so many people bitching in the comments? every point you made was solid

[@zachfinemusic]

You are extremely articulate and I agree that the main issue is the building of serial narrative in the beginning only for there to be dissonance between the serial and episodic nature.

[@bencarlson4300]

I gave up on the show after the abysmally horrible season 7 opener which is legit one of the most offensively bad episodes of any show I’ve watched. That being said, I think I still have a more “rose-colored glasses” perspective on seasons 4-6 than you, there are still some decent and good episodes in that bunch (even in episodes you considered “bad”). The snake time travel episode, the meta train episode, the “Asimov Cascade” episode, the last 2 or 3 episodes of season 5, the season opener of season 6, along with some of the good episodes you mentioned (although I still can’t get fully on board with the fortune cookie episode, that felt a little too dumb). In future rewatches, there will be a few episodes I will skip or want to skip, but there are more “non-skip” episodes than skippers for me.

[@Jackntherippers]

The show is actually better now it just has less of a mainstream following and that’s not a bad thing cause fuck it was embarrassing to like this show prepandemic and I like it a lot better with the new voice actors cause their performances are so much more layered than Justin Roiland’s rambling tbh.

[@Jackntherippers]

Season 2,3 and 7 are the best so far imo.

[@gonzalodiazelgueta5747]

Very good points, the show is aimless and all over the place, and you pointed out exactly why. The comments are coping hard, I didn't even know people still cared about this show enough to defend it.

[@charlesbegley1350]

Mate, love the video! Keep grinding, you’re going places!

[@ventriloquistmagician4735]

i love a good heatmap

[@LordProteus]

Inter-dimensional Cable was always cringe and was often completely unfunny.

[@restjbo]

Thank you! You're absolutely right!

[@joelowdon1615]

Season 7 was one of the best. They're all good episodes except for that Numericons one. Hate to go all copypasta, but I think you've missed the mark on some of the characters and themes and maybe the show just isn't for you.

[@professormadlad7773]

I stopped watching Rick & Morty after Season 3.

[@Swearingfrogmlg1]

Just started watching the show since month ago and all the episodes and seasons are 🔥 maybe cuz I don't dig it too deep and let my own eyes explore th episodes 😼

[@jenisia3600]

Well put

[@TheCanadianHumor]

They have their own way of doing things because they choose to use side characters for some episodes just for Kicks . You are too hyper critical of this show . This show has no expectations at all, so saying that they're on a downfall is actually incorrect. Yes, I agree. Some of the stuff they put out is pretty s*****, but. The majority of the episodes are pretty funny. I think that's all they are really going for , not a chronological storyline. The chronological storyline, it's a jest side piece😂

[@miwoj]

downfall? last season was great. rick and morty is doing fine.

[@MrJamesRustle]

Bless your heart.

[@ahmedaliyu1495]

I Believe he is taking about why rick and morty is no longer this popular like the first season

[@coolthings_1]

Cope

[@Mrriddiford]

Imo rick and Morty is doing fine. Although these videos about the downfall of Rick and Morty are getting old.

[@antythesis751]

Yet here you are.

[@shaquille.oatmeal2724]

Nah i agree with you... I know a lot of people are saying that they loved season 7 but to me it was meh to as bad as the sperm episode... I feel like the worst part was the way they tied up Rick prime in that they essentially made evil morty a mary sue and made all of Rick's trauma fucking pointless. So Rick's been tracking this guy for DECADES... he has murdered THOUSANDS of other Rick's in an attempt to get to Rick prime who, btw, only started having prominence in 2 episodes one season ago. And then evil morty just comes in and INSTANTLY... no struggle what-so-ever, gives rick the info to locate Rick prime, or at least the clone that takes him directly to rick prime's strong hold that then leads to Rick prime. If it was that easy, that simple that it was resolved in a 1 minute scene then why the fuck and how the fuck does rick have trauma that lasted YEARS with no resolution. The show tells one thing and then shows another. Then they just go and evil morty basically has to defeat Rick prime for rick... what the fuck. What happened to the build up and the pay off? Then the tonal whiplash... they will constantly go from talking about Rick's depression to then making a joke about it completely ripping any deep moment away as if they're scared to have a serious moment. Like he tells his entire backstory and has to call it his crybaby backstory absolutely ruining all investment on how serious it was ( you know which was also further desecrated when they went on to find the source of his trauma in 1 minute). There are also countless other problems such as erasing character development or thinking that just because they call out a troupe that they're using it makes it less bad but it still stands. It just isn't good anymore and it's sad to see. Like josh said, I used to be happy to see this show but now it's just sad, like watching a dying relative who is no longer themselves be forced to suffer on hooked up to a life support machine. Essay over.

[@anthonydi5489]

Sorry but ur rating for each season is really bad man

[@australianbleach8594]

Dude you are so spot on with the side character point. I felt that exact same way while Watching The Office and they started to talk more about Erin and her life. I just knew the show was dead because they spent her whole beginnings making her as an identical Pam and then when nobody wants it, they give her the same problems Pam has. Clearly the show was running out of ideas 😭😭

[@m1sterch3f7]

People in the comments are disagreeing, but i don't know why. You're spot on. I used to want to watch the newest episode of rick and Morty, now i get all i want from clips on tik tok

[@AbrasiousProductions]

they're brainwashed fans man, they have no sense of quality, this show died a long time ago, the nail in the coffin for me was when Justin got exposed.

[@GooberDunk]

Its not getting worse, you're just not the target audience anymore.

[@jlogg8738]

Downfall? Season 6 is its best since season 2.

[@abaannsaba6697]

last season plus 6 was really good

[@scottellison6682]

The shows still good, maybe this is more of a you thing

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I'll never understand why people continue to watch this show knowing full well that Justin Roiland is a groomer..

[@enesutku34]

He is fired

[@AbrasiousProductions]

@@enesutku34 who cares?.. the show was still co-created by a groomer and it's been going down the tubes since Season 3.

[@enesutku34]

@@AbrasiousProductions he doesnt get any money even if you watch or not

[@AbrasiousProductions]

@@enesutku34 he forever tainted the show, I was already on the border of leaving it anyways but in January 2023, I officially abandoned the show and haven't watched anything past Season 6, the show's dead to me, I can't even enjoy the older seasons anymore because of Justin.

[@aspirewot8408]

And ? It's normal tbh 😂 cry more

[@taniadickson541]

We are living in the smiling friends era, Rick and morty and there lame incest jokes are done

[@aspirewot8408]

Yeah smiling friends is good now tbh