Rick & Morty Season 5 - commences June 20th

[NoSleep]

I haven't looked anything up but have they really got a whole new set of people writing this now? Because it sure feels that way.

It's been a revolving door from the first season. A few writers have survived through two seasons but I don't think anybody's made it through three.

[Thursday]

I don't think it's been terrible lately, just very unremarkable, standard adult cartoon stuff really. The parody of anime delivery is like... South Park and Family Guy did it 1999.

Well okay maybe enough time has passed that you can do parodies of anime voice acting, but it felt like a very low-effort and uninsightful parody.

[stephenjwz]

https://www.ratingraph.com/tv-shows/rick-and-morty-ratings-47965/

the numbers don't lie

[JaDanketies]

I think the last episode was okay; maybe not as good as it is when it's brilliant, but at least it was focused and was a clear and comprehensible parody. And it included the meta infinite mortyverse.

[Blumf]

https://www.ratingraph.com/tv-shows/rick-and-morty-ratings-47965/

the numbers don't lie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSwxO95nEZE

[Fry]

Really really bad the last few episodes.

What happened to B-stories? They used to be used to give a more grounded, but still funny, counterweight to the A stories. Think like the therapist scenes in the Pickle Rick episode. Now there isn't anything to cut away to it feels like they can't pace the episodes properly. Its just a series of wacky ideas barely held together.

There's normally at least a couple of chuckles an episode (Jerrys "If you're easy to make happy, nobody gives a shit if you are.") But it doesn't feel like the same show anymore. Doing a Voltron parody in 2021 I thought was especially hack.

[Blumf]

What happened to B-stories? They used to be used to give a more grounded, but still funny, counterweight to the A stories.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there.

[madhair60]

Nobody will agree but I thought the latest episode was incredible

[Led Souptin]

I'll agree. really enjoyed it. A little bit light on chuckles but a great concept (loved the eternal sunshine-esque memories bleeding into other memories) and some absolutely cracking cannon - my lady partner gasped really loud when

Spoiler alert

memory rick revealed that beth was killed.

[close]

I guess this really opens up a lot of theories on

Spoiler alert

who our morty is in relation to our rick

[close]

three week wait until the last two episodes lads

[JaDanketies]

Yes it was an entertaining and gripping episode, and I also noticed it wasn't funny; I laughed once. Good TV though. And I did have to rewind at the Beth revelation to make sure I heard it correctly.

[lankyguy95]

It felt like a Rick and Morty episode which hasn't been the case for a while.

Some of the ideas were a bit tired still and I think I laughed once ("You know when you're squanching and...") but I enjoyed the episode.

[selectivememory]

Wasn't really into it myself, but I at least appreciate that it showed a bit of ambition again after such a drab run of episodes.

[Blumf]

Definite improvement, not a classic but should be the standard.

On the backstory/continuity thing, does this mean Rick was going on fancy space adventures, in space, before he developed the dimensional portal gun?

[Alberon]

Seems like it.

As everyone has said - not funny, but a way better episode.

[Small Man Big Horse]

I've not bothered with the last couple but gave this a go after the response here, and the AV Club's review, but it didn't work for me. I just don't care about these characters at all any more and that's a real problem, I always feel a bit sad when I give up on a show that I once loved, but I really can't see any reason to keep watching it now.

[JaDanketies]

When it's good, it's truly exceptional. I'm not sure I ever cared about the characters especially due to the existentialist nihilist themes. Tbh I don't think it's maintained the consistent brilliance since the first two seasons but it's still better than most things. I do think if it maintains at this level it won't have the legacy it looked like it would have.

[NoSleep]

So we have to wait until September 6 for the final two episodes of this season.

[Hat FM]

does rik not drink anymore or just in moderation? also, was he always percived as some kind of intergalactic sex god or is this just a new thing from the last couple of seasons?

[frajer]

Only watched this last night as I haven't been very engaged with this season, but wanted to echo that I enjoyed that quite a bit.

A Rick-focused episode did open my eyes to just how irritating I've found Morty and Summer's characterisations to be this season. Far too cold and selfish. I like to think this is building to them both coming a cropper (a bit like how Clara emulating the 12th Doctor led to her Facing the Raven) but at this point the writing is so inconsistent I'm not convinced there's anything to it.

Looking forward to the hour-long finale now though, which I definitely wouldn't have said around the time of the middle-season episodes.

[NoSleep]

While looking for when the next two episodes would be broadcast I discovered there is an upcoming spinoff series about the Vindicators, where we'll get to see the mission mentioned that they didn't invite Rick & Morty along to.

[The Giggling Bean]

What does everyone make of the recent live action promos featuring Christopher Lloyd as Rick? Are we in line for a live action episode or is it just a bit of fun from Adult Swim?

[NoSleep]

Double episode season 5 finale dropping tomorrow.

[mjwilson]

What does everyone make of the recent live action promos featuring Christopher Lloyd as Rick? Are we in line for a live action episode or is it just a bit of fun from Adult Swim?

I would guess that there would be some kind of live-action element in the finale, just because of the timing.

[The Giggling Bean]

I would guess that there would be some kind of live-action element in the finale, just because of the timing.

Thats what I thought.

[AsparagusTrevor]

It'd be weird getting Christopher Lloyd in to film a few seconds just for a quick Force Awakens spoof on Twitter, but then it's R&M/Adult Swim we're talking about.

[Small Man Big Horse]

Ugh, I didn't plan to watch this but the Christopher Lloyd clip drew me back in, and it turns out it had nothing to do with the final two episodes and was something they filmed for no good reason at all. And these two episodes were utter dog shit as well, I really can't be arsed with this any more and won't be watching another second of it.

Edit: The more I think about the Christopher Lloyd thing the angrier I am, it's such a cunt's trick, it would have been fun to see him in a live action R&M even if it were only for a few minutes, but as it was just a PR stunt it's just a big old pile of shite.

[Blumf]

Getting really hard to care about any of this.

[madhair60]

enjoyed the last two episodes a huge amount and this whole season too, baffled by response to them

[selectivememory]

I thought the final two episodes were pretty good, especially episode 9, and a huge improvement over most of this season. Benefited from being mainly about just Rick and Morty, and not the rest of the family, and also being written by people who actually understand the characters.

Still, I reckon by the standards of the earlier seasons, these still would have been filler episodes in the past, but I'll take what scraps I can get.

[Thursday]

Only watched 9 so far but enjoyed it.