![]() ![]() This season finale just came across as rushed and sloppy. Maybe some people will think this episode was worth it just for the confirmation of Rick’s backstory alone, but not me. They’ve spent episodes building up Evil Morty’s rise as President, and then they don’t even dedicate a full episode to exploring the payoff. I can’t for the life of me understand why the writers went in this direction. I liked seeing Evil Morty’s plan come to fruition, but it needed more time to breathe. That said, I didn’t hate anything in the Citadel. And what do you expect, they’re trying to get this all out in practically half of a normal episode’s runtime. ![]() It’s rushed and I’m barely able to understand what this scheme is or how it works, even how the components of it work. The duo fall into Evil Morty’s clutches, we hear his evil plans, so on and so forth. Makes you wonder why the show spent nine minutes on it.Īt the Citadel, we get an update on how things have been going since Evil Morty became president. And this betrayal comes straight out of nowhere it isn’t built up and is essentially meaningless, as is everything that came before it. It sets up the premise of Rick adventuring with the crows, but because the crows are adventuring with a scarecrow guy, he ditches them. This was a weak episode, especially for a season finale. Then Rick comes back, and the episode becomes a whole different thing! Because Morty aged himself to get Rick to come home, they have to go to the Citadel to fix him, and the real meat of the episode takes place there. Or at least he was until he finds out the crows have been cheating on him. Morty reappears hoping to get him to come home, but Rick is steadfast in his resolve to study the crow. At the start, we see Rick’s adventures as the Crowman, fighting anime villains in a rural Japan setting. That leads me to the next episode in this “hour long special”, “Rickmurai Jack.” I’m not sure how to give a brief synopsis because if I did I’d end up misleading you, so I’ll try and tip-toe. While Rick’s storyline was a bit lacking, Morty’s story provides more than enough interest and intrigue. Rick leaves for further adventures with two crows. Even though Rick’s enlightenment moment with the crows was a little rushed, it also lays the foundation for him realizing that what he and Morty had wasn’t good, and so they separate. However, I liked how he and Morty come together in the end. I suppose Rick is able to use them to fight in an interesting way, but he can get creative with or without them. There aren’t any stakes, and I don’t find the crows very compelling. It just isn’t much of an adventure, especially when you compare it to the other stuff going on. The Rick storyline doesn’t do much for me. They see the Replace Morty wheel with “Two Crows” written on it, flip the switch and become the antagonists for the rest of the episode. ![]() Once the crows start bossing him around, Rick tries to leave them on a planet ruled by crows the crow people there teach them about empathy or wisdom or something and then take Rick back home. Meanwhile, Rick goes out and adventures with the crows, which doesn’t last long. It indicates a positive shift in his character he isn’t going to allow himself to be stuck in toxic relationships. This ends up happening again, but Morty’s handling of the situation in this episode is much more satisfying. We also get another instance of Morty doing something out of the goodness of his heart and having it blow up in his face, like in season 2 with Fart to be honest, I’m getting a little tired of this trope, because the underlying idea always seems to be that Rick is right and that you shouldn’t disobey him or help people because it causes more trouble. While adventuring, Nick becomes more and more like Rick: abusive, demanding, aggressive. “Forgetting Sarick Mortshall” takes Morty on an arc. It’s inventive, funny, and I dug it a lot. Also, the idea of two people linked together with portal holes on their skin is very interesting, and the writers get a lot of mileage out of it with visual gags and a really cool fight scene. It’s got an emotional core we can latch on to. ![]() Frustrated with Rick, Morty goes to Nick, who he believes he’ll be able to relate to better. It’s another coming-of-age story for him. This is a pretty strong episode thanks to Morty’s storyline. So that’s the setup: Rick replaces Morty with crows, and meanwhile Morty replaces Rick with Nick, with whom he feels a a kinship as a fellow discarded sidekick. ![]()
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