Rickdependence Spray

Just didn't live up to the expectations. It felt like I was watching a mediocre show. A thought I never had before with R&M.

The reason why it was so bad for me is because it seems like something a couple of 13 year old R&M fans would write. Horse sex and monster sperm and incest and what not. It's not particularly creative, it's just trying hard to be obscene. It's like the writers forgot we watch R&M because it's clever, not just because it's gross.

Oh well, I suppose it's a feat to go over four seasons before making a bad episodes.

The Smith family has no purpose and no direction this season. Clearly, Dan doesn't either. Why not pick up on some of those abandoned plot threads from previous seasons?

Anyway, Episode 3. Morty is officially Flanderized. RIck, who should be the most interesting man in existence has become one-dimensional. The Smith family in general has become immune to real-world concerns.

There was a time when this family felt real - they had awkward dynamics with one another, they struggled, they felt emotional pain and they grew. Now they all feel like Rick's sidekicks. Beth and Jerry, once normal, caring parents, have resigned themselves to constantly putting themselves and their children in harm's way.

This season is a trainwreck so far, and this episode drags it down even further.

I love this show, but this episode is complete garbage. What did the writers do? Let a bunch of middle schoolers write it so that they could get a few extra days of vacation? I have to believe that the voice actors were rolling their eyes at having to say some of these lines. Such a let down, especially with episode 3 being up there with probably one of the 10 best of the series.

I love Rick & Morty dearly, but this one is a rare miss for Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The writing and dialog just felt phoned-in, lacking most of the characteristic, clever wit the show is famous for. It almost felt like a different writer penned this one. The crafstmanshup just wasn't quite there.