Bethic Twinstinct

Season six has been solid if perhaps unspectacular so far for me, and this third episode was probably the best of the run so far, but still away beneath the quality the show has hit in it's prime.

It's Thanksgiving and Space Beth (Sarah Chalke) is visiting. She and Beth (Sarah Chalke) begin an inevitable, narcissistic love affair which Summer (Spencer Grammer) and Morty (Justin Roiland) quickly become aware of. They try to mentally distract themselves by playing Morty's new games console, which offers unprecedented levels of realism.

A rare episode based almost entirely at the house, the structure of the show is slightly odd too with the traditional "A" and "B" format swapped for essentially one story, with the games console business feeding back into it. So, it's not really feeding the wider mythology, or taking us on an extraordinary adventure, or (thankfully) another movie parody - it's a character story, dealing perhaps with why this Beth chooses to stay with the family. It's funnier than the previous couple too, most of which comes from the games console storyline and what the oft repeated boast when a new console comes out "heightening the realism" could actually mean.

Again, good rather than truly great.

It's just awkward and weird the whole time I don't how to explain it I just didn't really like it that much buts it was an ok episode overall but the whole awkwardness feeling during the parts with Beth and space Beth were just weird and it didn't really as much of anything to the main plot I know this was just a fun episode probably but I hate all the incest in Rick and morty it's not funny it's just disgusting, weird and just frankly straight up annoying I've been rewatching Rick and morty and I'm at this episode probably my least favorite so far I will see maybe some of season 7 will be worse.

Most of viewers look for gun shooting laser blasting star wars whatever in rick and morty. All the infinite ricks, some are cooler than rick but no one is cooler than rick because he is the rickest rick just by being himself. This episode is the rickest rick, this is what's all about. Few other episodes/shows can say so much with so little. Seasons 4 and 5 felt like they were forced, had no essence and there was little hope for season 6. The first two episodes in season 6 were more than expected, but this 3rd one encapsulated the show's quintessence like very few others. Great job from the creators.

Update: Rewatching this after restarting the entire series still has the same effect. Made me laugh as hell and I stand by the first review. It is one of the best episodes for me and I'm glad I saw it the same the second time.

...Where is the main story stuff? We've had this formula of 8 episodes of random plots storylines and maybe 1 or if we're lucky the 2 final episodes dedicated to the overarching story of the whole show, but isn't it time that after 6 bloody seasons, we finally get a season with more episodes about the actual story I'm sure most of the people still watching care about? Not even a post-credit scene for it?

This week's post-credit scene was really funny and I ain't mad at it at all. But at least mention the main storyline once in a while, because there are only 7 episodes left and I'm afraid we're not gonna get Rick Prime stuff until like maybe episode 8 or 7.

Not to mention the plot of this episode wasn't that big enough to warrant an entire episode dedicated to it and it could've been plot A of this episode and they could've added another storyline for plot B. As funny as this episode was, it really needed another plot line.

I guess most episodes of the show have only one plot, but their plot actually does need the whole episode dedicated to it or even sometimes more episodes. But this episode's was so simple that the first 10 minutes was enough for it and they could've done something else next to it. Thought I still think the final thanksgiving table scene was the funniest scene of the season so far.

Again, I have no problem with episodes having their own contained plot lines that won't come back later, but it's been 6 seasons, maybe it's time we see the actual main story once in a while every couple of episodes?

I feel like writers shoot themselves in the foot by introducing a main overarching plot and they can't really go back to only making "Adventures of Rick and Morty", so now they're reluctant to give us an actual storyline that covers the whole season instead of having an anthology season, as we saw them with season 5 saying "haha you dumb for wanting the main story, have these mediocre episodes with plots no one cares about".

I won't say much because I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll simply say this:

Those calling this a new "incest" episode, or calling Beth a weak character... you're missing the point. This is Rick and Morty, it's supposed to make you feel awkward. (Drunken grandpa kidnaps grandson to blow up the world with a neutrino bomb and then collapses, first episode, hello?) And Beth is at the core of Rick's dynamics, if you don't get that by now, you haven't understood the show's family relationships approach yet.

This is sci-fi's moral dilemmas at it's best: like Splice (2009, which I loved) or Predestination (2015, which I guess it's OK) the possible repercussions of these types of interactions are quite complicated, even "sick and twisted".

The writing here is superb, and like other users said, I literally laughed out loud with this episode: it's like I watched this episode half of the time with my mouth covered with my hand in dismay, and the other half just bursting in laughter.

For me, one of the best episodes. So much character development, so much depth here and yet so hilariously (and awkwardly) fun.