The Last Temptation of Jerry

This episode really felt like the prior Rick and Mortys. Finally we had a unique premise that wasn't trying to mimic what came before, with the bonus of being a Jerry episode. In usual Jerry fashion, he gets upset over nobody else wanting to celebrate Easter, and naturally what starts out innocent turns into total chaos. However we get to a stronger Jerry which was a nice change. The Alien/Prometheus parodying was also great. I finally was spending most of the episode laughing and enjoying my time. If you have been disappointed by this season thus far, then give this a watch. Let's hope the rest of the season is as great as this episode.

Who's the writer that keeps coming up with these weird, fetishistic stories? I swear that every gross and bad episode Rick and Morty had are written by the same person, as they share so many defects.

Up until last season I thought it was Justin, but now I really wonder: who does them? Another dragon episode which is so disappointing because the season was so strong until now.

At least the animation was top quality. They've really gone wild with the details and managed to create an interesting world.

Besides the awful story, the jokes are childish as well. It's like they have to give to a specific person an episode where they can mess around. After the show finishes in whatever many years, I will be very curious to hear what were the dynamics inside the team. To be honest, I would be fine with fewer episodes per season if they kept them at the quality that 8x1-8x3 had.

Should we give up hope already? The Fear Hole episode sparked some optimism for a return to the show's peak form, but the four episodes since then feel more like a mediocre kids' cartoon than the edgy animated adult show we loved so much.

Now, we've got an Easter-themed episode that's just another action-packed romp with no real sense of stakes, missing the witty humor or insightful social commentary that used to define the series. The scripts for these new adventures lack soul and passion, almost like they were written by AI.

Character development is stagnant, and there's no primary plotline to get excited about anymore. We already know Rick's full backstory, his dead wife vendetta has been fulfilled and the Evil Morty arc might be considered wrapped up as well. At this point, it's hard to believe Rick and Morty has a bright future ahead - it feels more like we're heading toward the end of this journey.

I find many of the more recent episodes to often rely too much on rapid-firing your screen with absurd visuals that, while sometimes funny, feels a bit like you're getting force-fed a vision of the creators for how rick and morty should be a witty, confusing, and innovative show.

This particular episode is a prime example of that. Narrative tropes that are certainly original, but not in a particularly interesting or even entertaining way.

I'm giving this episode a 6 because one of the reasons i watch the show is to chuckle at something absurd for a good 20 minutes after a long week, and i did chuckle a good couple times.

Still, more narratively disjointed and needlessly provocative episodes like this one are not something that the crew seems to excel at.

The writers did a bad rehash of older episodes, and depended too much on character stereotypes to carry the episode. It was all snarky interactions between the family with no story.

The A plot: Jerry is an idiot, his family doesn't respect him, Rick & Morty must bail him out.

The B plot: Summer is a party girl. Send her to Spring break (that was the big laugh)

They then added a trope about Easter is a fake holiday that was started by two warring alien groups. You will groan when you see them.

I like irreverent humor, but this was bad. 'Story Train' was amusing because they demonstrated how introducing bible stories drains the life out of a show.

------------------------------------------- The poor quality of this episode is surprising since the R&M comics have so much new material to offer the writers. This looks like the writers are running out of ideas.