Childrick of Mort

It was starting to get noticeable and a little weird that the rest of the Smith family have been largely absent for much of season four. Except for the occasional glimpse into what's going on back at Morty's house, usually to fire off a joke or two at Jerry's expense, it feels like the grounded, sitcom half of Rick and Morty has been all but abandoned in favor of going hard on the sci-fi rigmarole. Summer gets included on adventures more than Beth or Jerry, but we haven't seen that much of her regardless. She had a pivotal role two episodes ago in "Promortyus," but she was only actually in it for the back half, a good lot of which was spent flashbacking to what had happened to Rick and Morty.

Now to get this out of the way this is the standard for your average RnM episode nowadays.... which isn't a bad thing? Sure this season hasn't been a hit every episode but none of the seasons thus far have been. Episode 4 was certainly the lowest the show's been in terms of quality and most episodes have been average for Rick and Morty standards but I feel the criticism this season has copped is overreacting. This seasons is still great.

As for the episode it had a few laughs and the family dynamic was great but the writing felt a little amateur on this. Definitely better on a rewatch! Not bad but definitely not up to the greatness of series classics.

This episode was average at best but still pretty funny in parts. As with any show you're not going to like every single episode which is something the toxic fans don't seem to understand

I am so glad that the abomination of Season 4 Episode 6 seems to be a one off. Episode 7,8 and now 9 turned out to be really great episodes, full of funny and original moments. I think 9 personally was one of the best in the season, it had that classic Rick and Morty feel where Rick unleashes his mega-genius and does something pointless but entertaining. I know it seems like "Oh they aren't sticking to the story now" but I think this type of Rick and Morty is satisfying for the majority of viewers, at least for the time being. I think (and hope) they will return to a more directional story next season, but let's be happy with what we have now because it really was nothing to complain about (apart from episode 6).

Some of the previous episodes sucked a bit, but this one was really good. Simple plot, very funny in my opinion and Rick And Morty as it used to be. To the people who gave a bad rating, at least explain why. Thanks.