Bethic Twinstinct

This is weird for me even by standard Rick and Morty standards. I love how weirded out absolutely everyone is but Rick himself. Like he's clearly barked up that tree before...

I actually thought this was pretty great! I don't understand the haters. It seems like the sperm episode really divided the viewers didn't it? If you were growing tired of the show before then, maybe you're totally done now? Even the really good episodes following that one have had mixed reviews and I don't get it!

This was by no means a favorite of mine, but I do think it worked as a good character study for Beth, in an interesting and very believable way. I further cements who Beth and Jerry are to each other and as people.

Rick and Morty and Summer being gamers all of a sudden felt weird too, but I suppose they are all stuck together without that portal gun. The gamer stuff WAS very funny. This whole episode was hilarious, even with some jokes that didn't land.

I've enjoyed this season so far. Hopefully it stays on course from here on out.

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.

...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".

The moment I saw may-be-a-clone Beth in season 4, I knew the events of this episode will eventually take place. Beth is too much of a narcissist, and Jerry too much of a perverted doormat, for this not to happen. But that does not stop it from being hilarious. It is the hallmark of great writing where even the most absurd plotlines actually make sense for the characters and world.

It has been a while since I laughed out loudly at a Rick & Morty episode. That changed today.

The mocking of "realism" in videogames is also on point. And there were quite few callbacks to beloved episodes of the past. This season keeps going strong.

Enjoyable fun awkward R&M episode without crazy actions and killing and portal guns and Evil/Prime Morty/Rick.

I really missed this vibe from the first few seasons when everything started slowly and smoothly from the house, it had been a long time.

In recent episodes and seasons, there were lots of actions and violence like Morty going crazy killing everyone in Planetina episode, death crystal episode or his mortal fight with the portal guy in last season; or Summer doing a die-hard or killing a bunch of monsters in the first two episodes of this season; or Beths killing some creators/people. I mean, we had enough of every one of the family being badass and killing actions, at least for me.

Therefore, this episode completely fits with its dark jokes; I know, it might get creepy and tbh, it gets; but, isn't that the point?

Another thing that I enjoyed in this episode was the part about the real game that they were playing. The consol looked cool and with the "real" game, we were expecting something crazy like interdimensional cable TV or Roy game, that they will be sucked into the game or trapped in the game, but the concept of a "real" game was a meta for the real life, when every real thing is boring.