Juricksic Mort

Not a typo. Just a Freudian slip I think Mr Goldenfold has missed his opportunity of saying, you know, him being fond of *wink wink*.

Rick & Morty has become my fav show over the seasons for this one reason alone: each episode it would challenge you with new ideas/concepts that, whether or not you agree with its conclusion, take you on a journey of self-realization through the "what if's".

This episode has great potentials. The idea of a world no longer bound by the sole purpose of survival..Would we find each of our real purpose or succumb to inertia and live our meaningless existence? Would we still thrive for higher plains of achievement, or would the elimination of all sorts of competition rob us of our creativity and inspiration? "Wall-E" and "Love, death & robots's Pop Squad" have addressed similar proposition. I was psyched half way watching this episode of R&M for some refreshing stances of their own. Sadly the ideas was never fully fleshed out, more glided over with a montage.

The side materials such as Jerry's book and the Oscar hosting could be real interesting too, but seem rushed to their conclusion as a mere bit.

However if you are looking for a classic R&M episode full of its brand humor and clever jabs, you would be more than content.

I laughed probably 4 times in the first minute. After that I lost count. This episode is a glaring example of why this show is a perfect caricature on contemporary society. It's a shame there aren't more shows out there that are as consistently reliant for being hilarious as this show. This episode absolutely knocked it out of the park. From poking fun at those who misuse the word "projecting," to giving their theory behind those who virtue signal, even angrily throwing a rock at a vehicle but then run away after you see the reverse lights come on; I laughed throughout the whole episode. Not many pieces of entertainment can do that. I'm definitely going to remember this episode is one of my favorites!

I like the fact that this is less dependent on gross humor than most episodes these days and that this one attempted a real storyline beyond just the fun concept. I laughed out loud a couple times, but the fact that 80% of the jokes here are self referential or pop cultures references is a little nauseating, and feels like the writers have gotten really lazy. Most of the jokes here certainly pale in comparison to the first 3 seasons, and in general Season 6 might be worse than S5 for me so far. There are no awful lows like last season but also no true highlights beyond E1. I still like what they tried to do with this episode overall, and the last scene in the garage with Rick and Morty bumps this up a star for me.

Like most of the rest of the season, it's kind of a funny concept but not funny. I used to get in at least a laugh or a chuckle in each and every episode. Now it's sort of just a thing I watch because it used to be funny. No actual laughs in this one, just a bunch of things happening.

Every character was in the episode - even the president! - but none were really doing anything substantial. Each one had like half a plot line.

I miss the days of funny Rick & Morty but I think maybe the show has jumped the shark. Still worth watching but honestly once evil Morty did his thing that was the end of caring about the canon, and the random episodes don't have the same punch.

Whilst perhaps not quite a strong as last weeks effort, "Juricksic Mort" maintains the level of consistency that season six has provided.

Dinosaurs return to the earth. They were not, in fact, entirely destroyed by the meteor strike, but developed interstellar travel and have been seeding life around the universe. They decide to take back over the planet and allow the humans to just chill out. The President (Keith David) tries to get Rick (Justin Roiland) to overthrow these benevolent oppressors but he's not interested, until he's offered the one thing he wants.

Again, we're not really interested in the A story B story format here. The nearest thing to a B story is Jerry's book about how to live without much agency, becoming the Dinosaurs guide to life, and him not receiving the credit for it. The rest of the family barely have lines in this one.

Imprisoned but happy vs. Free and miserable is perhaps the most common story that writers and grappling with in the 21st century and, despite it being a somewhat sillier version, that's the central debate here. Along with the idea of whether anything is a truly selfless act, if the outcome is to make yourselves feel better. Despite the odd nod to "Arrival" and "Westworld" I also liked that this one wasn't a movie parody.

But it wasn't as funny as shows have been for the last couple of weeks and it didn't quite have the level of storytelling invention that those episodes have. Not a dud or a miss, like the odd episode in previous seasons have been, but not the peak of this run.