Rick: A Mort Well Lived

After watching this, I came here to give it an easy 10, expecting it to be another 9.0+ episode, or at least like 8.8, but I was so surprised to see it at an 8.1. The idea and concept of the 5 billion Morty's was so funny and interesting, and literally spanning a whole lifetime of Rick as Roy trying to save Morty and escape was so fun to watch. And while Summer's die hard was not as complex, it was still really entertaining and funny. Are you all seriously gonna tell me that this episode was worse than Vindicators? Because, by far it is better and I'd compare this in quality to the opener of this season, or season 5's opener, and its' a great standalone episode. I hope we got a lot of canon this season, but we need classic rick and morty episodes like this too.

A really cool sci-fi concept with good action and comedy! I loved the simulation concept and how it furthered the relationship between Rick and Morty. I don't know how they keep coming up with these concepts! I also loved the B plot with Summer and the Die Hard stuff was hilarious. The only thing holding this episode back is some of the jokes, some of them felt forced but that's okay because the jokes that were funny were REALLY funny and reminded me of old seasons of Rick and Morty. The pacing was good, the animation was great, and the dialogue between Rick and Morty was emotional and gave us a lot more insight on how Morty feels about Rick and the other way around. Overall this is just another good episode from the Rick and Morty team and I'm super excited to see where they take it from here. Good job to the team and I'm looking forward to where they take the season in the future!

My biggest gripe with the show over the past few seasons is that they almost always try to fit two storylines in a single episode and often have them tie in together at the end. That is very hard to do well in a 23 minute runtime. Both of the stories in this episode had potential (ESPECIALLY the 5 billion Mortys concept) but it felt rushed and barely developed since they kept cutting back to Summer.

Also, I don't know to put this into words very well but the spacing/timing of jokes and punchlines feels...off? Characters respond too quickly without letting a setup develop is the best way I could describe it.

Overall, this show is still entertaining but a fraction of what it was in seasons 1 and 2.

Or should I say, the Die Hard 5 we deserved?

I'm not sure I understand any of the negative reviews for this one. I get that Season 5 wasn't perfect and maybe Season 4 wasn't either, but I don't think the quality in writing or character work has dropped substantially from the first few seasons if at all. I enjoyed this as much as any other Rick and Morty episode!

This was actually a pretty fascinating episode though. I thought Morty being trapped in a simulator was really interesting and executed really well. This felt like a S1 or S2 plot to me.

Summer doing a Die Hard was also really funny if you've seen that movie. All of the references to that first film and other action movies was insane. I'm sure I missed some myself. I immensely enjoyed Peter Dinklage.

All in all, another solid episode of one of the best animated programs airing today. It's deep enough and absolutely hilarious.

Rick A Mort Well Lived is nothing that special in comparison to the episodes that came before it. I found it pretty boring throughout its run, especially the entire Die Hard subplot. It was sort of funny at first, but the joke gets old quick when you realize that's the entire subplot. The main plot with Roy was interesting at first, but didn't maintain its neat concept for long. I feel that there was a lot of story potential for a return to Roy, but it didn't work super well here. This episode was a large step down from last week's premiere and hopefully the next episode is better in terms of its premise and execution.