The Jerrick Trap

Definitely better than the first episode, but hey, which episode isnt?

But if I want to consider the first 3-4 seasons as standard, still not a good episode. The main problem is that in the recent seasons, they were not able to develop new ideas and new characters. The thing that R&M was great at. So, they just go and grab characters and ideas from previous seasons. For example, they developed so many cool characters in the first season that you cannot even count. But, in the previous season and these two episodes, almost no new character is introduced that stands out. This episode also just reminds me of previous episode ideas: The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy, the Vat of Acid episode and Final DeSmithation. Enough with Jerry and Rick friendship and episodes if you do not have new ideas. I do not know about others, but this show is not as fun for me to watch as it used to be; I do not feel that enthusiasm while watching it.

This episode is so exciting... one of my favorites in the series for sure! At first it seems like a basic comedy and science fiction episode, similar to an existing Futurama episode, but little by little it escalates and becomes more and more hilarious, creative and sentimental. The script is very well written, with references and parodies /satires of mafia films from the 80s and 90s with science fiction and very acid comedy in between, all of this together with a lot of heart and originality.

I also really liked the design of the new characters here, and the extremely violent and grotesque scenes.

An interesting episode, not so focused on humor, but rather on a new vision for Jerry, I thought it was cool (the post-credits scene was cool too).

I was happy that the other characters in the family were present in this ep, unlike the premiere, this makes a lot of difference from Summer's little jokes to Beth and Morty's important reflections, I hope it continues like this.

Thinking about the rest of the season, I don't think this ep will have much impact, but I thought it worked well compared to the other eps that had Jerry's relationship with Rick as the main focus. I hope Jerry now has more cool background stories with Beth, and Space Beth returns too.

Last week I wrote a short and pretty scathing review of the first episode of series 7...and for good reason, poor plot, no morty...and the voices. Rick was too high, Mr PB was like a bad parody and it felt like an AI generated version of the show.

This week however, miles different, not only an engaging plot but we got to see some beautiful shots with some really funny characters...and the voices...WERE GOOD! I though Rick was close to being spot on. I wonder if Ian Cardoni filmed this episode towards the end of the series 7 production because it really does feel like he's grown into rick here.

Have to say I'm surprised, maybe Rick and Morty isn't dead. Maybe it's just beginning...Either way I'll be here next week to tune in!

I'm shocked that after so much vitriol and calamity levied at this show after Justin Roiland's ousting that they wouldn't have started this season with it's best foot forward, and last week's mid-to-poor outing had me VERY worried. If that was the best they could do now, I guess Rick and Morty's over, right?

WRONG, thankfully - this episode was a fantastic true to form sci fi tour de force that, aping Star Trek Voyager's abomination "Tuvix", maintains a level of hilarity and jokes per minute that rival excellent episodes from seasons of old. The two new voice actors bring their a-game to this (especially Rick, who's uniformly spot on) - if you transported this back four years and shoved it into season 4 there's no way I would have noticed the change.

Let's hope the rest of the season is more like "The Jerrick Trap", and light on poopy buttholes.