Air Force Wong

This episode was just okay for me. I think the best part was probably Rick, who is as awesome as ever. The first two thirds of this episode are quite good, but it kind of goes off rails in the last third. It was nice to see Unity back. Hey, an old character I remember! It just seemed kind of out of character for the President to infect everyone just to get with Rick's therapist.

You really don't need to see all this throwing up in each other's mouths. Admittedly, the show as done worse things, but this came off as too crude. I kind of missed Morty. Wait, why doesn't Rick just tell Unity that he came from another dimension? Did Unity travel between Universes? Well, she is a God-like being so maybe she can do that. **1/2.

This felt much more like it! The humour landed, Rick's voice sounded far more convincing (although strangely Morty's seemed to have slipped a tad), and I enjoyed the return of several recurring characters.

This felt like I was watching classic Rick and Morty again, something I definitely couldn't say about the last episode for example. Even Mr. Stabby felt like a classic Roiland Rick and Morty character.

I'm really confused as to why this episode has a lower rating than last week's one! This is definitely an improvement on the previous two episodes, and I hope this is a trend that continues!

Low stakes story with not much in relation to the overall story progression. This is outlined very early and allows for a laid back viewing.

Some of the scenes made me belly laugh hard.

The president is an excellent character, but feels overused At this point. Give him a break for a season or two.

Contrary to this, the episode is actually a good demonstration of repeat characters making a good episode, at least for the purpose of a short-story.

The positive talk about mental health maintenance is a nice overtone in the episode.

Not what I would call a "Classic" or "Top Tier" episode, but a very easy and enjoyable watch.

This episode suffers on several levels. First, there's a recycling of ideas that doesn't really work. The audience is supposed to already know about the conceit of the recurring character, and furthermore we aren't really reminded of any of Rick's emotional connection to her until the end of the episode. The writing is relatively predictable, and there's a noticeable drop-off in attempts to add jokes-real jokes-to the script.

This is also unfortunately the first episode in which Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden's performances are not comedically up to par, and neither are the returning guest stars. Cardoni also really misses a chance to show off Rick's pathos. And sadly Belden's Morty still falls very flat in every scene, and is written in so little that this season 7 is basically "The Adventures of Rick." Sarandon seems outright bored. Hendricks carries the scenes that she's in, but she's written into too few of them to make much of a difference. This is on top of failures in sound editing (stepping on each other's lines).

Overall, the animation is top-notch, but I think the show's end is pretty much here.

This is continuing a better calibre of episode from episode one but it really does feel like the show has had a huge shake up.

It's almost as if they had a rule to not milk and reuse characters from previous episodes too much, prior to this season. They would drip feed cameos and jokes but they always made sure they didn't overdo things too much. This season looks to be doing the opposite in favour of fresh new ideas.

The relationship with the president has really run its course now and constantly harking back to therapy jokes feels beneath this show, then they bring back a character from numerous seasons past, that feels like a complete rehash with little new being said or impact to the overarching story.

I like that they're going full steam ahead but maybe try to keep some of what made the shows structure unique instead of trying to turn into The Simpsons.