The Last Temptation of Jerry

I find many of the more recent episodes to often rely too much on rapid-firing your screen with absurd visuals that, while sometimes funny, feels a bit like you're getting force-fed a vision of the creators for how rick and morty should be a witty, confusing, and innovative show.

This particular episode is a prime example of that. Narrative tropes that are certainly original, but not in a particularly interesting or even entertaining way.

I'm giving this episode a 6 because one of the reasons i watch the show is to chuckle at something absurd for a good 20 minutes after a long week, and i did chuckle a good couple times.

Still, more narratively disjointed and needlessly provocative episodes like this one are not something that the crew seems to excel at.

This season is not looking bright. I love Rick and Morty I've watched the previous seasons 7 times already but i absolutely hate this season especially this episode. This episode has lazy writing and throwing jokes like family guy hoping to land at least one but missing all, no unique classic rick and morty character designs feels like I'll just forget this episode even exists by the time I sleep Rick and Morty is not Family Guy it doesn't fit in. Other people have Friends, HIMYM, Big bang theory as thei comfort show mine was Rick and Morty and if they keep throwing episodes like this no one will even remember how Rick and Morty was one of the greatest animated AS series.

So it seems most people didnt like this episode but it seems to be one of those unhinged episodes that's weirdly funny in how absurd it is. Not like incest baby insane but not like average episode normal insane. Somewhere in between.

The first time I saw it I genuinely did laugh, and that's gotta be worth something. The absurd nature of it is pretty hilarious.

Don't get me wrong some of the humor is hamfisted and feels forced in some lines or feels overly meta, but overall I'd say it's a funny episode, absurd, insane, pointing out the pointlessness of holidays and generally fun for the whole family there's absolutely nothing adult about this episode at all. In fact I'd say it's one of the best to watch WITH your family.

So go and get your grand parents and parents and brothers and sisters and dogs but not cats and enjoy!

Apart from episode 1 wich I liked , I have not enjoyed the rest and this episode was particularly bad, this season is relying too much on nonsense bloody action scenes wich have been swapped for good content and chemistry between characters, no fun ideas or discoveries , its all so desperatly random , as if they are asking chatgpt for ideas for the show, both Rick and Morty are like shadows of their former selfs. I understand that after more than a decade it can be difficult to keep the creative flowing , but with a tv shows that is based on a universe like this , the possibillities are literally endless, with that said , it shouldn become so bizzarly random like this episode was.

This episode is a prime example of lazy writing disguised as edgy satire. Once again, the writers take the most overused shortcut in adult animation: mocking religion for cheap laughs. The portrayal of Jesus as an alien soldier sent to fight a hyper-sexualized Easter Bunny isn't clever, subversive, or new (it's just tired). At this point, the "religion is dumb" joke feels like it's being recycled for the hundredth time, and this show used to be more creative than that.

Worse, the episode relies heavily on gross-out and vulgar humor, including scenes like Jerry vomiting up a bunny, which seem to exist purely to disgust rather than entertain. It brings to mind "Rickdependence Spray" (S5 E4), one of the show's most widely criticized episodes, known for prioritizing crude spectacle over substance. This episode follows the same path, prioritizing "shock" over story.

What's most disappointing is that it contributes absolutely nothing to the ongoing development of the characters. Unlike the two previous episodes this season (which gave us meaningful glimpses into Rick's relationship with his family, especially Summer, Morty, and Beth) this one is just noise. There's no emotional core, no growth, and no stakes. Just a hollow plot full of forced irreverence that adds nothing to the show's legacy or world-building.

You can be irreverent and smart (Rick and Morty has done it before), but this? This is just filler wrapped in fake controversy. And frankly, it's beneath the show.