The Curicksous Case of Bethjamin Button

Rick and Morty is not about bloody plots. It's about bringing audiences the stories of these two characters. For example, how they interact with each other, how they face different challenges together. To me, it's not just a simple animation. It's educational at the same time.

It really doesn't matter if the episode's really funny. The directors of this animation are trying to tell people that aspirations not only come from the reality but also from something seems not close to our daily lives. It's a cliché to say Rick and Morty broaden our horizons and develop our creativity. In a brief, I would summarize this animation as fantasy of family challenges.

Was simply amazing. Everything that i like about Rick and Morty is here. It took 5 bad episodes (some basically unwatchable) to get it but it's finally here. It appears that just like season 7 which had mediocre episodes and occasional masterpieces like the Prime Rick finale and the Hole episodes, which are pure gold, season 8 will also be inferior but as long as they keep bringing episodes like this one i'm in. So Rick and Morty is not dead. Voices are inferior, show is inferior but great episodes are still happening.

Hopefully the rest of the season maintains the wuality this episode brought to the table again.

Rick and Morty has lost its spark without Justin Roiland. His iconic voice acting for Rick and Morty was pitch-perfect, infusing every line with chaotic energy and wit that defined the show's charm. Beyond vocals, Roiland's creative input shaped the wild, inventive plots that hooked fans. The new voices feel flat, lacking the manic brilliance he brought. Storylines now feel formulaic, missing his unpredictable genius. The show's soul is gone, replaced by a hollow imitation. Fans deserve better than this sanitized version. Bring back Roiland's magic! Bring him back and fix this train wreck of a show.

I said in my review of the last episode of "Rick and Morty" that season eight had, in my opinion, served two poor episodes, two good ones and one that was 50/50, so this episode would be the one to break tie and I'm happy to say that I thought this was a real return to form.

Both feeling a sense of dissatisfaction with their lives, Beth and Space Beth (Sarah Chalke) use an anti-aging booth to revert to their ten-year-old selves, having forgotten that, at that age, they were psychotic tearaways. Meanwhile, Rick (Ian Cardoni), Morty (Harry Belden), Summer (Spencer Grammer) and Jerry (Chris Parnell) head to "Earth World" a notoriously low rent and dangerous Earth themed theme park that Rick has visited before. He's disgusted to learn that the park has had a corporate makeover since his last visit and the creator Dr. Dogballs (Danny DeVito) has been removed.

In every episode of this season, I've be-moaned the departure from the classic "A" and "B" storyline model that was utilised so well in earlier seasons, well finally it's back! And used to good effect in this one where Rick is the only real crossover between the two adventures. Admittedly the Earth World storyline, of a theme park gone awry is one that the show has done before, more than once, but there was some decent comedy in this one with random 'mascots' becoming crazed killers.

It's not a first few season classic, by any means, but it's another tick in season eights "good" column.

Before we begin, this episode was exactly what I expected.

As Rick himself said during the episode, most viewers-including me-aren't particularly invested in Beth-centric stories. Beth simply isn't a character who can be written meaningfully outside the overused theme of "My father never showed us love." No matter how they try, her character seems permanently limited, and it feels nearly impossible for a Beth-focused episode to ever earn an 8.0+ rating at this point.

That said, the episode wasn't all that bad.

However, the second plotline was unnecessary. I think it would have been more entertaining if Rick, Summer, Morty, and Jerry had stayed home watching TV while events unfolded among the Beths. Still, I really liked the final scene between Rick and Beth.

As many people have pointed out (and I agree), this season seems designed to remind us of Rick's humanity, that he still has a soul beneath all that cynicism. Unfortunately, they haven't managed to pull it off very well so far.

And then... the references. 9/11? Really?

There was absolutely no need for such cheap shots in Rick and Morty. It felt ridiculous-cheap even. What reaction did they expect from the audience? Shock? Laughter? I didn't feel any of that.

These kinds of 9/11 references are everywhere these days, and not only are they no longer edgy-they were never that clever to begin with.

Looking ahead at this season-and future ones-I think this will be the average quality going forward.

Seasons 9, 10, 11, and even 12 might decline further. Of course, we can't expect every episode to be canon, but the creativity in filler episodes has dropped significantly.

The last high-quality filler episode I remember enjoying was probably "That's Amorte." So here's the truth: our expectations for R&M should be adjusted. There will still be a few brilliant episodes from time to time, sure-but filler episodes simply aren't what they used to be.

All we can do now is try to enjoy what we get-or at least give it a fair shot.