Nomortland

"Jerrys are basically invisible. It's our superpower. Nobody sees us." - Reisender Jerry

This episode flips that on its head in the best way possible. NoMortland gives the spotlight to all the Jerrys, and honestly, it's a hilarious breath of fresh air. While Rick often uses Jerry as a punchline or comic relief, this episode lets the Jerrys shine in their own bizarre, awkward, and genuinely funny way. Despite their reputation, the Jerrys bring a unique kind of joy, and seeing them front and center is both entertaining and surprisingly heartwarming. If you're a fan of multiverse madness, weird humor, and especially Jerry being more than just background noise, this episode delivers. A must-watch for those who appreciate the chaotic charm that only a Jerry can bring to the table.

I started watching this show for the wild adventures of Rick and Morty - not to see the entire family taking over the season. So far, we've only had one episode that felt like the classic adventures we're used to. It's fine if the family gets an episode or two each season, but 6 or 7 out of 8 episodes being focused on them? That's just not logical.

Even Rick hasn't really done anything this season, and Morty is basically missing. The show has completely lost one of its most important elements - the fun, crazy adventures that made it special in the first place.

So far, this season feels like a huge letdown. The episodes are below average, and the direction they're taking doesn't make sense. If you want to highlight the family, give them an episode or two, or let them share scenes in each episode like previous seasons - but don't make every single episode about them.

Episode eight of a patchy season of "Rick and Morty" was, for me, another one that took its premise forward without being particularly clever or funny with it.

Jerry (Chris Parnell) is introduced to the concept of "The Road" by Jerry from another dimension that he discovers eating his cereal one morning. The Road is a path between dimensions, that the various Jerry's have chosen to use to get around a multiverse leaden with wormholes created by Rick's (Ian Cardoni) work. All is smooth until they miss a connection and have to use "Grand Central" a universe controlled by boss Jerry.

One thing I've regularly bemoaned about this season of "Rick and Morty" is the abandonment of the A-Story, B-Story structure. This episode's whole plot, whilst fine, should have (with some of the beats cut obviously) been the B-Story to almost any of the other ones in this run. It would have taken the pressure of both episodes and made the characters feel less isolated from each other that I feel they often have done this season.

Again, it's not that this is bad. It's just that it's never funny or clever enough to really justify the way it's been delivered.

As a longtime fan of Rick and Morty, I found NoMortland mildly enjoyable - mostly because any episode focusing on Jerry tends to bring out a few unexpected laughs. But beyond that, the episode left me feeling disappointed, and honestly, disconnected.

What once felt like a brilliant mix of sci-fi chaos and emotional honesty now feels hollow and performative. The sharpness is gone. It's like Family guy. The heart is gone. And what's left is a show that seems to be running on autopilot, dressing up mediocrity with self-referential gags that used to mean something.

At times, it feels like the writers are sitting alone in a room, looking into a mirror, shaking their own hands and saying, "Congratulations!" " Oh, Thank you!" - giving themselves credit for being clever, while the actual content falls flat. There's no real irony left, just the performance of it.

I used to be excited when a new episode dropped. Now, I barely care. The respect I once had for the show, the characters, and the creative vision behind it is gone. I'm not even angry - just uninterested.

Here's hoping something new comes along soon, because Rick and Morty no longer earns its place among the shows that treat their audience - or themselves - with any real respect.

"Nomortland" is a solid but unspectacular entry. It succeeds as a Jerry character study, using the multiverse to explore self-worth and the fear of being expendable. However, its narrative shortcuts and missed opportunities with Boss Jerry prevent it from reaching the heights of earlier Jerry-centric episodes (e.g., "The Last Temptation of Jerry"). The emotional beats land, and the humor sporadically shines, but it lacks the layered wit or ambition to be more than a pleasantly mid-tier diversion. There's a scene in this episode that's supposed to be some great revelation, but since it was NEVER foreshadowed it falls flat. There's no continuity in season 8 whatsoever. Nothing matters, so why should we care enough to watch?