Morty Daddy

TL;DR: Really enjoyed the A plot, thought B plot was boring, otherwise fun and wholesome episode.

It felt like it was trying to cram so much, and it didn't really leave me with any lasting impact. I felt like they were trying to do so much that the editors had to do very uncanny hard cuts just to fit the time. I feel this episode would be better with a longer runtime. Really it felt like it had so much yet so little, which isn't a compliment.

The characters actually had interesting growth... up until the end. I felt they were so close to giving us a satisfying ending with Jr and Morty and they just didn't. Other than the subpar ending I actually really really enjoyed the Morty storyline. It felt nice seeing Jr again and his interactions with Morty felt like they were really related. To be fair they really only had one bonding scene but it was nice when it happened. I also like Jrs character here. Sure, he's kind of a jerk but I don't mind as it was pretty funny. It also seems like he changed for the better at the end, so that was nice. And apparently he has a bunch of kids... Morty has grandchildren! The last thing I have to say about this was seeing the robot again was unexpected but honestly it had some pretty wholesome scenes with Jr... looking past the very odd circumstances.

I really have nothing to say about the Rick and Summer subplot. I don't know if it was just me but I didn't understand a thing that was happening there. It also didn't have a good action scene and was overall boring.

I'll edit this review in the future, but overall this was a nice episode with some great character moments. Would definitely have a higher ranking if the B plot was better.

8/10.

The voice acting of Rick and Morty is becoming nearly unbearable. Rick isn't too bad but I really struggle to watch any episodes that are Morty heavy.

There have been a couple of episodes that have been enjoyable this series but I cant see how much further the show can go. And this sentence is just to meet the required number of. Characters.

Rick and Morty has consistently gotten worse over the last few seasons. The plot of this episode is so moronic I felt like I would have to bang my head against a wall to lower my IQ enough to enjoy it. Harry Belden is also an absolutely terrible voice for Morty - he overly embraces the stutter and makes Morty sound like an idiot. It's like Morty is trying to do a Morty voice. The writing feels uninspired, like it's just trying to meet episode quotas instead of telling interesting stories. Every episode lacks the nuances that made the original seasons great. The core theme of the show feels broken now; whatever heart, creativity, or meaning it once had has been replaced with shallow gimmicks.

This Rick and Morty episode was a real miss, landing firmly on the "therapy to cure insomnia" side. The A-plot with Rick and Summer at the precognitive restaurant was just dull. Rick likes it summer hates it, Summer's mad ricks's not paying attention, and we have two generically boring chase scene .

The B-plot with Morty and his adult son was even worse. It felt like nothing important was happening, leading nowhere. No character, including Morty, was likable or used in an interesting way. The plot felt automatic, and honestly, not a single joke was funny.

It just felt like white noise; things happened just because. But that's how Rick and Morty is a roulette wheel. Sometimes you get gold, and sometimes you get this big pile of nothing, is not that the episode is bad is just that is nothing.

The reviews are saying they don't get this episode. It's clearly a parody of Minority Report, taking aspects of that sci fi movie and playing with it. It doesn't have to be deeper than that for entertainment, and it delivered some good laughs and extrapolated some interesting ideas out of the premise of precognition.

The other story line about Morty's son again just played with that set up from a previous episode, and a garbage disposal theme and ran with it for a few minutes.

There were elements of heart in it, and some good banter. I'm not sure what people are expecting but so long as it delivers entertainment, humour, insight and thought provocation it's already streets ahead of most tv content.