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Just when you think Rick and Morty has lost its spark, it comes back with something like this. A season that felt like it was drifting suddenly drops an emotional bomb that reminds you why this show ever mattered in the first place.

No jokes to quote. No crazy twists to obsess over. Just a moment of raw, human vulnerability buried under layers of sci-fi madness - and it works. Against all odds, it works.

This episode hit me right in the gut. It's that rare kind of storytelling that doesn't need to shout to be powerful. It just sits with you. Quiet. Honest. Beautiful. And yeah, it hurts - in the best way.

This is Rick and Morty at its finest: absurd, clever, but above all, human.

Joker is not a fiction based on a rejected and ordinary criminal mind, but a constant reflection of human fragility, the lack of tact and connection with others, the endless search for self-pity and the daily struggle for happiness.

The power of the film lies in the strength of its message, as crude as it is depressing, which makes us reflect and face our own reality as people.

Arthur Fleck is the extreme but realistic personification of each person's internal conflict, giving us a moment of reflection with each phrase he expresses, making his mental exhaustion and the deterioration of his reality noticeable as the minutes pass.

Joaquin Phoenix makes us embody each emotion so vividly that it is not necessary to have lived the life of his character to immediately connect with his story.

The Joker is not a failure resulting from a contemporary society, but the result of society's failure to empathize with those most in need.

I've never read the books, but I don't think you need to have prior knowledge of the story to know that this is a terrible adaptation.

The script is poor, rushed, with huge plot holes and an inhuman amount of cliché.

The protagonist Pippa is described in the books as an extremely intelligent and good girl. However, her adaptation does not represent any of these qualities.

She is careless, impulsive and constantly puts herself in illogical and false super dangerous situations unnecessarily.

According to what I read, in the books Pip stands out for having solved the whole case through her investigation together with Ravi, when in the adaptation this never really happens, since almost all the information is obtained through random stories from Mcgoffin characters.

The cast, eh, I don't have much to highlight. Most of them don't even speak and seem like they just came out of acting school.

The plot development is slow and very boring. The ending is incredibly predictable and convenient, and from what I understand it is not faithful to the books.

Starring actress is what saves the show, Emma Myers did a good job overall. It's a short series, if you don't mind spending 6 hours it's okay.