The Last Temptation of Jerry

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.

The writers did a bad rehash of older episodes, and depended too much on character stereotypes to carry the episode. It was all snarky interactions between the family with no story.

The A plot: Jerry is an idiot, his family doesn't respect him, Rick & Morty must bail him out.

The B plot: Summer is a party girl. Send her to Spring break (that was the big laugh)

They then added a trope about Easter is a fake holiday that was started by two warring alien groups. You will groan when you see them.

I like irreverent humor, but this was bad. 'Story Train' was amusing because they demonstrated how introducing bible stories drains the life out of a show.

------------------------------------------- The poor quality of this episode is surprising since the R&M comics have so much new material to offer the writers. This looks like the writers are running out of ideas.

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!

This episode really felt like the prior Rick and Mortys. Finally we had a unique premise that wasn't trying to mimic what came before, with the bonus of being a Jerry episode. In usual Jerry fashion, he gets upset over nobody else wanting to celebrate Easter, and naturally what starts out innocent turns into total chaos. However we get to a stronger Jerry which was a nice change. The Alien/Prometheus parodying was also great. I finally was spending most of the episode laughing and enjoying my time. If you have been disappointed by this season thus far, then give this a watch. Let's hope the rest of the season is as great as this episode.

Who's the writer that keeps coming up with these weird, fetishistic stories? I swear that every gross and bad episode Rick and Morty had are written by the same person, as they share so many defects.

Up until last season I thought it was Justin, but now I really wonder: who does them? Another dragon episode which is so disappointing because the season was so strong until now.

At least the animation was top quality. They've really gone wild with the details and managed to create an interesting world.

Besides the awful story, the jokes are childish as well. It's like they have to give to a specific person an episode where they can mess around. After the show finishes in whatever many years, I will be very curious to hear what were the dynamics inside the team. To be honest, I would be fine with fewer episodes per season if they kept them at the quality that 8x1-8x3 had.