Where things get stale...
Rick & Morty has always had a penchant for deconstructing classic sitcom tropes and movie cliches, as is a staple of Dan Harmon's work. However, everything about this particular "deconstruction"/parody of the heist genre just feels completely tired and seldom funny.
The Simpsons did it 10 years ago with "The Book Job", an episode that wasn't perfect but at least was fairly funny and interesting. The numerous twists and attempts at subverting tropes here are just so confusing and convoluted and just bad. And that's not even to mention the fact that pig Elon Musk appears. Mr. Poopy B-hole deserved a better episode to return to.
Though generally I still feel the show is more hit than miss, this is one of the first examples of the show punching below its weight and was a warning of mediocre episodes to come, such as the Voltron episode and the Thanksgiving episodes in season 5.
The Simpsons did it 10 years ago with "The Book Job", an episode that wasn't perfect but at least was fairly funny and interesting. The numerous twists and attempts at subverting tropes here are just so confusing and convoluted and just bad. And that's not even to mention the fact that pig Elon Musk appears. Mr. Poopy B-hole deserved a better episode to return to.
Though generally I still feel the show is more hit than miss, this is one of the first examples of the show punching below its weight and was a warning of mediocre episodes to come, such as the Voltron episode and the Thanksgiving episodes in season 5.
- michaelopez-60624
- Sep 3, 2022