Something Ricked This Way Comes

Ep 9 "Something Ricked This Way Comes" is a good, but not great, episode that shows Rick and Morty can still deliver a fun time, even if it's not a top-tier classic. 6.5/10 is enjoyable for me, but nothing compared to the high standards we are used to.

The main plot, a darkly comedic battle between a cynical Rick and a melodramatic Devil, is highly entertaining. Alfred Molina is a fantastic guest star and his chemistry with Rick is perfect. However, the A-plot feels a bit simplistic compared to the show's more ambitious episodes.

The B-plot with Jerry on Pluto is a quintessential Jerry misadventure (perfectly pathetic and humorous) but it doesn't break any new ground. While it's certainly an enjoyable half-hour with great jokes and a fun concept, the episode feels a bit like a standard issue that doesn't push the envelope.

It's a good episode, but in a series filled with masterpieces, it falls a bit short.

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I really can't believe it! So far, every episode has bested the one before and when you think it can't get better... This episode, like all the others, is just a nonsense-fest and everything just works out sooo beautifully. It doesn't hurt at all that this episode does not really display Rick and Morty working together as a team, but shows the two alternative duos, Rick and Summer, and Morty and Jerry, both story lines being absolutely weird and bizarre, just as you know them. Once again, the ending is really just perfect and every step on the way is pure fun. Jerry and Morty are really just two dummies together, witch is extra fun!

This is one of my favourite episode of "Rick and Morty" a wonderfully imaginative switch on a familiar idea and one of the funniest of the run so far.

Summer (Spencer Grammer) takes a job working at a mysterious new shop in town, run by Mr. Needful (Alfred Molina). The store offers items that grant mysterious powers but comes with a terrible cost. Annoyed by the hackneyed premise, Rick (Justin Roiland) vows to destroy him. Meanwhile, Jerry's (Chris Parnell) insistence that Pluto is still a planet brings him to the attention of Pluto's King, who begins to use him for his own political ends.

Love the Premise of the main story in this episode. Rick destroying the evil, for no real reason other than boredom is fantastic and executed really well, right up to the point he burns his own store down the moment he's won. Alfred Molina is an excellent guest voice too. The idea that most stores are inherently evil in some way or another works really well too. The late coda, or Rick and Summer buffing up and beating him up isn't quite as successful, particularly as it's not followed through on in later episodes.

Jerry and Morty's story is good too, with the shows other guest star Rich Fulcher as King Flippy Nips providing another vocal highlight.

Brilliant episode.