Rick and Morty spent its first few seasons building up the image of Rick as an anti-hero, a man you sort of admire even if you know he's despicable, but not anymore. Besides having the incredible ability to control the police via a pelvic thrust that really drives you insane, he reveals that the reason we haven't seen him fight Rick is not that he's afraid, but because he has lost all respect for the man who used to be his nemesis, and also his friend. RELATED: Is 'Rick and Morty' a Sitcom? The Comedy Is Adding Consequences in Place of Continuity Meanwhile, Beth ( Sarah Chalke) has gone from desperately seeking her father's attention and neglecting everything else, to barely acknowledging her father's presence and instead wonder whether her sex-positive marriage with Jerry ( Chris Parnell) is ready for the next step: a government-approved threesome with Nimbus, complete with a gift basket. Morty does get the wine for Rick, albeit reluctantly, but he does so in order to get some for himself and Jessica. Where Season 4 built up the idea that Rick was no longer the alpha male he thought he was and was finally having to sometimes listen to his family's demands, this season doubles down by having everyone ignore Rick and everything he says.
Even if the broader structure of Mort Dinner Rick Andre is familiar - Morty screwing something up while Rick is looking at the bigger picture before finally being dragged into Morty's problems - the details are increasingly different from previous seasons. Meanwhile, Rick is desperately trying to impress Nimbus while failing to get anyone in the family to listen to him. "Sometimes you've gotta be an asshole, my grandfather taught me that." It works because of the juxtaposition between the laser-focused dedication this alien civilization has for killing a teenage boy, and Morty's complete disregard for them, until he gets annoyed enough that Morty pulls a Rick and starts slaughtering generations of people. Throughout the episode, Morty has to go back and pick up more wine, each time encountering an increasingly bigger, angrier, and more advanced civilization completely devoted to killing him mercilessly. This, in turn, causes the son to swear revenge on Morty, turning the young boy who walks through the magic portal to become a sort of boogeyman for this dimension's civilization.Įverything about this alternate dimension is without a doubt the highlight of the episode, and one of the best things Rick and Morty has done in years, mostly because it doesn't feel like it belongs in this show as much as it does Roiland's other creation, Solar Opposites - specifically its fantastic "Wall" storyline.
Morty accepts the help from one of the other dimension's citizens to carry the wine over to the Smith household, inadvertently making the man miss the birth of his son, his teenage years, and also the death of his wife due to time dilation. Of course, things aren't that simple, as Rick instructs Morty to be in charge of looking over the wine for his dinner with Andre Nimbus, which he hides in another dimension where time moves more quickly. The rest of the episode deals with Rick trying to convince Nimbus not to use his powers to wage war on the surface, while Morty tries to both woo Jessica and help Rick out. And yet, we still find time for a classic Rick and Morty adventure, as Morty crashlands the ship in the ocean, saving his and Rick's lives, but not before they draw the anger of Rick's "greatest nemesis," a very horny Aquaman-like king of the ocean called Nimbus. This feels like a significant step forward for Morty, who spent the entire Season 4 opener transforming into an Akira-like monster in order to chase a future where he grew old with Jessica. We see Morty ( Justin Roiland) save Rick (also Roiland) from certain death, and also manage to score a date with long-time crush, Jessica ( Kari Wahlgren), all before the opening credits drop. This is exemplified in the opening scene. But the latest episode proved that the show is ready to leave some things behind, even if things can't completely change. Like a famous horse actor from a '90s sitcom once said, "You never get a happy ending, 'cause there's always more show." Rick and Morty has tried to change the formula a bit over its previous 4 seasons, while still mostly hitting the reset button each season. This many episodes in, how much should the show really change things to keep them fresh? If they stick to their formula, the story will get stale quickly, but if they start changing things up, then the story will inevitably have to end at some point.
There's a dilemma at the center of the Rick and Morty Season 5 premiere.
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