Welcome back Fans of Rick and Morty to another recap.
Unfortunately, we have reached the end of this crazy dark adventure this
season. With one last episode that
promises to be great, it will be bittersweet moment seeing as the next season
could take years. We waited so long for this season, and I can’t believe it’s
over already. So, let’s step back and reminisce on the three episodes before
this season finale. Without further a due let’s begin the recap and be warned
there are SPOILERS for the rest of the recap.
“The Ricklantis Mixup”
This episode gives us a glimpse of what goes on in the
citadel. The episode starts with
our Rick and Morty going on an adventure that we probably won’t ever see, but
the episode continues without them. We get to see the aftermath of Rick
destroying the council of Ricks. The citadel is in an election with one of the
candidates being a Morty. The episode had surprising reveals and fuel for some
interesting fan theories. It also had references to some great movies that many
of us probably recognized.
The audience is welcomed back to the citadel which seems
more dismal than the last time it was seen. The episode unfolds in four
different stories each one reveling and more entertaining than the next. The first was a story of Rick working at a
factory that developed snack bars called Simple Rick’s. Of course, a Rick would be bored out of his
mind working in assembly line which causes him to kill his boss and try to cut
off the supply and demanding a portal gun of his own. He fails and ends up
becoming the supply itself stuck in a loop by a machine which is used to
harvest the ingredients for Simple Rick’s.
The second story follows a Rick and Morty who are cops
straight out of the film Training Day. Morty being the dirty cop with a
resentment toward his kind and Rick being the by the book good cop. Bad cop Morty kills his kind without remorse
and tries to get Rick on his side and join some drug cartel. He refuses and
causes a shootout in a nightclub which ends with Rick killing his partner
Morty. The third story deals with a
school that trains Morty’s to go out in the field with Ricks. In the school we
see several Morty’s as students but also a Rick referred to as Slow Rick and
Tall Morty. Which fueled one of the fan theories that Rick is Morty. It seems
crazy but what revel that would be for the show. Nothing is confirmed, but it
does raise questions. This story ends with one of The Morty killing themselves
by throwing himself into a wishing portal which is just where garbage is
disposed of, but they believe if you sacrifice yourself you're granted a wish.
And he wished things would change for the Morty’s which leads us to our next
and final story of the episode.
The election that is won by a Morty which has never happened. Is, in fact, the most interesting part of
this episode because it is revealed that the Morty that wins the election is
none other than Evil Morty. Which was revealed when several of his oppressor’s
bodies are floating in space alongside photos of him with the eyepatch and his
theme music playing in the background. Let’s just say there will be
consequences for our Rick and Morty and I can’t wait to see it unfold. The
episode ends with Rick and Morty returning from the adventure unaware of Evil
Morty’s come back and rise to power.
“Morty's Mind Blowers”
The next episode starts off in a labyrinth of sorts as Rick
and Morty are being chased by a man dressed in black. Morty is holding a
creature that is known as the truth tortoise and is told not to look into his
eyes. And of course, he looks into his eyes and drops the tortoise. Once they
return home, Morty can’t get the images out of his mind and wishes it to be
removed. And Rick reveals that he has wiped Morty’s mind a lot of times. The episode gets even better when Rick
reveals that it is Interdimensional Cable which is coded for an improvised
show. These episodes have proved to have some of the funniest moments in the
series.
And this episode did
not disappoint. Rick brings Morty to a room filled with all his wiped memories
and puts s helmet on Morty that allows him to relive the memory. Some of those memories included his mother
choosing his sister over him. She was asked if you could only save one of your
children and she immediately yells out Summer. We see Rick murder a creature
that Morty is fond of for warmth on an icy planet that ends up not being an icy
planet. We also see Rick misquote the phrase taking for granted as taking for
granite. Which makes Morty laugh and Rick wanting to erase the Memory again. Of
course, the two ends up fighting which causes them to erase their memories
completely. And having to regain those memories with the help of Summer who
doesn’t even get as much a thank you.
The episode ends with the two going on another adventure and forgetting
what just transpired.
“The ABC’s of Beth”
This final episode was exciting because Rick went on an
adventure with his daughter Beth and of course things got dark right off the
bat. Apparently, Beth had a childhood friend who has eaten by his dad. The dad
was going to be executed later that day, and Beth starts to remember that she
used to dream Tommy was alive in this imaginary world she made. Rick overhears
and sends Morty and Summer to their dads and takes Beth to the garage. He
exposes that the imaginary world wasn't fake and its where she spent most of
her childhood. Rick draws a door with some chalk that opens the door to Beth’s
imaginary world called, Froopyland.
Meanwhile, Summer and Morty meet their dad’s new girlfriend
whose is an alien who loves to hunt. Of course, Jerry eventually wants out of
the relationship and blames the breakup on the kids. Her reaction to the
breakup is to come after the kids and kill them. Jerry finally steps up and
breaks up with her the right way but losses, even more, respect from his
children.
Back to Rick and Beth who have entered her world in search
of childhood friend Tommy whom they believe is probably dead. Rick tries to
prove that this world was completely safe and then get his arms chewed up by
some mutated birds. They find out that Tommy reproduces with the creatures and
eats the children. Remember I said dark
right and it also announced that Beth stranded Tommy here because she was
jealous of his family. Of course, Beth doesn’t believe it, but Rick explains
that she was a disturbed kid and that he sent her to Froopyland for everyone
else’s protection from her.
Rick steps away from the adventure and Beth tries to connive
Tommy to come back with her to save his dad from getting executed. Tommy
refuses to leave and demands an apology which Beth doesn’t give and ends up
killing his children and cutting off Tommy's finger. She returns to Rick and
asks for his help to clone Tommy. They end up working together very well, and
the audience gets to see how much Beth is like her father. The clone is made,
and they return him to the mother who then goes to rescue the dad from the
execution. Beth now feels lost, and Rick tells her that she can step away. He
would clone her so she could find herself. The next scene we see the family at
the dinner table and Beth is acting a little strange, but the audience still
can’t tell if she left and if this is the clone. The question on everyone’s
mind is, did Beth leave her kids behind?
Tonight is the final episode of the season, and as you can
see this season has been, it's darkest and craziest yet. So, I’m curious to see
how the season will end. Not sure if all the questions from this season will be
answered tonight, but it promises to bring the laughs as always. So, watch tonight at 11:30 pm on Adult Swim
the season finale of Rick and Morty
“The Rickchurian Mortydate.” Watch below for a sneak peek of tonight’s episode.
Created by:
Jasmine Yard
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