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Ego-Man25 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#6576: May 28th 2025 at 9:16:05 PM

Still, if absolutely nothing else, he's undeniably better than he was, which is something at least.

Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#6577: May 28th 2025 at 9:24:23 PM

A normal person would simply call out people on taking things and using them without permission.

Rick traps people in a VR prison to force them to learn this lesson. And he messes up in the process making it so much worse.

Edited by M84 on May 29th 2025 at 12:24:48 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#6578: May 28th 2025 at 9:29:27 PM

Summer tried to ensure a lesson was learned, unfortunately teenager Summer found her obnoxious and ignored her erased adult self.

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#6579: May 29th 2025 at 8:26:21 AM

About the VR prison. Summer escaped by making chargers obsolete, so I guess that the program somehow thought that since phone chargers weren't needed, there was no point in the lesson anymore? I think? But then Rick was there to learn that you shouldn't put people in matrixes, and he escaped by... putting the entire population of the matrix, in a matrix, which, um, why did that allow him to escape?

Edited by WillKeaton on May 29th 2025 at 9:47:12 AM

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#6580: May 29th 2025 at 8:32:41 AM

Pretty sure he just overloaded the simulation.

Honestly, astounded that he didn't have a backdoor built in

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
TheGunheart Some nights I rule the world (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Some nights I rule the world
#6581: May 29th 2025 at 4:27:32 PM

If I'm gonna be honest I feel like this kinda thing has happened to Morty so much this would've been better off as strictly a Summer episode.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#6582: May 29th 2025 at 6:22:49 PM

Just watched this now. Took me almost a week.

......I can get that time back however. Morty and Summer, cannot.[lol]

Holy shit, Rick! Why not just club them upside the head and leave them bleeding on the ground?

That's more humane.

One Strip! One Strip!
Prime_of_Perfection Where force fails, cunning prevails Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Where force fails, cunning prevails
#6583: May 29th 2025 at 6:29:40 PM

Given that Rick planned to erase their memories of the experience too, thus defeating the purpose of putting them through it to teach them a lesson... man, that was just an act of sadism on his part.

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DoctorSleep Since: Nov, 2013
#6584: May 30th 2025 at 1:50:57 AM

[up]There's always the outside chance he'll come up with a more humane response if they take his phone charger again. Being a mad scientist, he presumably just saw this whole thing as nothing more than a failed experiment.

J79 Since: Jan, 2015
#6585: Jun 1st 2025 at 2:39:18 PM

Is the new episode on Max yet? I looked in the R&M section and it's not there.

AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#6586: Jun 1st 2025 at 4:53:02 PM

It's not going to be yet, Rick And Morty is big on traditional so it wont be added on the day of the premiere.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#6587: Jun 1st 2025 at 6:57:01 PM

Given that Rick planned to erase their memories of the experience too, thus defeating the purpose of putting them through it to teach them a lesson... man, that was just an act of sadism on his part.

TBF he only wiped their memories after their lingering trauma (especially Morty's) almost led to a nuclear disaster.

Before that he was actually fine with Morty and Summer keeping their memories.

Edited by M84 on Jun 1st 2025 at 9:57:57 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#6588: Jun 1st 2025 at 7:01:21 PM

Actually, it was Beth who was fine. Rick was going to wipe their memories from the start, because he suspected something like this would happen.

He forgot about it when Morty started seeming pretty cool, but after getting Matrix'ed himself, he was right back to I should have mindwiped them.

One Strip! One Strip!
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#6589: Jun 1st 2025 at 7:43:03 PM

How Summer and Morty dealt with the simulation interestingly showcases how different as people they are.

Morty just lives a humble life alone, disaffected from everything. He doesn't try.

Summer meanwhile is ambitious. She took advantage of the simulation to gain leadership and concocts a massive plan to free them.

And keep in mind its clearly shown Morty isn't necessarily stupider than Summer, as he shows plenty of gadget engineering cleverness in the episode. He has the potential he just doesn't want to go as far Summer can.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#6590: Jun 1st 2025 at 7:46:35 PM

Huh. I guess Morty is the one who needs to open his mind.

You'd think a natural Quatto like him would get that.

One Strip! One Strip!
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#6591: Jun 1st 2025 at 7:55:47 PM

Even Evil Morty — the most ambitious and vicious Morty we've seen to date — did everything he did just so he could live far away from Rick.

Disgusted, but not surprised
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#6592: Jun 1st 2025 at 7:58:41 PM

Meanwhile Summer actively wants to be like Rick.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#6593: Jun 1st 2025 at 8:05:05 PM

[up][up][up] Open his mind to what? He's happy? What else does he need or is neglecting?

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#6594: Jun 1st 2025 at 8:06:22 PM

Notably after Morty got out of Matrix jail he just gives up on finding a way out. Instead of planning something smarter or working with Summer, he just lives a humble life as a firefighter.

He was content to live a small life.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#6595: Jun 1st 2025 at 8:22:48 PM

Wait we're arguing that Space Beth isn't a nepobaby?

She only became a badass super-agent because Rick literally set up her whole new life after he cloned her.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#6596: Jun 1st 2025 at 8:27:25 PM

Gromflomite General was pretty cool. Y'know, for a guy willing to casually sacrifice all his men, anyway.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#6597: Jun 1st 2025 at 8:45:17 PM

Oh wow this is a significant episode.

Rick and the rebellion have managed to attain peace or at least a truce with the Gromflomite's who have been antagonists since the s show began. Depending on how long this lasts, this is pretty significant.

[up] Well his soldiers do want to be sacrificed. Poor guys gotta support their families with that death pension.

Edited by slimcoder on Jun 1st 2025 at 8:45:49 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#6598: Jun 1st 2025 at 8:46:02 PM

This is also the first episode where Morty does not appear whatsoever, I believe. Last season had our first Rick-less episode.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#6599: Jun 2nd 2025 at 9:05:23 AM

Gromflomites. These were the guys we saw as the leaders of the Federation, so much so they were basically one and the same. But the Federation's been gone for a while, and we see these guys here, still around, so it's nice that they can be seen as more than just the face of the Federation.

The opening is back. Yay. So, I'm guessing that scene of Rick and Morty fighting in that hallway is a real scene, and so is the shot of Rick and Mr. Nimbus being, er, close, is also real.

dcutter2 Since: Sep, 2013
#6600: Jun 2nd 2025 at 12:03:52 PM

E4 in the UK is releasing a week behind the US for some reason so I just watched the matrix episode.

And it certainly was an episode that I watched without stopping and starting it... more than a few times.

R&M is so long in the tooth now that episodes to an extent just feel like patchworks of older ones. The Second chipz n blibs/die hard episode and the montage sequence in Vat of Acid.

Edited by dcutter2 on Jun 3rd 2025 at 9:27:22 AM


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