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
Just watched this now. Took me almost a week.
......I can get that time back however. Morty and Summer, cannot.
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!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.
Improving as an author, one video at a time.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 surprisedActually, 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!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."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!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.
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."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.
E4 in the UK is releasing a week behind the US for some reason so I just watched the matrix episode.
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

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.