Rick is an eccentric and alcoholic mad scientist, who eschews many ordinary conventions such as school, marriage, love, and family. Although Beth welcomes Rick into her home, her husband, Jerry, isn't as happy about the family reunion. s02e08 - Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting FateĪfter having been missing for nearly 20 years, Rick Sanchez suddenly arrives at daughter Beth's doorstep to move in with her and her family.Rick and Morty season 5 airs every Sunday on Adult Swim in the US, and on Mondays on E4 in the UK and Netflix in Australia.Rick joins in on hijinks Beth and Jerry sort out relationship issues. I wanted to like this episode because, once again, who doesn’t love giant robots? 'Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion' isn’t as funny as it should be, though, which is ultimately the barometer of success for Rick and Morty when it comes to taking a big swing on a pop culture parody. Sometimes, Rick and Morty bites off more than it can chew, even with one focused plot. The whole scenario of Rick realizing he's wrong isn't as funny as the moments where he owns his mistakes and just does not give a damn about how he fixes them. It’s weird and uncomfortable as we get a strange backstory about how Summer bonded with the family’s gigantic mistake (side note: 'Giant Incest Baby' is something I’ve had to type far more times than I would have liked). When Rick eventually casts Summer aside, he’s drunk with power and the family has to save him – with the return of the 'Giant Incest Baby' from this season's ' Rickdependence Spray' episode.
Over-exaggerated anime characters and bad dubs just aren’t as funny as they used to be. The introduction of the Gotron pilots plays in old and tired anime tropes that just don’t exist anymore. The show attempts to make fun of anime characters and ideas in the process, but this doesn't land at all. Along the way, he gets more and more more out of control, casting aside his family and making enemies that threaten to tear the whole thing down. Rick's obsession escalates, as he makes his Gotron bigger for no other reason then he wants to. This mob story plot is also pretty predictable. This time, though, the plot falls into this weird “Where is this going?” space that just doesn’t entertain as much as you want it to. Normally, Rick and Morty episodes have a compelling sense of “What the hell am I watching?” that draws you in and makes you watch out of morbid curiosity. This just doesn’t fit, and the episode’s comedic focus spirals out of control.
The focus of the episode shifts when the Scarface/Godfather-style plot begins to creep in. There are even a few good sight gags, with everyone entering their robots from different locations only to regroup from where they started. I mean, who doesn’t like giant fighting robots? The beginning of this episode is actually good for a few laughs, with Summer giving a pretty succinct argument for why the rest of the family should join the three of them in operating giant robot ferrets. Perhaps if the episode just focused on making fun of Voltron and giant robots, maybe we could have more fun with the results.