re: Who's in for Pickle Rick?

I'm not calling it yet but the women episodes have been a bit notch down and OBVIOUS women episodes, hell they made Rick the B story in both of them. Granted it was awesome but it was the B story. Rick shouldn't ever be the B plot

We will see at the end of the season but Im starting to think there's a reason they paired 14 episodes down to 9 and delayed the start.

Everyone tried to defend the guys saying quality takes time and its going to be so much better because of the delay.

The first April Fools episode was great, it felt like the Rick & Morty we've come to love. It was also written by one of the normal writers (man). Was that the reason it stood out next to these two good, but subpar episodes? We will see at the end of the season when we compare episodes and writers to quality.

I still love the show and the pickle Rick stuff was great.

I guess it could be that they are expanding Beth and summer, but two episodes now both had 5 minute monologues that were preachy and out of place in the show.

I did get the joke at the end, but they spent the A plot and way too much time on the therapy session that was just not funny.

The after credit joke was a way to cop out of the episode long boring therapy joke.

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It was just straight up actual divorce therapy. Outside of the one frick you throw away joke by Beth, there wasn't even a joke or a reason for it.

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It reminded me of Futurama episode "Amazon Women in the Mood" right after Bender, Kif, Zapp, and Fry were captured by the Amazon Women. They were being lead through the town and their captor was explaining how all of the female versions of things were better. They got to the comedy club and the Amazon Woman says something along the lines of "This is our comedy club, comedy here is funny because it uses real situations not abstract situations."

Women and men find typically find different types of comedy funny so I'm not surprised that the type of jokes and show situations have changed in two of the first three episodes.

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This is our comedy club, comedy here is funny because it uses real situations not abstract situations."

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It reminded me of the ruling females on gazorpazorp when they say they'll crush Rick with a Boulder and he'd rather shoot himself then listen to them explain something so obvious.

Holy shite it's like you watched this episode in a different reality.

There is NO way one could watch this episode and think of Pickle Rick being the B story.

That's what's irritating me more than anything, the need to explain the jokes.

Yea, they definitely don't set up anything well in the episodes they right. For instance, in episode two the jump in the portal to avoid interacting with Jerry and then the scene cuts to them being chased. In previous episodes story lines were set up alot better even if some happenings were just random.

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I'm just frustrated, I was really excited about this show and really kept up with it's delays and everything.

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Yup.

And the surprise April fools escape from prison episode was fricking awesome. It had me so excited for this season. Of course, that episode was written by a long time writer of the some who also wrote Total Rickall and Close Encounters.

I just checked and the next episode is also female written, but the 5th episode is written by the same guy that wrote the Unity episode, so I'm excited for that one.

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Yup.

And the surprise April fools escape from prison episode was fricking awesome. It had me so excited for this season. Of course, that episode was written by a long time writer of the some who also wrote Total Rickall and Close Encounters.

I just checked and the next episode is also female written, but the 5th episode is written by the same guy that wrote the Unity episode, so I'm excited for that one.

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I have to say, the last two episodes have felt really 'off'. I was wondering why, and now having read the thread here, totally understand.

Whoever had the bright idea (the female writers) to start trying to 'humanize' Rick, needs to be fired yesterday. What a terrible fricking idea and plot line. What happened to 'darkest year of our adventures'?

I just rewatched the episode and there wasn't a single funny thing about the therapy session. While I liked the Pickle Rick stuff the therapy monologue killed any positives that Pickle Rick brought.

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the show doesn't try to be funny 100% of the time. The therapist stuff wasn't meant to be funny

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I agree. But in the past when they were being not funny or dramatic it was building to something. It served a purpose. Like Rick's speech at Bird Persons wedding. Or the black guy's speech at Christmas.

What was the point of the therapy session? Can you compare it to another scene in the series? When else have they done something like that with no end game and no comedic elements?

Like I said earlier, if that therapy was setting up something then it would've been a solid part of the episode. Like Rick killing the therapist or Morty flipping out. But it was just straighttuo watching the Sanchez family in therapy. No character development, no overall plot tie in, nothing