r/rickandmorty • u/AssociationNo2208 • 14h ago
General Discussion Season 9 ep2 Spoiler
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i actually loved being reminded that rick is an old man like all the stuff he did in the ep was old man stuff.
I loved rick interacting with "normal" people and the little love story plot was cute
I did feel like it referenced some movies but i cant rmemeber what. But it felt similar
Anyway! TEDDDDDDDD
we heart ted.
Better yet it seems even though "ted" is just rick with no memories it is shown he is still a genius and that is fun to see
Also love to see the pool being mentioned when did that happened. We know it was there in ep 1 so FUN CALL BACK ALREADY!!!
Oughhh i love ted / vacation rick his so fun and its so refreshing to see!
This ep is a banger and compared to ep 1 i did find myself enjoying it more
10/10 ep
There is nothing to hate about this ep like it is truly the best.
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u/manchu_pitchu 14h ago
this episode feels so heartbreaking in a nostalgic sort of way. Rick is essentially an eldritch horror from Ted's point of view view, whereas Ted is just all of Rick's lost innocence made manifest.
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u/Less_Psychology6605 6h ago
Slowly watching him become Rick was so sad after seeing how happy he was with his friends
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u/Ok_Exercise_3980 14h ago
I never really thought about how Rick would want to hang out with normal people and seeing Ted just makes so much since it was so cool, I also liked the fact that while Ted was smart he just a normal person hanging with his friends but once given Rick’s tech he turns into pretty much just Rick though maybe still slightly less smart but honest no notes for this one right now we are 2 for 2 with the new season, can’t wait for more
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u/AssociationNo2208 14h ago
Excatly the closest we have seen to normal people is gene and even then thats a stretch
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u/MuL7iF1re 11h ago
Maybe that's why he hasn't erased Gene ? He likes having someone "normal" around from time to time, even reminds me of Ted Flanders from The Simpsons
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u/TurelCaccese 14h ago
Very well written episode about how much the show still want to discover new way to exist. Aniway Rick looks like living a neverending loop that bring him back to alchol on and on again.
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u/AssociationNo2208 13h ago
If only he was vacation rick all the time😔 but we did see what would happen if he did
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u/Brawlerz16 10h ago
That’s *all* the show is though. We are in year 10+ and this is pretty par for the course for the series. It’s a well executed episode but the more I sit on it, the more I realize nothing new or interesting happened. It didnt really explore anything new, which doesn’t make it a bad episode. But like…
We’ve seen it before. We seen the toilet. We have seen Pissmaster. We have seen Toxic Rick. We seen Unity. This episode was a casserole of everything we have seen, which is fine. But nothing impressive or mind blowing
I’d give the episode an 8/10.
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u/EmeraldWitch104 10h ago
I disagree honestly. This showed that even if Rick lost his memories, he'd always come back to this. He had his friends and his fling and losing her led him down the road back to Rick.
We saw that even as another person, he still causes destruction to those he loves around him. Maybe it wasn't a big grand thing, but it did show that the best vacation for him is 2 weeks of forgetting who he is because anything more than that... it stops being a vacation.
There were so few jokes in that episode. It was one straight shot seeing the loneliness and isolation of Rick Sanchez. Even if he becomes a completely different person... those feelings still last.
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u/Brawlerz16 9h ago
None of what we saw is new. In Rick and Relaxation, we know he views his intelligence as toxic BUT he can’t separate it from himself. In Morty’s Mindblowers, we see how chill he is when he doesn’t remember anything. In Rickmurai Jack, we see C137 values family over science. The Old Man and the Seat showed us that Rick enjoys companionship from simpler people. So this episode is literally just a rehashed casserole of what we already knew. Executed *beautifully* I might add, but nothing new.
Which is why I don’t this it’s a 10/10. We are in season 9 and they’re still telling us “he’s lonely and it’s serious 🥺” Okay, we knew that. What else? “He hates himself!” We knew that too. “He’s his own worst enemy!” We knew that also. This isn’t a fresh or original episode, it’s a REALLY well executed one. But it needs more to be among the heavy hitters imo.
8/10 is really good though
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u/ncmobbets 9h ago
One of the things that elevates this episode coming fresh off a watch is that the journey Ted goes on mirrors Rick’s with Rick Prime, and I found that aspect really made me appreciate it more. Just because we don’t necessarily learn anything new about Rick doesn’t imply we’re not learning more, this episode just deepens our understanding of Rick and his depression, especially after the loss of pretty much all his motivations (Prime, Diane, EM)
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u/Brawlerz16 4h ago
To me the Rick Prime stuff is apart of the execution. I enjoyed that
I just don’t think this episode is as deep as people are saying. I felt like one deep moment doesn’t make the entire episode a 10/10. But if it does for others, then that’s fine too lol
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u/Vegetable-Line-8684 8h ago
Why do you ask more of the show than last night’s episode, especially if you agree it was an 8 out of 10 even factoring in your “all the show is” opinion?
MOST of the show is episode’s like this with only a smattering of episodes actually advancing an overarching forward plot. You could name dozens more examples of episodes that we’ve seen not advance a plot while counting on your 2 hands any episodes that advance a connected plot. There’s 90% fun adventure and character development episodes and 10% overarching plot episodes.
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u/Brawlerz16 4h ago
I dont always need an episode to advance the plot. But I do need an episode to not waste my time because if I wanted to watch the same thing over and over again, I’d watch the Simpsons. This episode has a good moment at the end but nothing else memorable. It’s well executed and that’s it
Also you are bugging over a 8/10. A 10/10 is Ozymandias from Breaking Bad. Its Plan and Execution from Better Call Saul. The View From Halfway Down from Bojack Horseman. This episode is *not* any of them. I am not going to glaze this episode because it had a deep moment at the end lol. You’re more than free to, but I’m not.
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u/turn_for_do 8h ago
I agree with you wholeheartedly. The show is still good, but at the same time, in season 9 I’d like to have some idea of where they are going, what I should be looking forward to. I understand that the way Rick is, never able to find happiness, never ending loop with his alcoholism, pushing the people close to him away constantly, etc., are all types of real issues that everybody goes through. I get from a TV show perspective, having Rick be none of these takes away from “his character”. But we still need more beyond this. We have been doing this since early in the show.
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u/Brawlerz16 4h ago
Absolutely agree. Mind boggling to see people say this is a 10/10. They think this is Ozymandias? This episode isn’t even Vat of Acid lol.
I’m glad people enjoyed it, I’m just bewildered at how people are overrating the hell out this episode because we had a sad boy moment at the end. If you’re not going to advance the plot or character, AT LEAST show us a new concept. It’s so unoriginal that this isn’t the first time he lost his memory (Rick and Relaxation). Hell, they couldn’t even write him losing intelligence because The Whirley Dirley already did that. We are repeating ideas
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u/KenetratorKadawa 3h ago
I don’t think you’re accounting for taste and personal preference in your above statement. You’re boiling it down to “sad boy moment” because that’s all you got out of it. Some might get more
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u/Brawlerz16 3h ago
I am actually, I think I’m being very fair to the episode. If you or anyone else thinks it’s a 10/10, cool. I don’t think it’s Ozymandias and I challenge you to make that argument. Tell me why this is a 10/10
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u/KenetratorKadawa 3h ago
I couldn’t because I don’t see this as a 10/10 episode. I very much enjoyed it but if someone wants to rate it 10 who am I to question that? Taste is taste
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u/Brawlerz16 3h ago
Okay so what is the point of this conversation? I’m genuinely asking because it’s already understood between us that we all have our own opinions. And I disagree with anyone who rates it a 10, that’s my opinion.
So what else? You’re telling me stuff I already know. You wanna talk about the episode or are you here to defend people’s right to an opinion which was never in jeopardy? I only wanna discuss why I think the episode is overrated
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u/SeaThePirate 13h ago
i love how Ted is still smart but in a more practical way, he knows alot of basic-advanced stuff and can combine them like he's straight out of a survival or action movie
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u/Miserable_Reindeer35 11h ago
Ted froze time just like EM did last week, waiting for that to come up and Rick have no memory of it.
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u/nevada2000 11h ago
I am not sure if he really freezed time. Look closely, the deer still moving
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u/Citizen1135 7h ago
I took the deer still moving more as an omen, in a way like either someone else powerful enough to keep moving through time was there, or something about that deer was so special that it could do that, or it was a manifestation in Rick's mind.
But also, Rick can freeze time and allow whoever he wants to still move, as in S2E1, which would point to psychological something or other.
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u/Exciting-Interest274 6h ago
Different device from the one he used in season 1. leaning more on him only freezing those guys since they are filled head to toe with his technology. Ricks dont to time stuff 🥴
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u/Citizen1135 6h ago
Could be.
I never took the time travel thing at face value,, though. I don't take much of anything at face value, tbh.
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u/Exciting-Interest274 6h ago
I see it as he would only use it if he HAS to. Time travel comes with a lot of complications in verse because of the whole time police stuff. Using it on them wouldve been such a waste of time
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u/Miserable_Reindeer35 1h ago
Everyone seems to be missing the point that it’s not Rick. Ted doesn’t know anything about the time rule.
Also, downvote me all you want. I’ve seen what you upvote!
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u/_leeloo_7_ 12h ago
the transition of Ted slowly becoming Rick then when he finally presses the button Morty can't tell a difference because Ted is already Rick at the end