r/rickandmorty • u/Narrow-Tear • 3h ago

General Discussion This scene in the last episode felt like a callback to the very first scene of the pilot, as if Rick was emotionally at S1E1 again (while being Ted)

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+ The drunk talking of the earlier seasons and the dripping alcohol out of his mouth again. After all the growth, defeating the nemesis, all the adventures, all the therapy, all the family development, he’s still sitting there carrying the same pain. They say it happens every season, yet this time it's even more depressing.

Even crashing through the garage roof was a callback.

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u/SeaExtreme5616 3h ago

absolute masterpiece.

On top of that you truly couldn't tell whether rick was ted or not. just one big lump of misery

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u/BeingOld1222 1h ago

I interpeted it that ted slowly just becomes as much as he can become rick again, barely anything changes when he presses the button

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u/Suspicious_Poon 1h ago

After losing the woman Ted loved he became jaded and worked toward getting revenge (just like Rick)

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u/No_Quality_7164 15m ago

Oh my god I hadn't thought about that, he became his own nemesis for Ted...

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u/redlancer_1987 34m ago

For sure this. We don't know how many times he's been a 'Ted' and just ended back up as Rick with or without the button. My guess is many.

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u/Juan_Harry 1h ago

i mean only works if is really Ted because shows the path is always the same. the same when he pushes the button, Rick realize on the spot what happened and the path is always the same. One for the viewer to build tension and one for Rick to snap the cable.

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u/Sensitive_Cash_3526 3h ago

I keep telling morons who think killing rick prime somehow resolved ricks emotions/arc in that regard that that is completely false and a complete misunderstanding of how psycology works.

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u/batbugz 2h ago

There was a whole scene after he did it that implied it didnt help like who thinks its over? Lol

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u/Sensitive_Cash_3526 2h ago

oh i forgot I usually post that along with rick prime not really being all the way dead, which people really hate.

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u/segwaytoit 2h ago

elaborate? i agree with your other points but i think it was portrayed like he actually did die and there was nothing else to indicate that he lived through what c137 did

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u/Sensitive_Cash_3526 2h ago

ricks have been shown to survive in memories. through anything.

meta-narratively it ultimately happened off screen with no final body.

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u/JohnyWuijtsNL 1h ago

they acknowledged that ricks can survive through anything, and explicitly showed that evil morty fried his backups. meta-narratively it would be a real lame move if they revealed that "oops, evil morty forgot about one of those backups!" that's equivalent to if they revealed that the omega device missed a reality and diane is still alive, it undermines the whole point

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u/Sensitive_Cash_3526 1h ago

yeah this is the npc answer I always get.

enjoy the tiny space you've built for yourself.

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u/Marco0P7 2h ago

YES. I noticed something like that but couldn't quite put my hand on it. A callback to S1. I saw it as well

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u/stoner_boy422 2h ago

You can see the time he turns into rick mentally somewhere around making his friends robot arms

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u/Suspicious_Poon 1h ago

It’s after losing the woman he loved just like with Diane. It broke ted

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u/imabitchlol 1h ago

Summer calling out the horrible dynamic really added to it, like they're still the same family but they have started to learn and grow

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u/SadAndNasty 46m ago

And growth isn't always linear

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u/taco_qveen 1h ago

Yes, I’ve been thinking about this all day. I think it’s also a nod to the viewers who complain about wanting “classic Rick and Morty adventures” or complain that he’s “no longer Rick”.

The Rick that we grew to love was extremely depressed and drowning his woes in alcohol. He was in so much pain. Is this really what they (we) want for him?

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u/ShakeZula_MicRulah 1h ago

One day the Smith family will finally finish Down Beat.

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u/Riovel96 1h ago

Noticed that too! Felt like it was a backstory of our Rick.

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u/symphonyofmonsters 35m ago

thank you for bringing back the random burping for rick I miss that so much the randomness makes me smile thank you!

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u/Baseballidiot 24m ago

I'm sorry but the way everyone staring like they dont gaf in this frame is sending me