Rick and Morty: The Jerrick Trap

October 22, 2023 9:57 PM - Season 7, Episode 2

Rick and Jerry swap minds.

[CW: Depiction of suicide, played as a (very dark) joke]

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posted by Rhaomi (5 comments total)

That bit at the start where Rick as Jerry immediately starts screaming, etc. was certainly memorable.
posted by Marticus at 7:57 PM on October 24, 2023 [2 favorites]

I liked this one more than the previous - it made sense to me that they would kind of even each other out in a way that made them into a new, weird-energy but skilled pair of buddies. I also found myself starting to forget that the voice actor had been replaced (it was still a little uncanny valley for me in the first episode). I agree with the decision to replace Roiland. One of the few things he seemed to contribute creatively was a darkly surreal kind of riffing, and I wonder if they will try to replicate that, or just drop it. It actually kind of fits the fact that the characters are getting to be happier and better-adjusted - in part by rubbing off on each other, which I guess this episode just takes to extremes.
posted by nightcoast at 5:03 AM on October 25, 2023 [4 favorites]

Torn between a VOY reference:
I'M PICKLE TUVIX!
and a Venture Bros
MECHA-SHIVA! MECHA-SHIVA!
posted by bartleby at 9:24 AM on October 25, 2023 [6 favorites]

best rake pratfall
posted by lalochezia at 7:26 PM on November 27, 2023

This one was pretty great -- the adventures of Jerry/Rick & Rick/Jerry felt like peak classic R&M, and I loved the subplot with the mobster.
posted by Saxon Kane at 12:49 PM on November 29, 2023 [1 favorite]