The longer you wait, the more it’s going to feel like committing a whole murder. I think your arm just called it too early because it wasn’t the arm of a paramedic." Following on from such a high-calibre, clever and hilarious premiere was always going to be difficult, and yet this show somehow manages to maintain its reputation as a free-flowing, bad-mouthed torrent of burps, insults and wild diversions. Rickmancing the Stone is a comparably low-key episode than usual, but it balances both the ramifications of Jerry's departure from the family and a new world (parody of Mad Max) with skill. Indeed, all the characters have certainly changed, although Morty continues to exhibit long bouts of undignified distress. Summer is the character who has changed most of all - maturity has hit her full in the face as she attempts to compensate for the loss of her father by shacking up with a bucket-headed, bare-bottomed nihilist with a vanity problem. Rick, concurrently, seems to be the most stressed of the trio as he attempts to keep his daughter happy with robotic replicants of her children and himself, whilst attempting to acquire a natural source of power inside glowing-green minerals. In brief, a typically bonkers episode of Rick and Morty with many a dark twist.
Despite being ejected from his home and his family, Jerry plays a big role in the episode, as the catalyst for the numerous feelings his family exhibits. He has never quite been in tune with Grandpa Rick's unconventional way of life, but in this Universe at least, that's what being Jerry constitutes. Father figure or not, he is still the nincompoop who dared to ask a Meeseeks to improve his golf - sheesh. However, despite Summer's sudden meandering into a post-apocalyptic society, when she returns to her own dimension, she has thought to give her father a visit - even if it is to teach him a lesson in moving on. Character-building aside, I am interested in the ghostly voice that seems to be following Jerry around the place, every now and then whispering 'LOSER'. Our role model and searcher of Szechuan sauce, Rick himself, was on top form as usual. Disregard for the societies he joins continues to be a staple in his life diary. The concept of a society powered (and controlled) by a naturally-occurring mineral is intriguing, but this is not the most original part of the episode, and neither is it the story under the spotlight. Whilst he does love to compliment Summer for her rapid progression into psychopath, he does feel slightly burdened in knowing that his daughter will not be pleased to see her daughter with a penchant for violence. His laughable attempts to convince her of her children's safety is hilarious. Never have there been truer words spoken by a robot than that of Morty's replicant as he attempts to spill out his unwavering love of living a real life. This is Rick and Morty at its darkest. Summer's transformation can only be described as sudden as she impulsively joins a band of ragtag warriors who have nothing better to do than drive around an endless desert in their underwear. One of the funniest scenes is the leader of Death Stalkers unmasking to reveal an impromptu moustache. If there's one thing that writers team of Rick and Morty are good at is making the smallest detail explode with laughs. Later in the episode, the parallels with real life are uncanny as Summer has married her new lover and is living in a nice suburban house with a council that has great thought for its recycling. However, divorce is imminent as her marriage has reached the point where bucket-head is mesmerised by the television and hasn't moved all day. Quite suddenly, Summer decides to get a divorce, and simply escapes the dimension with her grandpa and brother while stealing his only source of power. In my opinion, Morty's story is the most meaningful as he grows a close relationship with...wait for it...an arm. A heavily-muscular arm at that. In the darkest turn of the episode, a reawakened arm, infused by Rick into Morty, intends to exact revenge on the soldiers and King who massacred his family. The metaphorical message here is that the arm represents Summer and Morty as they independently act regardless of their ties with the family. As his new companion attempts to strangle the (rather hateful) man who gave the order for his family's death, Morty realises that by constantly leaving the house, they are merely making things worse and causing their family cohesion to be irreparable. Rick's gizmos are there to save the day once again as they return home with a new power source, but there's something amiss here that I suspect the writers are hinting at, but not telling us as of yet. This was a rather isolated adventure with a subtle lesson for Morty and Summer - and Summer quickly learned from her mistakes. The question now is: will they continue to join Rick on his adventures through the multitude of dimensions, or have they finally learnt and understood its imminent danger? It will probably be the former. 8/10
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