Anyone else not feeling this ep?

Idk it didn’t feel emotional it felt very cynical

I loved season 4

Morty got mad / broke up with girl before this is not new

Yeah but that was using a time remote this is a legit relationship that'll probably come up later in the story

It felt so rushed tho like I was happy for him for a second and that’s it

Something felt really off about the writing. They used to be sharper

So all the parts with him and Beth just weren’t in the version of the episode that aired wherever you live?

Can’t recall that many superhero girlfriends Morty has had either. But yeah your right on this one big dog you got it Lol

Last season was weak
This is also kinda weak starting

Hope it gets better and finishes strong

the writing is definitely different

I like some parts more but some parts are definitely less sharp

Man S5 e1 was f***ing jokes hahahaha

Feel like I’m the only one really liking this season so far

these last two episodes were garbage

lies

nah you not alone. its been pretty good overall. feels like we are seeing the show from a slightly different angle and the characters have grown a lot.

I thought I “liked” Season 4. Now after viewing the first three episodes of Season 5, I realized that I was just deprived of new Rick & Morty at the time

The scene with Beth felt forced to me. In a better episode it would've been established that Morty doesn't listen to Beth and doesn't see her as a supporting mother, and then when the episode ends with her comforting him, that's character development happening.

Instead in the episode Beth confronts Morty twice in two short scenes. She doesn't give him money to go to Planetina and he says I'll just go myself, and she doesn't allow Planetina to stay with them so instead he runs away with her.

Thematically, this is a very linear plot but with no emotional resonance. It was predictable that Planetina would go evil (a thing that happens often in Rick and Morty) and that they would break up. So it's not surprising or shocking when it happens. It would be better if they compared Morty and Planetina's relationship to Morty and Beth's as a narrative, but they didn't so the ending didn't have impact.

Also the Rick part wasn't funny and was again a weak plot for Rick (just like in the first episode) so it didn't work as a comedic relief for the serious Morty plot, but instead a distraction that ended up not giving enough time for the Morty plot to develop. Instead it just felt like it moved from point A to point B and there was a lot going on.

This episode is similar to Rick's episode with Unity, but the reason that episode's ending hits harder is because:

1. It's surprising to see Rick that heartbroken over what happened. We learn new things about Rick. It sheds more light about his current and past dysfunctional relationship and about his self destructive nature. This is unlike the Morty episode that doesn't teach us anything new about Morty.

2. During the episode there's a narrative about why their relationship in particular couldn't work. It's not because Unity is evil which would be the easy way out, but it's because they're both too toxic for each other. Which feels relatable unlike the Morty reasons.

Morty found someone and rushed into something that he felt was real and tangible for once in his life, it felt natural for him.

The pacing of that narrative felt like how the relationship was going, extremely quick and abrupt tbh.

In his prior “love interests” they were mostly seen as goals for Morty to achieve not actual people that he would have proper chemistry with.

he was blind sided until she went off the deep end but to me it kinda threw me off that he felt that way about her actions because Morty has been going off the deep end in recent seasons going as far to kill his bullies, police & army who are trying to stop him.

So i don’t know maybe it’s just me but that’s kind of telling of how he feels his moral compass doesn’t align with hers and that it was a necessary yet painful choice for the relationship to be severed.

I don’t know i have to think about this one for a bit, not sure how i really feel about the episode all too much.

I enjoyed it but i feel like this episode (akin to most of the show) has been really inconsistent on WHO these characters are and what values they truly hold.

Finally watched episode 3

Bruh how are you guys not enjoying this season, episode was funny af

I liked season 4 so i suppose imma f*** with this

Same

that episode was one of the best from 5