Surprised we got Evil Morty and Prime Rick in a mid season episode let alone together.

Kind of wish they had done an hour long episode for it but still thought it was done well. They had the big fight and Rick has what seemed like would be a cathartic beating of Prime Rick only to realize it wouldn’t bring Diane back at the end. The ending being Rick dissociated similar to Morty in Rick Potion #9 with “Look on Down from the Bridge” by Mazzy Star playing.

Will be interesting where the show goes from here since that covered the remaining big questions. Evil Morty will likely come back at some point but think it’ll be similar to this where he’s not an ally still but not an enemy.

I have mixed feelings. When #9 originally aired, it felt funny, fresh, and edgy as a bit, lampooning multiverse plots quite thoroughly. Every time they’ve gone multiverse since then, it has felt like they don’t have a plan – it’s just layering canon they can arbitrarily toss out any time they choose. Like Doctor Who finally destroying the Daleks only for some random deus ex machina after they change showrunners.

I actually went back and watched #9 after this, only to realize that what I once thought was a cool episode has now been cheapened so much that if #9 aired today, I would think it was merely a “meh” episode. It established that there are no real stakes, and the side effect is that you cannot later create real stakes and expect to be believed. Outro music be damned.

So this one was fun enough, but still “meh.” That said, because they have a deal for several seasons, I’m actually hoping the writers have a plan, and that one day I’ll return to this episode saying “oh look at the groundwork they laid here” or something. But I’ve been disappointed before :)

I was surprised by how overlord evil Morty is going. Seems like nothing can stop him from doing his thing. But I kind of like the twist that Rick’s not the only god of the show anymore.

And I really loved that Uncle Slow moment.