Let’s spend a little bit of time with family in Childrick of Mort. It’s about parenthood, it’s about camping, and having sex with planets

Show Notes – Childrick of Mort

Semi-Pertinent News

  • Kindness of Fans on Reddit
    • https://t.co/jhYKUSz1a6?amp=1
  • Justin Roiland’s Vanity Fair video. A look at his career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fCLJqgViYQ
  • Dan Harmon Social Media Minute
    • Barbaric Wood Cabinet Handles

MAIN THANG – S4E9: Childrick of Mort

Episode Details

  • Air Date: 2020-05-24
  • Written by: James Siciliano
  • Directed by: Kyounghee Lim

Broh-nopsis: Miracle of life broh. Whole family in this one broh

Our Synopsis: Being a parent sucks

Discussion

    • Parenthood
      • Rick leaving kids behind and Beth forcing him to take Responsibility 
        • The trip ends up being a chance for Rick and Beth to heal their relationship 
      • Jerry’s desperation to bond with his family
        • He connects better with the Rock Kids than his own
        • Summer and Morty realize he could be right because they don’t know as much as they think they do. 
      • Beth forces Rick to take responsibility for kids… and doesn’t care about hers
    • Is there a Nature vs Nurture discussion here?
    • Fight Scene
      • I find it interesting how hard Rick fights for kids he knows aren’t his
      • The reveal that he is less fighting for his “kids” and more for what he created with Beth
    • We end with yet another example of Rick’s difficult with not being “the best”
      • Throwing Morty and Summer under the bus to make Beth and Jerry look like bad parents
    • Best of Reddit
      • Freon – Rick was saved when Morty and Summer literally made an ex-deus with a machina.
    • Thoughts from Twitter
      • @ZeroGirlHero – Best one of the season. Clever and an original premise. Great to have the whole family involved. Love me some Jerry to be honest.
      • @reza2betrue – My favorite gag was unproductives/influencers
      • @YSmith96 – I LOVED this episode! I was legit laughing the whole time! I still can’t believe Rick f**ked a planet! How does that even work? 
      • @Rockbefore @RobSchrab is God. Awesome
      • @fill_marc – Your thoughts about the fight from They Live are spot on.
    • Favorite Bits
      • Papa! We played video games and got high! We did wrong, we did wrong! No my Boopahs, you did good!
      • Extended Fight
      • Zeus gettin kilt
      • “Level up with a bong rip of nature”
      • “I am”
      • The Round Earth, Flat Earth, Middle Earth sorter
      • The gadget Rick used to convert the station wagon
      • Rick’s God fighting gadget is powered by Siri

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