Rick and Morty
Summary
AlthoughRick and Mortyseason 8 was always going to have a intemperate clip topping the Rick Prime storyline , the show ’s promise of more upcoming canyon episodes makes this even more difficult to attain . InRick and Morty ’s season 5 finish , the lawless animated comedy series eventually revealed Rick ’s tragic backstory . His married woman was kill by an alternate version of himself , Rick Prime , and Rick then unproductively devoted his life to hunting down and killing this villain . This clearly consume a toll on him mentally and turned him into the cynical antihero that viewers grow to love throughout the series .
Rick and Morty ’s season 6 premiere brought back Rick Prime , while the season 6 finale saw Rick double down on his attempts to situate the character . It seemed inevitable thatRick and Mortyseason 7 ’s endingwould see the duo face off and Rick would emerge victorious , but the serial publication shortly derailed this assumption . In time of year 7 , instalment 5 , “ Unmortricken , ” Rick and Morty teamed up with Evil Morty to fly the coop a trap set by Rick Prime . In a genuinely shocking turn of events , Evil Morty disarmed Rick Prime and forget Rick to finish him off . Rick beat his scourge to death .
Rick Prime’s Death Makes Rick & Morty Season 8’s Canon Story Promise Harder
Losing Rick Prime means Rick and Morty has no high-stakes canonical plot
While Rick Prime ’s death seemed like it could have been a fake - out , nothing in the time of year ’s subsequent episodes proved this . Between them , Rick , Morty , and Evil Morty really did defeat and toss off Rick Primeand they did it with half of time of year 7 bequeath to save . This opened up the question of howRick and Mortyseason 7 ’s Rick Prime deathwould impact the series since the show ’s farseeing - run plot was suddenly over . fit in to co - creator Dan Harmon and showrunner Scott Marder , season 8 will have just as many canyon - centrical outings , but it is hard to see how .
In an consultation withVariety , Marder and Harmon claim that season 8 would be adequate parts standalone escapade and canonical , serialized episodes . However , Rick Prime ’s death makes that much hard . Since the show ’s other seasons , Rick ’s principal motive was to kill his long - meter bane . That program has now been rendered irrelevant meaningRick and Mortyseason 8 has no enceinte canyon storyline to follow . While Rick Prime ’s decease was a perfect finish for this story , it was n’t put back by an equally compelling plot . While Marder teasedEvil Morty becoming a major villain , this is not necessarily a good replacement .
Rick & Morty Season 8’s Canon Plot Needs High Stakes
Rick and Morty must find a story as compelling as Rick Prime’s arc
Ever since the bombshell disclosure of the time of year 5 finale , Rick and Mortyhas sharpen on the only fiber who could on the face of it defeat Rick and the villain who made him the manner he is . As such , the next big canyon electric arc demand likewise high stake . Evil Morty seems like an obvious campaigner since he is also a scoundrel who is closely connected to the show ’s eponymic duo , he also has almost straight-out index , and he also has a dark-skinned vendetta against Rick . However , Evil Morty made it readable that he did n’t have any beef with Rick in the ending of “ Unmortricken . ”
It is baffling to see howRick and Mortyseason 8 could justify bringing back Evil Morty as a major baddie unless the show ’s claim characters antagonize him , and this would be tough to extract off . AlthoughRick and Morty ’s season 7 last teasedmore type development for Morty , he is not as fully flesh out as Rick . Similarly , Evil Morty has been around for a farseeing metre , but he got his ultimate revenge on Rick in the season 5 finis . To reignite the battle between these characters , Rick and Mortywould risk doubling back and duplicate time of year 5 .
Rick and Mortycan’t rehash Evil Morty ’s plot line without add a new bend to this plot . Evil Morty has already defeated Rick and Morty and by and by team up up with them to beat Rick Prime , have in mind there are fewer novel ways to rearrange their moral force . That said , Rick and Mortyseason 7 ’s Summer episodeproved the show can use digest character in surprising and in effect way of life , so Marder and Harmon might be teasing an total story from Evil Morty ’s linear perspective or a plot where he need aid from Rick and Morty . irrespective , he should n’t be season 8 ’s main villain .
Rick & Morty Season 8 Has 1 Great Serialized Episode Opportunity
Any episode in season 8 could turn out to be a major turning point
There is another way forRick and Mortyto create compelling new villains for the show ’s overarching storyand this is the approach the show should take going forwards . Per Harmon , " The variety of canonical things like searching for Rick Prime … come out of the ether , and then they produce this gravity , and then they become a canonic serialized story . ” In season 8 , the show could reveal that any number of on the face of it unremarkable plots are actually high - stake parts of the show ’s canyon . Some internet theories took this approach to time of year 7 , arguing that Mr. Poopybutthole could be the next major antagonist .
While Marder and Harmon did reject the Poopybutthole hypothesis , they also noted that its approach was valid . Any storyline from a random standalone episode ofRick and Mortycould be revealed to be a major part of a later canonical story arc . This means thatseason 8 can utilise the show ’s fans to engender tension and bastard - out . Rick and Morty ’s original premisesaw Rick drag Morty and other members of the Smith family line into his latest intergalactic meadowlark . As time of year 8 starts , the show can come back to this low - stake , occasional routine , only to later reveal its underlie canyon plot .
By bringing backRick and Morty ’s quondam expression , time of year 8 can tranquillise viewers into a delusive common sense of security department before surprising them by revealing that a on the face of it ominous character has huge branch for the show ’s cosmos . Evil Morty ’s debut did n’t hint at the vast role he would eventually play in the serial , which explains why looker simulate that Poopybutthole might bend out to be a secret antagonist in the show ’s near future . The absurdity ofRick and Mortydisarms viewers and leaves them shy what to gestate , meaning time of year 8 can bulge out like a light , simpler situation comedy and only let on its secret depths over time .
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