...she got better.

more like a nevvt amirite

It’s very much an Angry Teen Nerd fantasy: obvious great kid is stifled by his loser family and would totally be awesome if not for these outside circumstances, and nothing to do with himself or personal growth. 

Goddamn, the man can romance Sue Storm and creatures of the deepest oceans...
Nobody is safe.

People have been interpreting stories in different ways since the concept of stories existed. Every single person will get something at least slightly different from the same story because that’s how art works. If that’s creepy then the entire field of literary analysis is creepy.

Totally agreed, and interest in the show has dropped off big time. The first season is one of the best first seasons of any show in recent memory, though.

Yeah some concrete character progression would be nice.

Arguably that’s the nature of comedies, though. The characters are always joke machines first and foremost.

Sure, imagine all you want, that’s perfectly healthy.

Recommended reading, for those who haven’t encountered it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author

Probably, yes. Could also refer to the fact that he said he had trouble keeping up a consistent schedule in prior Rick and Morty seasons.

“Also, what’s the time scale of this show? Morty’s been in the exact same math class since season 1 —”

I think they lampshaded that a bit in this episode with his “I haven’t been at school for a full week in years” line.

The characters in Looney Tunes  are “joke machine characters”, Rick and Morty stopped being a joke machine in “Interdimensional Cable” but probably as early “Rick Potion No. 9".
You can’t ask your audience to emotionally invest itself into your characters and lore (which Rick and Morty often does) and then get pissy…

They’ve had 2 Christmas episodes, so it’s static.

Yeah the Fantastic Four shout-out was pretty obvious, right down to Mr. Nimbus calling Rick “Richard.” I’m all for it. Apparently shirtless fish-men that exude sexual charisma are natural enemies of super-geniuses that master interdimensional travel and take part in wacky family adventures.

sidebar: the comic version has only been different in that sense since J. Michael Straczynski’s reboot of the Thor comics that reintroduced Loki in Sif’s body initially.

‘Troy McClure Approved!'

As usual, Tom Lehrer is there for you. Tom Lehrer is there for all of us.

I can absolutely see why they cut down Drax role for the MCU, but I think it’s weird because Drax is the only reason we got a Guardians movie in the first place.