The latest R&M with the two Beths was maybe one of the top three episodes of the series. Top five at the very least.

Shit was a little heavier than I expected from a Rick & Morty episode.

I just watched it and it is good. Don’t know where I’d slot it overall but it was vintage scathing dialogue mixed with the ups and downs of family. It’s become crystal clear that the creators really don’t like counselors. Please let Bird Person come back as his old self.

Wait...there's an episode left? Damn - I hadn't checked my DVR (or whatever you call it on youtube.tv) and didn't realize it. I thought the clay babies episode was the last one.

This back half of season 4 has been really great (fan-trolling 'train' episode notwithstanding). I'm sure this one will keep their hitting streak going.

I really liked the vat of acid episode but I think the heist episode is my favorite of the season

you son of a bitch!!! Im in!

I like your squanch.

Gotta agree. That was just magic. When he finally sat down in the garage and said "Man, I'm a shitty father" they really swung the emotion the other direction for a second.

And dammit, that fight scene between Rick and Bird Person was a ****ing amazing animated spectacle.

You get drunk one time and tell Dan Harmon the secrets of reality as it is, and he makes a damn cartoon out if it.

This is the weirdest, best shtick we've had on CP in....ever? At worst it's the best since peak Penz.

{tips cap}

Here's the problem with the 'shitty father' thing - HE DID THE RIGHT THING!!!!

If he tells Beth he wants her to stay with him, knowing full well that she has an urge to go, that's just damn selfish of him. And if he doesn't want her to stay, well that's kinda shitty as well.

So he lets Beth have both. And in the end, he probably DID have a way to combine memories if he wanted to when one or other changed her mind. Meanwhile, in order to ensure that he didn't treat one of them differently than the other, he simply wiped his mind of it anyway. That way he wouldn't have any sort of bearing on who did what.

In the 4 years of examples of him being a shitty father and justifying it, why would THIS be the instance that drove it home? It's arguably one of the most well thought out and altruistic things he's done as a father. Moreover, even if you don't agree with that logic - RICK WOULD. Again, he's justified WAY worse things in the past so why should I believe he wouldn't come up with a similar justification this time? If there was something to flesh out there, they did a poor job of doing it. Especially since he still goes with "well I'm still a good friend..." with a disembodied BP. He's still the same guy.

There have been good emotional moments w/ Rick. The ending of the Unity episode stands out most here. This one is just...a downer for downer's sake. It's a dues ex machina in the form of a 'realization' that just doesn't stand up.

I mean I know this is one of the best shows on tv absolutely, I've been watching since the beginning, but I usually just smoke one and laugh while I watch. I don't do too much analyzing haha

Have you looked at the most recent post in the Mod Transparency Thread in the romper room? It appears the yin has lost his yang.

Well now I'm just confused...

You didn't see Satan posting right along with Christ in DC when these two first came on the scene a couple days ago? It looks like Bowser made a funny.
At least I laughed.